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VAN MORRISON – The Imperishable Belfast Cowboy Has His 47th Album Out

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22 June 2025

79-year-old grumpy bear VAN MORRISON had his best musical years back in the 60s/70s and 80s with brilliant albums such as Astral Weeks (1966), Moondance (1970), His Band And The Street Choir (1970), Beautiful Vision (1982) and Inarticulate Speech of the Heart (1983), Irish Heartbeat (1988) and Avalon Sunset.

Afterward he started to repeat himself and making too many cover records.
Mind you his supreme blues/soul voice always and still stands out even on
his mediocre albums.


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And here is 47th full length, titled
REMEMBERING NOW with 14 new,
original songs.

Morrison comes up with his favorite mix of blues, soul, jazz, Celtic folk and rock,
with lots of horns, 60s organ, piano, strings and of course, his imperishable voice,
oth heartwarming and intense. As he sings in Haven’t Lost My Sense Of Wonder,
“I’m not gonna change my tune.”

It’s a feel-good record, an entertaining one for a quiet evening in, no more no less.

SINGLE

ALBUM


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VAN MORISSON – The Belfast Cowboy Recorded New Album And Drops First Single ‘DOWN TO JOY’

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Reveries for the laziest day of the week

2 Mars 2025


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The ever-grumpy, now 79-year-old Irish legend VAN MORRISON has canned
his umpteenth album, named it REMEBERING NOW and will make all his fans
happy with it from June 13th on.

It’s marked as his return to original music with a rich blend of soul, jazz, blues,
folk, and country. Return? It’s what Van The Man did/does since he was 13. Mind
you, he got mellower and mellower over the years. His masterpieces such as
Astral Weeks, Moondance and Into The Music date from decades ago.

But his most important instrument – his voice – hasn’t aged whatsoever.
It’s a unique one you recognize immediately. Impactfully warm, grippingly
soulful and overwhelmingly powerful.

On the upcoming LP’s first single DOWN TO JOY The Belfast Cowboy (a nickname
the late The Band’s Robbie Robertson gave him once upon a time) does again what
he does for years now. Entertaining our ears with both easy-going and pleasurable
retro musings.

WATCH

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