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Open share drawer It’s a terrible night for a moondance: On this risible and intermittently lovely 28-song collection, Van indulges in some of his most cherished paranoid theories and deepest-held grudges. Five decades ago, an agitated 21-year-old Van Morrison recorded 31 original songs about missing royalty checks and ringworm, intended to fulfill the terms of what he judged to be an onerous record deal. Those 1967 recordings, known colloquially as the Contractual Obligation Session, wer...

Rock It’s a case of sweet and sour. First the sweet. For his 42nd studio album, stuffed with a bumper 28 tracks, Van Morrison has written some of his most compelling bluesy melodies in an age. And his voice, as he approaches his 76th birthday, is in fine shape, his timing and tone the mark of an artist still engaged, still eager to make his mark and prove his worth. He is in the groove, as indeed are his sizzling band with Richard Dunn’s Hammond organ, the album’s signature sound...

Biggest New (Movie) DVD Releases for the Week Judas and the Black Messiah- Daniel Kaluuya, Lakeith Stanfield The Little Things- Denzel Washington, Jared Leto The Virtuoso- Anthony Hopkins Painkiller- Michael Paré, Bill Oberst Jr., Khalimah Gaston   The Mighty Mighty Bosstones “When God Was Great” Staind “Live: It’s Been a While” (Their first album in nine years. Recorded at a reunion show at Foxwoods Casino in CT, in 2019) Weezer “Van Weezer” Nancy Wilson “you and me” (Hear...