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November 13, 2008

Forty Years Later, Van Morrison Returns to 'Astral Weeks' in L.A.

For the first time, the rock legend performs his most acclaimed album
June 2, 2005

Renaissance Van

At 59, Van Morrison is just hitting his stride
April 15, 2004

The Immortals - The Greatest Artists of All Time: 42) Van Morrison

By Peter Wolf
June 22, 1972

Van Morrison: The Rolling Stone Interview

Blue Money & Tupelo Honey

Recordings and Reviews

Astral Weeks: Live at the Hollywood Bowl

When Van Morrison sings, "I believe I've transcended," at the end of "Astral Weeks" — the first song in this full 2008 recital of his historic album of the same name — it is in a warm, grateful growl remarkably like that of the younger man who made the 1968 studio LP. Astral Weeks was...

2009 RS: 3.5of 5 Stars

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His Band & The Street Choir

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Part Celtic bard, part soulster, and part ecstatically scatting mystical visionary, Van Morrison is a painfully introverted figure who rarely gives interviews and is often at a loss to explain his own lyrics. In the studio, Van Morrison can sing like a soul man getting the spirit; onstage, however, his brilliance can be undercut by whim or temper, and he has upon occasion alienated audiences by ru...

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