After 50 years, a legend stays strong
by Maura Johnston
Dec 17, 2018
2 minutes
THIS NOVEMBER, VAN MORRISON CELEBRATED the half-centennial of his album Astral Weeks, on which the Irish troubadour added his rousing high baritone to a watercolor landscape awash with genres so thoroughly blended it nearly rendered the idea of categorizing music obsolete. The golden anniversary of Morrison’s second album has been celebrated far and wide all year: retrospective appreciations have bloomed, and the delightful recent book
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