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"Morrison is like a guest on a musical chat show, turning these songs into musical anecdotes": Van Morrison's Accentuate The Positive

Van Morrison takes ownership of an archipelago’s worth of his desert island discs on covers album Accentuate The Positive

Louder

Richard Davis obituary

US jazz bassist who worked with Van Morrison and Sarah Vaughan and later became a professor of bass at Wisconsin University

The Guardian - UK

The Secret Hours by Mick Herron review – secrets and spies

This companion piece to the Slough House series uncovers intrigue and corruption in the secret service, from 90s Berlin to the Cabinet office

The Guardian - UK

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Robbie Robertson obituary

Driving force of the Band, whose influential first album, Music from Big Pink, sent US rock music in new directions

The Guardian - UK

Watch the historic footage of Robbie Robertson saving Eric Clapton before they go head-to-head in a duel for the ages

Captured by Martin Scorsese for the concert film The Last Waltz, Robbie Robertson and Eric Clapton's guitar duel is a standout moment from two standout careers

Louder

The Band’s Robbie Robertson captured a dream of what America was, is and might be

The bandleader who didn’t front his band, who was never as celebrated as Bob Dylan or their peers, was the glue keeping the Band together

The Guardian - AU

Tokiyoshi Harada obituary

Other Lives: Bass player who collaborated with some of the biggest artists of the 1970s

The Guardian - UK

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Rishi Sunak: ‘Bairstow was brilliant’ for manhandling Just Stop Oil activist

‘He was great, it was a shame about the rest of the game’ the PM told us

Evening Standard

Van Morrison at the Royal Albert Hall review: back from the depths of vaccine paranoia, and a generous host

As retro tributes to an artist’s root inspirations go, this was a refined and joyful display

Evening Standard

Joni Mitchell review – first headline show in two decades is three hours of total joy

Many thought she might never play live again after an aneurysm, but Mitchell is in lively, fun-filled form at this all-star return in rural Washington state

The Guardian - UK

Co Derry music industry insider shares story of working with stars including Van Morrison, Ray Davies and the Buzzcocks

The music industry memoir is set to launch this week

Belfast Live

New York jury to rule on Ed Sheeran copyright case

Jurors in a New York court have been urged to use "common sense" to decide whether Ed Sheeran's hit Thinking Out Loud copied Marvin Gaye's Let's Get it On.

The New Daily

Ed Sheeran: Other artists are cheering me on in copyright fight

The British hitmaker is being accused of stealing material from soul singer Marvin Gaye

Wales Online

Ed Sheeran: Other artists are cheering on copyright fight

Ed Sheeran says he's getting encouragement from other performers who also worry that they'll be sued after they heard he is testifying against claims that he stole material from Marvin Gaye's “Let's Get It On.”

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The Guardian - UK

Ed Sheeran testifies in Marvin Gaye copyright case: ‘Most pop songs can fit over most pop songs’

Appearing in New York court, singer-songwriter defends his ballad Thinking Out Loud against similarities with Gaye’s song Let’s Get It On

The Guardian - UK

Belfast’s peace walls: potent symbols of division are dwindling – but slowly

Dismantling of the barriers between Catholic and Protestant areas reflects undeniable progress in the 25 years since the Good Friday agreement, but the city remains deeply divided

Louder

John Lee Hooker: The Best Of Friends - Album Of The Week Club review

More than a dozen of John Lee Hooker's superstar duets, gathered together in a collaborative showcase

Belfast Live

Brian Kennedy reflects on "unforgettable" performance for Bill Clinton in Belfast

The singer will reunite with American musician Curtis Stigers at the Friends Goodwill Music Festival later this year

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Evening Standard

Van Morrison announces London show at Royal Albert Hall – how to get tickets

Music legend Van Morrison set to perform songs from his new album Moving On Skiffle at London’s Royal Albert Hall.

Belfast Live

Van Morrison on the hard realities of the music industry

The East Belfast man has a new album coming out and spoke this weekend about some of the ups and downs of his career

Belfast Live

Van Morrison 'very saddened' following passing of former manager John Rogers

The Belfast music promoter died suddenly in hospital on Wednesday

The Guardian - AU

Mark Seymour: Sweet Thing by Van Morrison is the most perfect song of all time

The ‘agonisingly beautiful’ song from 1968’s Astral Weeks inspired the Hunters & Collectors singer to write love songs – and continues to taunt him

Belfast Live

Van Morrison makes top 50 in Rolling Stone's '200 Greatest Singers of All Time' list

The Belfast man beat out the 'King of Pop' Michael Jackson and Fleetwood Mac icon Stevie Nicks

Belfast Live

Van Morrison announces extra date for intimate Belfast shows

Tickets on sale Friday

Belfast Live

Van Morrison intimate Belfast shows announced ahead of new album launch

Tickets go on sale November 4

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