One of the conundrums facing anyone who makes music for a living is that live music frequently isn’t. Truly alive, that is. The brutal reality of mounting a major concert tour is that it requires ...

My close high school friend and musical guru, Josh, is responsible for introducing me to this incendiary album. Van Morison’s Moondance (the slow burn of ‘Into the Mystic’), Tupelo Honey and Greatest ...

LOS ANGELES - Van Morrison's "Astral Weeks" rests high on critics' lists of all-time best albums. Yet Morrison felt he never quite had the chance to get it right the first time. So he has taken a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Covers of Van Morrison's 'Astral Weeks' and 'Moondance' (Warner Music Group/Rhino) Every album released in the series will be cut ...

"He didn't use the phrase for a song title until a year later, but 'Astral Weeks' was the album on which Van Morrison fully descended 'into the mystic.' Morrison's first full-fledged solo album ...