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Van Morrison And Joey DeFrancesco Make A Lethal Addition To An Old Canon

It's the wonder of encore career wonders: On You're Driving Me Crazy, Van Morrison sounds sharp as ever working with Joey DeFrancesco's hard-swinging group. Richard Wade/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Van Morrison And Joey DeFrancesco Make A Lethal Addition To An Old Canon

May 9, 2018 • It's been 50 years since Morrison released his classic album Astral Weeks. In April he released his 39th studio LP, You're Driving Me Crazy, and it is feisty from start to finish.

Van Morrison And Joey DeFrancesco Make A Lethal Addition To An Old Canon

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Watch Van Morrison Perform At The Americana Honors & Awards

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Watch Van Morrison Perform At The Americana Honors & Awards

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November 16, 2017 • In introducing the winner of a lifetime achievement award for songwriting, ceremony host Jim Lauderdale called Morrison a "brilliant artist who has deeply moved and influenced a generation."

Van Morrison Rides Back Into The Mystic With 'Transformation'

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Van Morrison Rides Back Into The Mystic With 'Transformation'

August 16, 2017 • On the first single from Roll With The Punches, Morrison gives us soaring bit of classic roots-soul, and his best outing in recent years.

All The Way Live Or Else: The Perfection Of Van Morrison's 'It's Too Late'

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Spring Look Ahead 2006

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Youngblood Brass Band, Van Morrison, The Magnetic Fields

December 8, 2003 • Ethiopian roots music from Abyssinia Infinite, Clarinetist Aker Bilk and Van Morrison, A singing cat from The Weakerthans, San Francisco chanteuse Noe Venable, and more.

Youngblood Brass Band, Van Morrison, The Magnetic Fields

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Van Morrison Revisits His 1968 Classic

August 9, 2009 • In 1968, Van Morrison released what would become a seminal recording in the history of popular music: Astral Weeks. It is Van Morrison's most praised album — although it was almost shelved by his record label. This year, he's performing every song from the album in select cities, and host Guy Raz caught up with him during his stop in Washington, D.C.

Van Morrison Revisits His 1968 Classic

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Van Morrison Captures 'Astral Weeks' Live

February 24, 2009 • Last November, for the first time in his career, Morrison revisited his second album, Astral Weeks, in concert. The result, Astral Weeks: Live at the Hollywood Bowl, arrives this week, offering a fresh take on one of the key recordings in late '60s rock.

Van Morrison Captures 'Astral Weeks' Live

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Song Of The Day

Van Morrison Mocks His Alma Mater

August 6, 2008 • Morrison's face bears the lines and concaves of a 62-year-old man. But in his new "School of Hard Knocks," his voice sounds as youthful and swaggering as it did when he was doing a moondance more than 30 years ago.

'School of Hard Knocks' by Van Morrison

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Listeners Pick Love Songs for Valentine's Day

February 6, 2007 • When words alone fail to illuminate the confounding mysteries of the heart, music lends a hand. Whether it's unrequited love, a fleeting affair or love that lasts a lifetime, there's a song for it. NPR listeners share "their" songs — along with the stories of bliss, bitterness and bygone times that make the music meaningful.

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More Songs That Make You Feel Good

August 17, 2011 • From Frank Sinatra to Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, listeners share more songs that make them feel good.

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'Pay the Devil' from Van Morrison

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March 13, 2006 • Echoing music from the 1950s and '60s, Pay the Devil is the new album from Van Morrison. The album has Morrison reprising songs made famous by Hank Williams, Webb Pierce and Connie Smith.

'Pay the Devil' from Van Morrison

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