Graeme Thomson

The sermons poked out of the songs like busted bed springs: Van Morrison livestream reviewed

The gulf between what he settles on being and what he could still be is heartbreaking

Rumours of Van Morrison's demise are much exaggerated, as his recent livestream proved. Image: Richard Young / Shutterstock 
issue 15 May 2021
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Over the decades, Van Morrison’s role within the tower of song has shifted from chief visionary officer to head of complaints. It’s not a promotion. The title track of his new album, Latest Record Project, Volume 1, is a rebuke to those who insist on living in an artist’s past rather than his present.

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