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Not Sham Rock
Lately I post a From The Archives selection to my social media on Fridays, but this Friday is St. Patrick’s Day and I wanted to share this great doc about Irish rock music. I originally discovered the BBC gem The Irish Rock Story: A Tale of Two Cities at the Nashville Public Library. It’s a [...]
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Tagged bbc, Belfast, Bono, documentary, Dublin, Gloria, Irish, Sinead O'Connor, the Boomtown Rats, The Undertones, Them, Thin Lizzy, U2, Van Morrison
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Astral Weeks at 45
Van Morrison joined the British Invasion with Them until he left the band to meet Dylan and the folk rock revolution head-on with his first great masterpiece, Astral Weeks. Here’s what Rolling Stone has to say about this epic, emotive music: Van Morrison never sounded more warm and ecstatic, more sensual and vulnerable, than on [...]
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Tagged 45th Anniversary, Astral Weeks, Belfast, Brown Eyed Girl, celtic, improvisation, jazz, masterpiece, R&B, Richard Davis, Rollingstone, Them, Van Morrison, Warner Bros.
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