Van Morrison

Van Morrison, OBE (born George Ivan Morrison; 31 August 1945) is a Northern
Irish singer-songwriter and musician. His live performances at their best are
described as transcendental, while some of his recordings, such as the studio
albums Astral Weeks and Moondance and the live album It's Too Late to Stop
Now, are critically acclaimed and appear at the top of many greatest ... read more

Album Review: Van Morrison – Born to Sing: No Plan B

An album of vitriol 50 years in the making.
Posted 12 October 2012 1.00pm — Comment on this

Audiography: Episode 057: “Jimmy Cliff”

Audio reviews for deadmau5, Van Morrison, and Unnatural Helpers.
Posted 5 October 2012 8.08pm — Comment on this

Van Morrison - Born to Sing: No Plan B (album stream)

Born to Sing: No Plan B is the 34th studio album recorded by Northern Irish singer/songwriter Van Morrison. It will be released on 2 October 2012 on Blue Note Records.R...
Posted 28 September 2012 11.57am — Comment on this

Sleeve notes: Chris Brown, Azealia Banks, Neil Young

Catch up with the last seven days in the world of musicThis week's most popular stories1. Chris Brown's albums sabotaged with protest stickersIn the wake of the outcry ov...
Posted 21 September 2012 1.41pm — Comment on this

Old music: Van Morrison and Cliff Richard – Whenever God Shines His Light

Van the Man and pious old Cliff? It shouldn't work, but somehow this unlikely pairing creates peace, unity and harmony Reading on mobile? Watch hereI'm not religious, so ...
Posted 21 September 2012 9.56am — Comment on this

Ray Russell – review

Pizza Express, LondonSince Ray Russell has spent plenty of the past three decades quietly composing award-winning TV soundtracks and shaping his expressive guitar sound t...
Posted 10 September 2012 6.19pm — Comment on this

Maggie Gyllenhaal - Maggie Gyllenhaal's Baby Named After Patti Smith's Gloria

Actress Maggie Gyllenhaal named her newborn daughter Gloria after falling in love with rocker Patti Smiths rendition of the Van Morrison classic The Dark Knight star and ...
Posted 14 June 2012 1.31am — Comment on this

Festivals guide 2012 listings: jazz, blues, funk and soul festivals

If soulful stuff is what you're after, here are the best jazz fests taking place this summer up and down the countryBluesFestWhen 26 June-6 JulyWhere Various venues in Lo...
Posted 26 May 2012 12.11am — Comment on this

Van Morrison Headlines Festival

*Van Morrison* (http://www.vanmorrison.com) will headline the Green Man Festival (http://www.greenman.net) in Wales this year.
Posted 3 April 2012 3.59pm — Comment on this

Michael Kiwanuka: Home Again – review

Whether it was intended that way or not, Michael Kiwanuka's debut ticks a lot of the boxes required for pop success in 2012If such a thing as a racing certainty still exi...
Posted 8 March 2012 3.30pm — Comment on this

R.I.P. Ronnie Montrose

The shred-master guitarist Ronnie Montrose, the former leader of the band Montrose and one of the great technical wizards from the early days of hard rock, died on Saturd...
Posted 5 March 2012 5.46pm — Comment on this

Ronnie Montrose, Van Morrison Guitarist, Dies Aged 64

The guitarist RONNIE MONTROSE has sadly died at the age of 64 his booking agent Jim Douglas confirming that the virtuoso had passed away at his home in California on Sund...
Posted 5 March 2012 4.50pm — Comment on this

Hail, Hail, Rock'n'Roll

As this column ends, I thought it appropriate to talk about rock's profound sense of beginning – its power and possibility, its surging promiseThis column began fiv...
Posted 12 January 2012 10.03pm — Comment on this

Old music: Van Morrison – Caravan

A positively cherubic Van Morrison struts like a rooster, celebrating the free world of the radioIt's a "joyous shot at how things ought to be" – getting together, ...
Posted 1 December 2011 12.42pm — Comment on this

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Top songs

The 5 most played Van Morrison songs in the past year.

  • Gloria  686 plays
  • Bright side of the road  454 plays
  • Brown eyed girl  403 plays
  • The way young lovers do  268 plays
  • Sweet thing  264 plays

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Absolute Radio stations playing songs by Van Morrison over the past year.

  1. Absolute Radio 60s 1256 plays
  2. Absolute Radio 70s 476 plays
  3. Absolute Classic Rock 425 plays
  4. Absolute Radio 114 plays
  5. Absolute Radio 90s 12 plays
  6. Absolute 80s 12 plays
  7. Absolute Radio 00s 12 plays

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