Back in mid-November Van Morrison scheduled a special three-night run at the Hollywood Bowl in California with the promise of a full performance of arguably his best work, Astral Weeks.
For those of us who couldn’t make it out West, Van The Man has announced that he will once again revisit the album for two shows in New York at the WaMu Theater @ Madison Square Garden on February 27 & 28.
- Wakarusa ’09 offers their initial festie lineup
- List Time: Top 10 Concept Albums
- NYT profiles singer/songwriter/violinist/whistler Andrew Bird
- Cover Alert: The Shins tackle the Magnetic Fields
- Philly gets its own local music website
- PTST tells you why 2009 will be a great year for music
- PBS to air a doc on the 1967 Stax/Volt Revue Tour
- Bonus List: Music Blogs That Rock
Finally, while we’re a bit late on this one we are sad to report the passing of Delaney Bramlett at the age of 69 from complications of gall bladder surgery. Bramlett was best known as the front man for the blue-eyed soul act Delaney & Bonnie – the group that Eric Clapton decided to join after leaving Blind Faith, and as the story goes was also responsible for teaching George Harrison how to play slide guitar. Bramlett will be missed.
