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Wednesday, November 26 2008

Day Two: From Jimi Hendrix to the Rolling Stones

The last quintet of choices show how the blues reclaimed its basis for a dozen hard rock hymns, argued for the importance of following one's singer/songwriter muse, and proved that not every significant sound coming out of the UK was Beatle-based.


Columns

Monday, April 19 2010

Greil Marcus on Van Morrison: When That Rough God Goes Riding

This is the story of a burly monk in shades, of flesh chasing the divine, of a voice ecstatic in southern blues and gospel and Celtic mysticism.


Reviews

Monday, February 23 2009

Van Morrison: Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl

Perhaps this burdened generation will find some of the hope they are desperately seeking in this reconstruction of a classic record.


Thursday, April 3 2008

Van Morrison: Keep It Simple

Van Morrison takes us on the simple route to salvation.


Friday, January 11 2008

Van Morrison: Still On Top

It's not a perfect retrospective, but when the highs are as thrilling as "Jackie Wilson" and "Crazy Love", it's pretty hard to deny Morrison's legacy as a singles artist.


Wednesday, June 27 2007

Van Morrison: The Best of Van Morrison

Van Morrison's had a pretty off decade -- or has he?


Monday, May 8 2006

Van Morrison: Pay the Devil

The great Van the Man, reduced to (mostly) covers and genre constrictions.


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Friday, January 7 2011

Counterbalance No. 15: Van Morrison’s 'Astral Weeks'

Van Morrison ventured in the slipstream between the viaducts of your dreams with his 1968 LP Astral Weeks and made it to Number 15 on the List. Klinger and Mendelsohn recount the journey in this latest installment of Counterbalance.


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Thursday, February 12 2009

‘Astral Weeks' is not rock; it's not jazz - just timeless

On one evening last year, Van Morrison finally got around to revisiting the album that many consider his masterpiece, "Astral Weeks." This week, a recording…


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