{"product_id":"van-morrison-remembering-now","title":"VAN MORRISON - Remembering Now","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCD - Standard Edition in Digisleeve. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVan Morrison\u003c\/strong\u003e will release his new album ‘\u003cem\u003eRemembering Now\u003c\/em\u003e’ on June 13th. It represents his first collection of original music since 2022 and also follows the acclaimed covers albums ‘\u003cem\u003eMoving On Skiffle\u003c\/em\u003e’ and ‘\u003cem\u003eAccentuate The Positive\u003c\/em\u003e’. The album’s launch is accompanied by the long-awaited single ‘\u003cem\u003eDown To Joy\u003c\/em\u003e’, which receives its first official release after memorably featuring in \u003cstrong\u003eKenneth Branagh\u003c\/strong\u003e’s Oscar and BAFTA winning film ‘\u003cem\u003eBelfast\u003c\/em\u003e’. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith ‘\u003cem\u003eRemembering Now\u003c\/em\u003e’, Van Morrison returns to the transcendent, uncategorisable rhapsodies that make him unique. Soul, jazz, blues, folk, country - this is music in conversation with all of them but limited by none. Its rich with hallmarks of classic Van Morrison, from dominant themes of love in spirit with the great ‘\u003cem\u003eSomeone Like You\u003c\/em\u003e’ (the escapist romance of ‘\u003cem\u003eOnce In A Lifetime Feelings\u003c\/em\u003e’, the self-deprecating candour of ‘\u003cem\u003eThe Only Love I Ever Need Is Yours\u003c\/em\u003e’) to specific references to locations from his youth in the title track and ‘\u003cem\u003eStomping Ground\u003c\/em\u003e’. The title of another song, ‘\u003cem\u003eWhen the Rains Came\u003c\/em\u003e’, echoes a lyric from his classic ‘\u003cem\u003eBrown Eyed Girl\u003c\/em\u003e’.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the radiant opener, ‘\u003cem\u003eDown to Joy\u003c\/em\u003e’, to the joyously resilient ‘\u003cem\u003eHaven’t Lost My Sense of Wonder\u003c\/em\u003e’, Van Morrison’s voice, guitar and saxophone continue to mesmerise and he is surrounded, as always, by a fabulous band - \u003cstrong\u003eRichard Dunn\u003c\/strong\u003e  (Hammond organ), \u003cstrong\u003eStuart McIlroy\u003c\/strong\u003e (piano), \u003cstrong\u003ePete Hurley\u003c\/strong\u003e (bass) and \u003cstrong\u003eColin Griffin\u003c\/strong\u003e (drums and percussion) - who have worked with him since ‘\u003cem\u003eThree Chords and the Truth\u003c\/em\u003e’ in 2019.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe single ‘\u003cem\u003eDown To Joy\u003c\/em\u003e’ feels like he has gone back to his soul and gospel roots, its strong emphasis on an uplifting big band arrangement with evocative strings providing fans with a taste of timeless sounds which represents the rest of the album.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeyond his key band members, ‘\u003cem\u003eRemembering Now\u003c\/em\u003e’ features an array of accomplished collaborators.  Its strings were arranged and directed by \u003cstrong\u003eFiachra Trench\u003c\/strong\u003e (Paul McCartney, Elvis Costello), whose association with Van Morrison goes back to ‘\u003cem\u003eAvalon Sunset\u003c\/em\u003e’ in 1989. Those strings were performed by the \u003cstrong\u003eFews Ensemble\u003c\/strong\u003e led by \u003cstrong\u003eJoanne Quigley\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOther contributions come from \u003cstrong\u003eMichael Beckwith\u003c\/strong\u003e, the founder of the Agape International Spiritual Center, the renowned lyricist \u003cstrong\u003eDon Black\u003c\/strong\u003e (Ennio Morricone, John Barry, Quincy Jones); and the acclaimed folk artist \u003cstrong\u003eSeth Lakeman\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCULTURE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEqual parts blue-eyed soul shouter and wild-eyed poet-sorcerer, Van Morrison is among popular music’s true innovators, a restless seeker whose incantatory vocals and alchemical fusion of R\u0026amp;B, jazz, blues, and Celtic folk produced perhaps the most spiritually transcendent body of work in the rock \u0026amp; roll canon. Subject only to the whims of his own muse, his recordings cover extraordinary stylistic ground yet retain a consistency and purity virtually unmatched among his contemporaries, connected by the mythic power of his singular musical vision and his incendiary vocal delivery: spiralling repetitions of wails and whispers that bypass the confines of language to articulate emotional truths far beyond the scope of literal meaning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Exile Productions","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":54241681146201,"sku":"SDZ-40299","price":13.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3455\/0945\/files\/Van_Morrison_-_Remembering_Now_-_CD_-_2025.jpg?v=1740597999","url":"https:\/\/spindizzyrecords.com\/products\/van-morrison-remembering-now","provider":"Spindizzy Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}