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Van Morrison grew up with Skiffle - yes, at 77 years of age that’s still possible! Skiffle is the precursor to pop music which allowed young musicians in England to learn the ropes of traditional American music, folk, jazz and blues in the 50’s and early 60’s. Skiffle bands played makeshift acoustic instruments, guitars, banjos and washboards, with big smiles and hair slicked back behind the ears. Although it was very popular at the time, the genre was soon swept away by the pop explosion (before the Beatles, John Lennon had his skiffle band, the Quarrymen), but it is remembered as a safe haven for musical learning, and a bygone golden age. More than 20 years ago, Van Morrison honoured skiffle on a live album with two of the genre’s heroes: Lonnie Donegan and Chris Barber (The Skiffle Sessions, live in Belfast). He has now returned to the studio and to the band for Moving On Skiffle, which is like an elixir of youth. The album’s 23 tracks are all covers of songs that belong to American folk and blues heritage. Van Morrison doesn’t claim to revolutionise anything here. Using cheerful, acoustic instruments, he celebrates the eternal youth of songs that will still be sung around campfires 50 years from now. Just as Dylan revisited Sinatra’s repertoire on Shadows In The Night and Fallen Angels in the mid-2010’s, Van Morrison flips through the musical album of his youth, bringing it back with a catchy simplicity and joy. © Stéphane Deschamps/Qobuz
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VAN MORRISON, Producer, Harmonica, Vocalist, MainArtist, ElectricGuitar - Tony Cousins, MasteringEngineer - Richard Dunn, HammondOrgan - Elizabeth Cotten, ComposerLyricist - Dave Keary, BackgroundVocalist, ElectricGuitar - Colin Griffin, DrumKit - Crawford Bell, BackgroundVocalist - Chantelle Duncan, BackgroundVocalist - Pete Hurley, BassGuitar - Stuart McIlroy, Piano - Alan 'Sticky' Wicket, Percussion - Ben McAuley, Engineer, MixingEngineer
℗ 2023 Exile Productions Ltd.
VAN MORRISON, Producer, Saxophone, Vocalist, MainArtist, ElectricGuitar, WorkArranger - Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Tony Cousins, MasteringEngineer - Dave Keary, ElectricGuitar - Colin Griffin, DrumKit - Dana Masters, BackgroundVocalist - Crawford Bell, BackgroundVocalist - Pete Hurley, BassGuitar - Stuart McIlroy, Piano - Alan 'Sticky' Wicket, Percussion - Ben McAuley, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Jolene O’Hara, BackgroundVocalist
℗ 2023 Exile Productions Ltd.
VAN MORRISON, Producer, Harmonica, Vocalist, MainArtist, ElectricGuitar, WorkArranger, 12-StringAcousticGuitar - Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Tony Cousins, MasteringEngineer - Richard Dunn, handclaps, BackgroundVocalist, HammondOrgan - Seth Lakeman, Fiddle - Dave Keary, Bouzouki, handclaps, BackgroundVocalist, AcousticGuitar - Colin Griffin, Percussion, handclaps, BackgroundVocalist, DrumKit - Dana Masters, BackgroundVocalist - Crawford Bell, BackgroundVocalist - Pete Hurley, BassGuitar - Alan 'Sticky' Wicket, Percussion - Ben McAuley, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Jolene O’Hara, BackgroundVocalist
℗ 2023 Exile Productions Ltd.
VAN MORRISON, Producer, Vocalist, MainArtist, ElectricGuitar - Tony Cousins, MasteringEngineer - Richard Dunn, HammondOrgan - Red Nelson, ComposerLyricist - Dave Keary, Guitar, Ukulele, AcousticGuitar - Colin Griffin, Percussion, DrumKit - Dana Masters, BackgroundVocalist - Crawford Bell, BackgroundVocalist - Pete Hurley, BassGuitar - Stuart McIlroy, Piano - Alan 'Sticky' Wicket, Percussion - Ben McAuley, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Jolene O’Hara, BackgroundVocalist
℗ 2022 Exile Productions Ltd.
VAN MORRISON, Producer, Harmonica, Vocalist, MainArtist, ElectricGuitar, WorkArranger, 12-StringAcousticGuitar - Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Tony Cousins, MasteringEngineer - Dave Keary, AcousticGuitar - Colin Griffin, BackgroundVocalist, DrumKit - Dana Masters, BackgroundVocalist - Crawford Bell, BackgroundVocalist - Pete Hurley, BassGuitar - Stuart McIlroy, Piano - Alan 'Sticky' Wicket, Percussion, DrumKit - Ben McAuley, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Jolene O’Hara, BackgroundVocalist
℗ 2023 Exile Productions Ltd.
