VAN MORRISON’s

New Album

‘The Prophet Speaks’

is Out Now!

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“Intimate, effortless-sounding exercises in sublime jazz phrasing… among his best compositions in a while” – Uncut

“Seldom has Van sounded more sanguine than he does on his 40th album” – Mojo

“Van Morrison is on a creative roll” – Stack

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VAN MORRISON‘s 40th studio album – ‘The Prophet Speaks’ – was released today, 7th December 2018 via Caroline Australia. Download / stream HERE.

This fourteen-track album follows a recent run of hugely acclaimed albums (‘Roll With The Punches’, ‘Versatile’ and ‘You’re Driving Me Crazy’), each of which has delved deep into the musical styles that have continued to inspire Van throughout his life; Vocal Jazz and R&B. Here, Van takes on a series of unarguable classics by the likes of John Lee Hooker, Sam Cooke and Solomon Burke (among others) and makes them unmistakably his own. Alongside these reinterpretations, ‘The Prophet Speaks’ features six phenomenal new VAN MORRISON compositions including the recent single ‘Got To Go Where The Love Is’.

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Van Morrison says of The Prophet Speaks: “It was important for me to get back to recording new music as well as doing some of the blues material that has inspired me from the beginning. Writing songs and making music is what I do, and working with great musicians makes it all the more enjoyable.”

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‘The Prophet Speaks’ again finds Van working with the incredible multi-instrumentalist Joey DeFrancesco (the artist co-credited on ‘You’re Driving Me Crazy’) and his band (including Dan Wilson on guitar, Michael Ode on drums and Troy Roberts on tenor saxophone). The tracklisting is:

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1. Gonna Send You Back To Where I Got You From
(Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson, Leona Blackman)

2. Dimples
(John Lee Hooker, James Bracken)

3. Got to Go Where The Love Is
(Van Morrison)

4. Laughin’ and Clownin’
(Sam Cooke)

5. 5am Greenwich Mean Time
(Van Morrison)

6. Gotta Get You Off My Mind
(Solomon Burke, Delores Burke, Josephine Burke Moore)

7. Teardrops
(J.D. Harris)

8. I Love The Life I Live
(Willie Dixon)

9. Worried Blues / Rollin’ and Tumblin’
(J.D. Harris)

10. Ain’t Gonna Moan No More
(Van Morrison)

11. Love Is A Five Letter Word
(Gene Barge)

12. Love Is Hard Work
(Van Morrison)

13. Spirit Will Provide
(Van Morrison)

14. The Prophet Speaks
(Van Morrison)

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VAN MORRISON will play a series of US shows in 2019. The Chicago shows are the first VAN MORRISON has played in the city in a decade:

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Fri Jan 25th     The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas

Sat Jan 26th     The Colosseum at Caesars Palace Las Vegas

Wed Jan 30th   The Colosseum at Caesars Palace Las Vegas

Fri Feb 1st       The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas

Sat Feb 2nd      The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas

Tue Feb 5th     The Wiltern, Los Angeles

Wed Feb 6th    The Wiltern Los Angeles

Fri Feb 8th       The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas

Sat Feb 9th      The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas

Wed Apr 24th   Chicago Theatre, Chicago

Thu Apr 25th    Chicago Theatre, Chicago

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AMNPLIFY – JC