A lockdown conversation with Van Morrison seems ... a book of Cole Porter’s songs and his lyrics are just poetry. I don’t think there is a lot of difference.” Morrison’s work has always ...

If you do songs that are an expression ... Robin Swann condemned Morrison’s message, saying he felt disappointed and “expected better from him”. “Van Morrison is going way beyond raising ...

“Yeah, yeah, I agree,” Van Morrison says ... “But that’s old history,” Morrison adds quickly, ready to move on. It sounded like me trying to do Leadbelly songs. But I knew it was ...