Tag Archives: celtic
Halloween Rising
For this latest spooky October post, I’ve grown a little bit impatient with the month and I want to cut to the chase. Here’s a nice little primer on the Celtic roots of the Halloween holiday and its evolution through the ages to the seemingly silly, scary celebration we know today. Do the souls of [...]
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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