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Sir Van Morrison performs on stage at the British Summertime Festival in Hyde Park Featuring: Van Morrison Where: London, United Kingdom When: 13 Jul 2018 Credit: Neil Lupin/WENN Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison debuted a new song on Thursday titled “They Own the Media,” evoking an age-old antisemitic trope and outraging many fans and critics. In the track, the 75-year-old rock and folk legend does not reveal who the pronoun refers to, but sings, “They control the narrative / they per...

Rolling Stone Van Morrison’s ‘Latest Record Project’ Is a Delightfully Terrible Study in Casual Grievance His repetition sounds less like the trance-like mysticism of a Caledonia poet and more like a furious customer demanding a refund. By Bradley Quinn* In 1967, Van Morrison recorded 31 perverse one-minute ditties in order to fulfill his record contract. The off-the-cuff songs, brimming with contempt for just about everything in the young singer-songwriter’s orbit –�...

Legendary singer-songwriter Van Morrison released a new song on streaming platforms Thursday whose title espouses a classic antisemitic trope. The lyrics of the song, “They Own The Media,” never indicate who the pronoun in its title refers to. But Morrison, a two-time Grammy winner, was also accused of antisemitism for the 2005 track “They Sold Me Out,” and throughout the coronavirus pandemic has been trafficking in conspiracy theories that frequently overlap with Jew-hatred. The album ...

Goodbye, Van Morrison A veteran rocker goes antisemitic on us. Im so done. Van Morrison performs during the Americana Honors and Awards show, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski) May 7, 2021 (RNS) — For more than a half-century, I have been a fan of the Northern Irish singer-songwriter, Van Morrison. His voice, his phrasing, his instrumentation and production — loved them all. My iPhone is home to any number of his songs: “Wild Honey,” �...

Print Van Morrison has a new album out, and the initial reaction is pretty bad. And that’s not even including allegations of anti-Semitism made against him over a song called “They Own the Media.” Since the pandemic hit, the “Brown Eyed Girl” singer-songwriter has been railing against lockdowns aimed at slowing the spread of COVID-19, putting out a handful of protest songs that courted plenty of controversy. But “Latest Record Project, Vol. 1,” a new two-hour, 28-track double alb...

Album: Van Morrison - Latest Record Project Volume 1 | reviews, news & interviews Album: Van Morrison - Latest Record Project Volume 1 Album: Van Morrison - Latest Record Project Volume 1 The king of Celtic soul suffers a bad case of lockdown blues by John BungeyWednesday, 05 May 2021 Telling it like it isnt If you want to understand the psychic harm that prolonged lockdown can do to a man, then take a listen to Van Morrisons new 28-song set. Actually, you dont need to listen, the...

× Bob Dylan and Charlie Watts will soon turn 80. More music legends are rocking out long past retirement age By George Varga, The San Diego Union-Tribune Published: May 3, 2021, 6:02am Share: 2 Photos Roger Daltrey, left, and Pete Townshend of The Who play at the Desert Trip music festival at Indio, California, on Oct. 9, 2016. (Mark Ralston/AFP via Getty Images/TNS) Photo Gallery You think I’m over the hill/ Think I’m past my prime/ Let me see what you got/ We can...

Van Morrison Defends Anti-Lockdown Songs, Cites Freedom of Speech Music The Brown Eyed Girl hitmaker comes to his own defense after he received very negative reaction following the release of his anti-lockdown songs amid Covid-19 pandemic. Apr 26, 2021 AceShowbiz - Veteran singer/songwriter Van Morrison is bemoaning the "very negative reaction" to his anti-lockdown protest songs last year (20), insisting he was simply exercising his "freedom of speech." The "Brown Eyed Girl" hitmaker has bee...

Apr 26, 2021 Van Morrison has shared another taste of his upcoming album “Latest Record Project: Volume 1,” which drops May 7th. The latest is the tune “Love Should Come With A Warning,” the third track he’s released from the record, his 42ndstudio album. Check it out below. Meanwhile, Van has been very outspoken about his feelings towards the COVID lockdowns, and that’s continued with his latest interview with “The UK Times.”  Van has written several ant-lockdowns, and rec...

By Syndicated Content Courtesy of BMG Latest Record Project: Volume 1, which will be released on May 7. The new tune, “Love Should Come with a Warning,” is available now as a digital download and via streaming services.  You also can check it out at Morrison’s official YouTube channel. The laid-back, soulful song features Van crooning about a broken romance, accompanied by a vintage-sounding organ and call-and-response backing vocals. As previously reported, Latest Re...