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Van Morrison casts caution to the wind with his $525 ticket prices and conspiracy theory-fueled new songs

(Easy Eye Sound, *** 1/2) "Polk Salad Annie" by Elvis, "Rainy Night in Georgia" by Brook Benton, "Steamy Windows" by Tina Turner — Tony Joe White is probably best-known through others' versions of his songs. But the Louisiana-born "Swamp Fox," who died at 75 in 2018, was a mesmerizing performer in his own right. "Smoke From the Chimney" contains nine White guitar-and-voice demos fleshed out by producer Dan Auerbach with his usual stable of Nashville studio aces. The Black Keys frontman does a terrific job of capturing the deep-voiced singer's brooding swamp-rock essence, giving this Amer...

I have listened to Van Morrison on and off since his Gloria days with Them. In case you have lost track, he is still recording at age 75. And his most recent production--a 28-song compilation titled 'Latest Record Project, Vol. 1'--has ignited a controversy. First the music, then the controversy. What struck me listening to the album, which I am still working my way through, is how good Van sounds.

(Denis Balibouse/Reuters) A pop genius’s political poetry sets the record straight. Van Morrison’s new three-LP album Latest Record Project, Volume 1 is so radical — so out of fashion, it’s ahead of fashion — that it also recalls the most widely celebrated album from exactly 40 years ago: The Clash’s punk-reggae-rap lollapalooza, their triple LP Sandinista! The Clash’s overt political pop was dedicated to peer-pressure attitudes that define rock-music hipness. Morrison, at age 75, is no longer considered “hip,” but Latest Record Project, Volume 1 proves bolde...

Bebe Rexha Addresses 'Upsetting' Album Debut, Plus More Chart Feats and Defeats Chris Willman, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail This week’s album chart saw no successful new entries and, in fact, it was so barren of fresh blood that the news has more to do with what didn’t debut well than what did — like Bebe Rexha’s new release, the low numbers for which she boldly took to Twitter to acknowledge. Rexha’s “Better Mistakes” debuted at No. 129 on the Rolling Stone album chart. On the Billboard chart, it was a few rungs lower still, at No. 140. Responding to a tweet pointing out t...