Van Morrison – Setlists, Photos & Videos from Summer 2016

Posted on June 24, 2016June 24, 2016 by Egil Mosbron

van morrison 2016 — photo by MATTHEW HINTON

Van Morrison is playing Bergen, Norway in July this year.

In order to feel well prepared for that concert I need to map out his performances from “Europe Summer Tour 2016”. This post will be regularly updated.

Van Morrison – Europe Summer Tour 2016

29-May-2016 – Town Hall (Early Show), Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland
29-May-2016 – Town Hall (Late Show), Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland
07-June-2016 – Donald Gordon Theatre, Cardiff, Wales
09-June-2016 – Harrogate International Centre, Harrogate, England
14-June-2016 – Hampton Court, East Molesey, England
15-June-2016- Nells Jazz And Blues, London, England (Early Show)
15-June-2016 – Nells Jazz And Blues, London, England (Late Show)
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Upcoming:
03-July-2016 – Newcastle, Northern Ireland, Slieve Donard Hotel
04-July-2016 – Newcastle, Northern Ireland, Slieve Donard Hotel
09-July-2016 – Lucca, Italy, Lucca Summer Festival
13-July-2016 – Stuttgart, Germany, Jazz Open
29-July-2016 – Ostersund, Sweden, Storsjöyran
30-July-2016 – Bergen, Norway, Plenen Ampitheatre

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Songs played the most in 2016:

updated June 24, 2016

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Van Morrison´s Most Underrated Album: Inarticulate Speech of the Heart (1983)

Posted on June 23, 2016June 23, 2016 by Egil Mosbron

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Almost a forgotten album, Inarticulate Speech of the Heart takes listeners to the deepest, most inward areas of Van Morrison‘s renegade Irish soul, the culmination of his spiritual jazz period and also — perhaps not coincidentally — the last record he made for Warner Bros. Four of the 11 tracks are moody instrumentals, which might partly explain the indifference of many rock critics toward the album, although the album’s very title gives a clue to their presence.
-Richard S. Ginell (allmusic.com)

Inarticulate Speech of the Heart is a highly underrated piece of art.

I decide to check out what the Van Morrison “experts” had written about it (books, websites, magazines, etc..), and express my own opinion as well.

June 18: The Late great Jackie Leven would have been 66 today

Posted on June 18, 2016 by Hallgeir Olsen

June 18: The Late great Jackie Leven would have been 66

Jackie Leven was brilliant and truly under-appreciated. I never tire of his music.His lyrics stand as poetry of the highest order.His life ended much too soon. I was lucky to see him in concert just a year before he died. He was a master story-teller both in his songs and between his songs.

After the show he asked me what my name was, I told him that it was Hallgeir. He said: “What?” and then tried to say it and laughed. “What does it mean?” I said that it is an old viking name that it literally means stone spear. He signed his cd for me with the words: “To my big viking friend, Hallgeir!” He was a sweet, funny and very talented man.

I found some fine moments on YouTube to celebrate a fine songwriter.

Jackie Leven – Empty in Soho Square and a fine interview (2004):

Jackie Leven – Ancient Misty Morning medley – Tramway Glasgow 1995:

Jackie Leven (18 June 1950 – 14 November 2011) was a Scottish songwriter and folk musician. After starting his career as a folk musician in the late 1960s, he first found success with new wave band Doll by Doll. He later recorded as a solo artist, releasing more than twenty albums under his own name or under the pseudonym Sir Vincent Lone. He sometimes complained that his record company wouldn’t let him release as many albums as he wanted. And he wanted to release a lot!

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Bergenfest music festival day 2 – 2016

Posted on June 17, 2016June 17, 2016 by Egil Mosbron

Day two was “Wilco day”.

One of the best bands in the world definitely. And when Tweedy is in a good mood, as he was yesterday, Wilco delivers.

Wilco @ “plenen”, Bergenfest 2016

Wonderful concert.

I hoped for “Impossible Germany” or “Spiders”, and we got both! Wilco´s performance was outstanding.

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Bergenfest Music Festival Day 1 – June 16, 2016

Posted on June 16, 2016June 16, 2016 by Egil Mosbron

Lovely start yesterday @ Bergenfest 2016.

The first concert this year was Israel Nash, and what a start! Wonderful stuff, will be hard to top even for Wilco later today.

Israel Nash and his formidable band had been given the difficult task of opening Bergenfest music festival this year. The concert was set at four o’clock in the afternoon, it was warm and humid and people were slowly seeping into the festival area. A hard job for any band, but Israel Nash managed it without any problems. In fact he and his band gave us the best show of the first day at the festival. Great sound, good songs, a tight band and a happy audience.

OK, it’s a bit like a mix of David Crosby,Neil Young and Jonathan Wilson, unashamedly indebted to the cosmic side of American music, but how can that be a bad thing? We loved it!

The guitars swelled over us in waves and the California sound washed away all our doubts and fears of the future of music. Hell yes, we loved it!

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The Legendary Music Man – Lincoln Wayne “Chips” Moman passed away June 13 – R.I.P.

Posted on June 14, 2016 by Egil Mosbron

R.I.P. Chips Moman

Grammy-winning songwriter, producer and guitarist Lincoln Wayne “Chips” Moman, who wrote and produced hits for Elvis Presley, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, B.J. Thomas, Dusty Springfield and many others, died at a hospice facility in his hometown of LaGrange, Georgia, on Monday, one day after his 79th birthday.
– rollingstone.com

One of the most important characters in the Memphis music scene in the 60’s. Chips Moman helped start Stax Records, then American Sound Studios, which cut 122 chart hits from 1967 to 1972 — an unparalleled achievement.

Lincoln Wayne “Chips” Moman (June 12, 1937 – June 13, 2016) was an American record producer, guitarist, and songwriter. As a record producer, Moman was known for recording Elvis Presley, Bobby Womack, Carla Thomas, and Merrilee Rush, as well as guiding the career of the Box Tops in Memphis, Tennessee, during the 1960s. As a songwriter, he was responsible for standards associated with Aretha Franklin, James Carr, Waylon Jennings, and B. J. Thomas. He was asession guitarist for Franklin and other musicians.

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