Van Morrison fans and musicologists are about to get a real Easter month present with the definitive collection of the singer’s music while at Bang Records.
Vince Jones will gather his Astral Orchestra for a series of dates to perform two of Van Morrison’s classic albums in Victoria and New South Wales in March.
Major new titles coming out this week include: Van Morrison, Craig David, Regina Spektor, Eric Clapton (live), Marianne Faithfull (live) Banks, Pixies, Opeth and Bon Iver.
Set within the picturesque confines of Hampton Court, Van Morrison treated the expectant crowd to a virtuoso performance, effortlessly easing through a set of 19 tracks from his extensive back catalogue.
Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, in association with Exile Productions, Ltd., will release Van Morrison’s …It’s Too Late to Stop Now…Volumes II, III, IV & DVD on Friday, June 10.
Eric Wrixon, who was part of the forming of both Them and Thin Lizzy, died on Monday in Italy at the age of 68. There are no details available on the cause of death.
BluesFest will return to the Royal Albert Hall this autumn for an extended six-day event, which will once again feature an array of international stars from the worlds of blues, soul, jazz, R&B and beyond.
Van Morrison’s reissue of the classic ‘Moondance’ leads the list of new releases for this week. Talking Heads, Buffalo Springfield and Fleetwood Mac are also back on record store shelves this week.
Black Sorrows and Jo Jo Zep frontman Joe Camilleri will revisit his critically acclaimed show ‘Here Comes The Night: Songs from the Van Morrison Songbook’ for Sydney and Melbourne in November.
Veteran artists Van Morrison and Mick Hucknall will join forces on Friday, November 1 at London’s Royal Albert Hall for an All-Star Tribute to Bobby Bland.
Van Morrison hasn’t toured Australia since 1985. On the off-chance he ever does comes here again the irony is that, unless hell freezes over, you will not be treated to a setlist like this of his most popular songs.
The Mumford & Sons ‘Babel’ album has kept Muse ‘The 2nd Law’ from the top spot on the US album chart this week despite dropping 74% on last weeks sales.
James Taylor has been honored with the Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters, an award given by the French government to “recognize eminent artists and writers, as well as individuals who have contributed to furthering the arts in France and throughout the world.”
Van Morrison is returning to Blue Note Records for his album Born to Sing: No Plan B. Due October 2, the album is his first since 2008’s Keep it Simple and his first for Blue Note since 2003’s What’s Wrong With This Picture?