VAN MORRISON, Producer, Saxophone, Harmonica, Vocalist, MainArtist, ElectricGuitar - Tony Cousins, MasteringEngineer - Richard Dunn, HammondOrgan - Dickie Bishop, ComposerLyricist - Teena Lyle, Castanets - Dave Keary, ElectricGuitar - Colin Griffin, Percussion, DrumKit - Dana Masters, BackgroundVocalist - Crawford Bell, BackgroundVocalist - Pete Hurley, BassGuitar - Stuart McIlroy, Piano - Alan 'Sticky' Wicket, Percussion, Bongos - Ben McAuley, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Jolene O’Hara, BackgroundVocalist
℗ 2023 Exile Productions Ltd.
VAN MORRISON, Producer, Vocalist, MainArtist, WorkArranger - Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Tony Cousins, MasteringEngineer - Richard Dunn, HammondOrgan - Seth Lakeman, Fiddle - Dave Keary, AcousticGuitar - Colin Griffin, DrumKit - Dana Masters, BackgroundVocalist - Crawford Bell, BackgroundVocalist - Pete Hurley, BassGuitar - Stuart McIlroy, Piano - Alan 'Sticky' Wicket, Percussion - Ben McAuley, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Jolene O’Hara, BackgroundVocalist
℗ 2023 Exile Productions Ltd.
VAN MORRISON, Lyricist, Producer, Vocalist, MainArtist, ElectricGuitar, WorkArranger - Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Tony Cousins, MasteringEngineer - Richard Dunn, HammondOrgan - Dave Keary, ElectricGuitar - Colin Griffin, DrumKit - Dana Masters, BackgroundVocalist - Crawford Bell, BackgroundVocalist - Pete Hurley, BassGuitar - Stuart McIlroy, Piano - Alan 'Sticky' Wicket, Percussion - Ben McAuley, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Jolene O’Hara, BackgroundVocalist
℗ 2022 Exile Productions Ltd.
VAN MORRISON, Producer, Vocalist, MainArtist, ElectricGuitar - Tony Cousins, MasteringEngineer - Richard Dunn, HammondOrgan - Leroy Carr, ComposerLyricist - Dave Keary, ElectricGuitar - Colin Griffin, DrumKit - Dana Masters, BackgroundVocalist - Crawford Bell, BackgroundVocalist - Pete Hurley, BassGuitar - Stuart McIlroy, Piano - Alan 'Sticky' Wicket, Percussion - Ben McAuley, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Jolene O’Hara, BackgroundVocalist
℗ 2023 Exile Productions Ltd.
VAN MORRISON, Producer, Vocalist, MainArtist, AcousticGuitar - Tony Cousins, MasteringEngineer - Jim Reeves, ComposerLyricist - Teena Lyle, BackgroundVocalist - Dave Keary, BackgroundVocalist, AcousticGuitar, ElectricGuitar - Colin Griffin, BackgroundVocalist, DrumKit - Crawford Bell, BackgroundVocalist - Chantelle Duncan, BackgroundVocalist - Pete Hurley, BassGuitar - Alan 'Sticky' Wicket, Percussion - Ben McAuley, Engineer, MixingEngineer
℗ 2023 Exile Productions Ltd.
VAN MORRISON, Producer, Harmonica, Vocalist, MainArtist, AcousticGuitar - Tony Cousins, MasteringEngineer - Jimmie Rodgers, ComposerLyricist - Shelley Lee Alley, ComposerLyricist - Teena Lyle, BackgroundVocalist - Dave Keary, BackgroundVocalist, AcousticGuitar, LapSteelGuitar - Colin Griffin, BackgroundVocalist, DrumKit - Crawford Bell, BackgroundVocalist - Chantelle Duncan, BackgroundVocalist - Pete Hurley, BassGuitar - Stuart McIlroy, Piano - Alan 'Sticky' Wicket, Percussion - Ben McAuley, Engineer, MixingEngineer
℗ 2023 Exile Productions Ltd.
VAN MORRISON, Lyricist, Producer, Vocalist, MainArtist, ElectricGuitar, WorkArranger - Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Tony Cousins, MasteringEngineer - Richard Dunn, HammondOrgan - Dave Keary, AcousticGuitar - Colin Griffin, DrumKit - Crawford Bell, BackgroundVocalist - Pete Hurley, BassGuitar - Stuart McIlroy, Piano - Alan 'Sticky' Wicket, Percussion - Ben McAuley, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Jolene O’Hara, BackgroundVocalist
℗ 2023 Exile Productions Ltd.
