Before “Brown Eyed Girl” became a classic rock staple, some radio stations refused to play Van Morrison’s original recording.

In 1967, Van Morrison released his debut single, which became his biggest hit, even though he admits he hates the song.

A live version appeared on Morrison’s 1974 album It’s Too Late to Stop Now, recorded during his 1973 tour with the Caledonia ...

It's nearly impossible to play "Brown Eyed Girl" and be in a bad mood. You might have even started humming the tune as you read the title, a testament to how infectious and lively the melody is. Some ...

In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, Morrison admitted that the song was written in New York City. When asked why he ...

Van Morrison is one of the most legendary vocalists and songwriters of the 20th century, who incorporated a wide range of disparate elements from Christian mysticism to American folk tales in his work ...

Sometimes art works on multiple levels. Consider how The Wizard of Oz can be understood as a story about Dorothy’s surreal journey to the Emerald City or as an allegory for U.S. monetary policy in the ...

There are few songs as recognizable and beloved by one generation after the next as Van Morrison’s “Into the Mystic,” which appeared on his 1970 album Moondance. One of the singer’s most enduring ...

Van Morrison has played in all sorts of venues, from huge stadiums to open-air festivals to small clubs, and his performance at the new British Airways ARC at Olympia on Wednesday night (23.09.26) was ...

Live on stage, there is a power and lyricism to the music veteran's voice that still has the power to move you ...

A year ago at this time, if you’d have told us that Van Morrison would be single-handedly responsible for nearly a third of a worst-songs-of-2020 list (and that this would not be some kind of weirdly ...