The Philosopher's Stone: the Unreleased Tapes

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Rolling Stone Magazine's Top 500 Songs". Archived from the original on 24 May 2013 . Retrieved 24 October 2010. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL ( link) Paste ranked him twentieth in their list of "100 Greatest Living Songwriters" in 2006. [403] Q ranked him twenty-second on their list of "100 Greatest Singers" in April 2007 [404] and he was voted twenty-fourth on the November 2008 list of Rolling Stone magazine's 100 Greatest Singers of All Time. [405] Tribute albums [ edit ] Adams, David (28 February 2008). "Let's record gratitude for Van's monumental talent". The Irish Times. Buzacott, Martin; Ford, Andrew (2005) Speaking in Tongues: The Songs of Van Morrison, ABC, ISBN 0-7333-1297-7

Stories, Music, Performance". Faber Social. 28 July 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016 . Retrieved 19 August 2015. Burnett, Adam R. (31 August 2012). "Summertime in England: A Monologue on Van Morrison". Vice.com . Retrieved 17 July 2020. Van Morrison continued to record and tour in the 2000s, often performing two or three times a week. [181] He formed his own independent label, Exile Productions Ltd, which enables him to maintain full production control of each album he records, which he then delivers as a finished product to the recording label that he chooses, for marketing and distribution. [182]

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In 2001, nine months into a tour with Linda Gail Lewis promoting their collaboration You Win Again, Lewis left the tour, later filing claims against Morrison for unfair dismissal and sexual discrimination. Both claims were later withdrawn, and Morrison's solicitor said, "(Mr Morrison's) pleased that these claims have finally been withdrawn. He accepted a full apology and comprehensive retraction which represents a complete vindication of his stance from the outset. Miss Lewis has given a full and categorical apology and retraction to Mr Morrison." Lewis' legal representative Christine Thompson said both parties had agreed to the terms of the settlement. [183] The Hollywood Walk of Fame". Seeing-stars.com. Archived from the original on 1 November 2010 . Retrieved 31 October 2010. Morrison was made a Knight Bachelor in the Queen's Birthday Honours List in 2015 for services to the music industry and to tourism in Northern Ireland. [383] [384] [385] [386] The ceremony was performed by Prince Charles. Lewis, Randy (9 November 2009). "Live review: Van Morrison at the Hollywood Bowl". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 18 November 2011. Sony Music acquires Van Morrison catalogue: Press Release". The Music Network. 27 October 2017 . Retrieved 11 November 2022.

I count it as progress that his muse is feeding him baseball metaphors, but Morrison hasn't vented his Gaelic soul so unabashedly since Astral Weeks. He'd get away with it if there were more than one decent song on side two. Soothing, evocative late-night music that indulges his discursive side. Favorite title: "You Don't Pull No Punches but You Don't Push the River." B+ Egan, Barry (3 January 2010). "Why Van and Michelle live their hymns to the silence". The Irish Independent . Retrieved 4 January 2010. Clayton-Lea, Tony (9 September 2011). "Ed Sheeran". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 4 June 2012 . Retrieved 19 December 2011. Reed, Ryan (7 March 2018). "Van Morrison Preps New LP 'You're Driving Me Crazy' ". Rolling Stone . Retrieved 8 December 2018.

Morrison released two albums in the first half of the decade, followed by a further six in just five years, his productivity increasing noticeably as he turned 70. Born to Sing: No Plan B was released on 2 October 2012 on Blue Note Records. The album was recorded in Belfast, Morrison's birthplace and hometown. [202] The first single from this album, "Open the Door (To Your Heart)", was released on 24 August 2012. [203] A selection of Morrison's lyrics, Lit Up Inside, was published by City Lights Books in the US and Faber & Faber in the UK. [204] The book was released on 2 October 2014 and an evening of words and music commenced at the Lyric Theatre, London on 17 November 2014 to mark its launch. Morrison himself selected his best and most iconic lyrics from a catalog of 50 years of writing. [205] Gilbert, Calvin (8 March 2006). "Van Morrison offers country songs". CMT . Retrieved 10 December 2009. Morrison has said he believes in the jazz improvisational technique of never performing a song the same way twice and except for the unique rendition of the Astral Weeks songs live, doesn't perform a concert from a preconceived set list. [254] Morrison has said he prefers to perform at smaller venues or symphony halls noted for their good acoustics. [322] His ban against alcoholic beverages, which made entertainment news during 2008, was an attempt to prevent the disruptive and distracting movement of audience members leaving their seats during the performances. [323] In a 2009 interview, Morrison stated: "I do not consciously aim to take the listener anywhere. If anything, I aim to take myself there in my music. If the listener catches the wavelength of what I am saying or singing, or gets whatever point whatever line means to them, then I guess as a writer I may have done a day's work." [324] Genre [ edit ] Dylan support slot a dream come true". The Sydney Morning Herald. 15 August 2007 . Retrieved 22 May 2010.