VAN MORRISON, Producer, Vocalist, MainArtist - Tony Cousins, MasteringEngineer - Richard Dunn, BackgroundVocalist, HammondOrgan - Seth Lakeman, Fiddle, BackgroundVocalist - Washboard Sam, ComposerLyricist - Dave Keary, BackgroundVocalist, AcousticGuitar - Colin Griffin, BackgroundVocalist, DrumKit - Pete Hurley, BassGuitar - Stuart McIlroy, Piano - Alan 'Sticky' Wicket, Percussion - Ben McAuley, Engineer, MixingEngineer
℗ 2023 Exile Productions Ltd.
VAN MORRISON, Producer, Vocalist, MainArtist - Tony Cousins, MasteringEngineer - Richard Dunn, HammondOrgan - Roy Acuff, ComposerLyricist - Seth Lakeman, Mandolin, Fiddle - Teena Lyle, BackgroundVocalist - Dave Keary, AcousticGuitar - Colin Griffin, DrumKit - Crawford Bell, BackgroundVocalist - Chantelle Duncan, BackgroundVocalist - Pete Hurley, BassGuitar - Stuart McIlroy, Piano - Alan 'Sticky' Wicket, Percussion - Ben McAuley, Engineer, MixingEngineer
℗ 2023 Exile Productions Ltd.
VAN MORRISON, Producer, Saxophone, Vocalist, MainArtist, WorkArranger - Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Tony Cousins, MasteringEngineer - Richard Dunn, BackgroundVocalist, HammondOrgan - Dave Keary, Mandolin, BackgroundVocalist, ElectricGuitar - Colin Griffin, BackgroundVocalist, DrumKit - Pete Hurley, BassGuitar - Stuart McIlroy, Piano - Alan 'Sticky' Wicket, Percussion - Ben McAuley, Engineer, MixingEngineer
℗ 2023 Exile Productions Ltd.
Don Gibson, Composer, Lyricist - VAN MORRISON, Producer, Vocalist, MainArtist - Tony Cousins, MasteringEngineer - Richard Dunn, HammondOrgan - Teena Lyle, BackgroundVocalist - Dave Keary, BackgroundVocalist, AcousticGuitar, ElectricGuitar - Colin Griffin, BackgroundVocalist, DrumKit - Crawford Bell, BackgroundVocalist - Chantelle Duncan, BackgroundVocalist - Pete Hurley, BassGuitar - Stuart McIlroy, Piano - Alan 'Sticky' Wicket, Percussion - Ben McAuley, Engineer, MixingEngineer
℗ 2023 Exile Productions Ltd.
VAN MORRISON, Producer, Vocalist, MainArtist, AcousticGuitar, WorkArranger - Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Tony Cousins, MasteringEngineer - Richard Dunn, HammondOrgan - Teena Lyle, BackgroundVocalist - Dave Keary, Mandolin, BackgroundVocalist, AcousticGuitar - Colin Griffin, BackgroundVocalist, DrumKit - Crawford Bell, BackgroundVocalist - Chantelle Duncan, BackgroundVocalist - Pete Hurley, BassGuitar - Stuart McIlroy, Piano - Alan 'Sticky' Wicket, Percussion - Ben McAuley, Engineer, MixingEngineer
℗ 2023 Exile Productions Ltd.
VAN MORRISON, Producer, Vocalist, MainArtist, AcousticGuitar - Tony Cousins, MasteringEngineer - Hank Williams, ComposerLyricist - Richard Dunn, HammondOrgan - Teena Lyle, BackgroundVocalist - Dave Keary, Mandolin, BackgroundVocalist, LapSteelGuitar - Colin Griffin, BackgroundVocalist, DrumKit - Crawford Bell, BackgroundVocalist - Chantelle Duncan, BackgroundVocalist - Pete Hurley, BassGuitar - Stuart McIlroy, Piano - Alan 'Sticky' Wicket, Percussion - Ben McAuley, Engineer, MixingEngineer
℗ 2023 Exile Productions Ltd.
VAN MORRISON, Producer, Saxophone, Vocalist, MainArtist, ElectricGuitar - Tony Cousins, MasteringEngineer - Richard Dunn, HammondOrgan - HANK SNOW, ComposerLyricist - Teena Lyle, BackgroundVocalist - Dave Keary, BackgroundVocalist, LapSteelGuitar - Colin Griffin, Percussion, BackgroundVocalist, DrumKit - Crawford Bell, BackgroundVocalist - Chantelle Duncan, BackgroundVocalist - Pete Hurley, BassGuitar - Stuart McIlroy, Piano - Alan 'Sticky' Wicket, Percussion, Bongos, Congas - Ben McAuley, Engineer, MixingEngineer
℗ 2022 Exile Productions Ltd.
VAN MORRISON, Producer, Saxophone, Vocalist, MainArtist - Tony Cousins, MasteringEngineer - Hank Williams, ComposerLyricist - Richard Dunn, BackgroundVocalist, HammondOrgan - Dave Keary, BackgroundVocalist, ElectricGuitar, LapSteelGuitar - