Van Morrison

Records 

Rhino Unveils 24 Titles for its Sounds of the Summer Campaign

July 2, 2024July 2, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments Al Stewart, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Genesis, George Benson, Linda Ronstadt, Now Playing, Sonny & Cher, Summer Sounds, Van Morrison, Vinyl, War. Utopia Hall & Oates, Warren Zevon, Yes

Recordings by Crosby, Stills & Nash, The Doobie Brothers, Fleetwood Mac, The Grateful Dead, Hall & Oates and more to get new vinyl releases  

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Blues 

John Lee Hooker’s The Best of Friends Returns to Print

June 11, 2024June 11, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments BMG, Bonnie Raitt, Carlos Santana, Eric Clapton, Jimmie Vaughan, John Lee Hooker, Los Lobos, Robert Cray, Ry Cooder, The Best of Friends, Van Morrison

The collaborative 1998 collection will be reissued on July 12th

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Britpop Glam Pop Rock 

Everything’s Alright: David Bowie’s Pin Ups at 50

October 19, 2023October 19, 2023 Ryan Maffei 0 Comments 1973, 50th anniversary, Aynsley Dunbar, Bryan Ferry, David Bowie, John Lennon, Mick Ronson, Mick Woodmansey, Pin Ups, Pink Floyd, The Easybeats, The Kinks, The Merseys, The Pretty Things, The Who, The Yardbirds, Van Morrison

A look back at the Duke’s little-loved covers album, and the great songs that inspired it

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Punk Rock 

The Missing Link: The Damned’s Strawberries Turns 40

November 22, 2022November 22, 2022 Tim Sommer 1 Comment 1982, Blondie, Captain Sensible, CHEAP TRICK, Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, Dave Vanian, Machine Gun Etiquette, Moody Blues, Strawberries, The Black Album, The Cars, The Damned, The Doors, The Kinks, The Who, Van Morrison

How did we miss out on one of the greatest classic rock bands of all time?

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New Wave Pop Pub Rock Rock 

And You’ll Hum This Tune Forever: Dexys Midnight Runners’ Too-Rye-Ay at 40

August 25, 2022August 25, 2022 Kara Tucker 1 Comment 1982, 40th Anniversary, Blue Ox Babes, Come On Eileen, Dexys Midnight Runners, Elvis Costello, Kevin Archer, Kevin Rowland, The Bureau, The Chieftains, The Style Council, TKO Horns, Too-Rye-Ay, Van Morrison

There’s so much more to this album than “Come On Eileen”

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Music Journalism Records Remembrance 

Record Man: Mo Ostin (1927-2022)

August 3, 2022August 2, 2022 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments Alice Cooper, Devo, Family, Fanny, Fleetwood Mac, Frank Sinatra, Frank Zappa, Gang of Four, Jethro Tull, Jimi Hendrix, Jonathan Richman, Joni Mitchell, Mo Ostin, Neil Young, Reprise Records, Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood, Sex Pistols, T.Rex, The Everly Brothers, The Grateful Dead, The Kinks, The Modern Lovers, The Pentangle, The Small Faces, Van Dyke Parks, Van Morrison, Warner Bros. Records

Remembering a music industry giant responsible for Jimi Hendrix, Fleetwood Mac, Joni Mitchell and countless others

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Blues Folk 

Ry Cooder Kickstarts His Solo Career by Venturing Into the Purple Valley

January 18, 2022January 18, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1972, 50th anniversary, Bill Monroe, Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band, Doc Watson, Gordon Lightfoot, Into The Purple Valley, Jim Dickinson, Linda Ronstadt, Neil Young, Randy Newman, Rolling Stones, Ry Cooder, Taj Mahal and the Rising Sons, Van Morrison

Looking back on 50 years of a debut that put the spotlight on an American guitar icon

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Blues Folk Gospel Irish jazz 

Van Morrison’s Pandemic Blues

May 11, 2021March 24, 2022 Mitchell Cohen 2 Comments 2021, Aldous Snow, BMG, Facebook, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Latest Record Project Volume 1, Russell Brand, Spotify, Twitter, Van Morrison

The Irishman airs his grievances and alienates fans on Latest Record Project Volume 1

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adblock Music Journalism 

The Ballad of Virus Van and COVID Clapton

December 10, 2020December 14, 2020 Tim Sommer 8 Comments COVID-19, Eric Clapton, Miley Cyrus, No More Lockdown, Phil Ochs, The Jam, Van Morrison

Van Morrison is a cranky old man, and that’s okay. Eric Clapton is a crappy old racist, and that’s not okay. 

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Blues Folk Rock 

LISTEN: Van the Man is 75

August 31, 2020September 1, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments COVID-19, Happy Birthday, Polydor, The Chieftains, Van Morrison

Celebrating this birthday milestone for Irish rock icon Van Morrison with a stroll through an essential fraction of his catalog

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Blues Rock 

Dion’s American Tune

June 5, 2020June 5, 2020 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments Billy Gibbons, Blues With Friends, Bruce Springsteen, Dion, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Vivino, Patti Scialfa, Paul Simon, Rory Block, Sam Cooke, Samantha Fish, Van Morrison

On Blues With Friends, Mr. DiMucci enters his seventh decade in rock with a gang of famous pals

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Uncategorized 

Stranger Things: Randy Newman’s 12 Songs Turns 50

April 29, 2020 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 12 Songs, 1970, Cat Stevens, Elton John, Harry Nilsson, James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, Ladies of the Canyon, Mona Bone Jakon, Moondance, Norman Lear, Randy Newman, Sweet Baby James, Van Morrison

A quarter century before meeting Woody and Buzz, the L.A. songwriter walked the razor’s edge of sarcasm on his second studio LP

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Folk jazz Pop 

Between The Viaducts Of Your Dream

November 29, 2018 Luci Turner 0 Comments 1968, Astral Weeks, Van Morrison

Astral Weeks Turns 50

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Country and/or Western Punk Rock 

Wild, Wild, Wild Life

August 24, 2018August 24, 2018 j. poet 0 Comments Bloodshot Records, Jerry Lee Lewis, Linda Gail Lewis, Robbie Fulks, Van Morrison

Robbie Fulks and Linda Gail Lewis on their excellent new collaborative LP

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Rock Soul 

Rock’s Forgotten Forefather

July 27, 2018July 30, 2018 j. poet 2 Comments Bang! Records, Bert Berns, Erma Franklin, Solomon Burke, Van Morrison

Out now on DVD, a poignant documentary delves into the workingman genius of Bert Berns

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