In the run up to Astral weekend, Ralph McLean has been counting down the Top 80 Van Morrison Songs as chosen by listeners ...

And I will raise my hand up into the nighttime sky / And count the stars that’s shining in your eye / And just to dig it all ...

BBC Northern Ireland will celebrate Sir Van Morrison’s 80th birthday this month with a special Astral Weekend of programmes ...

I don’t dislike it. But I’m partial to “L.A. Woman” when I want to hear Morrison ramble. Van Morrison’s best-known song isn’t anywhere near his best. And he agrees. Last year, he told The Sun that he ...

Big Joe Williams’s 1930s song went through multiple manifestations, most memorably when Van Morrison’s Them covered it ...

Memo Music Hall honours the icons this month, with tributes to Tina Turner, Van Morrison, Olivia Newton-John and more on the calendar.

Bono had his fair share of fine moments as a singer, but he knew that there were certain artists you should hold with some ...

Charlie Watts, the late original drummer for the Rolling Stones, was rather famous for being the opposite kind of character ...

In the latest of our series on albums marking significant anniversaries, Jim Comet also includes The Waterboys and Nick Cave ...

A deluxe 50th anniversary reissue of Patti Smith’s debut album, ‘Horses,’ is due out this fall; listen to the previously unheard bonus track, “Snowball.” ...

We all bought the singles for the hit in the 1960s, but sometimes the real treasure didn't show until you flipped the record ...

It turns out the Irish songs you listen to could have a big impact on how good your Guinness tastes. Researchers have ...