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Van Morrison: 3 more deep-dive playlists

September 17, 2015

As a child, Van Morrison immersed himself in American Jazz and Blues. Hear him incorporate those style into these tracks from across his 50 year career, from the slinky ‘Moondance’ to stirring covers of Ray Charles’ ‘Georgia on my mind’ and ‘I can’t stop loving you’. This is the JAZZ AND BLUES playlist:

“I write from a different place”, Van Morrison once said of his often mystic approach to songwriting. “I do not even know what it is called or if it has a name. It just comes and I sculpt it.” Enjoy this exploration of Morrison’s divinely inspired rock and soul with the DID YE GET HEALED playlist:

Van Morrison has recorded more than 40 studio albums and live albums throughout his career, making for a discography full of treasures that might elude listeners on their first listen. Here are 25 favourites that are overdue for rediscovery from the DEEP CUTS playlist:

 

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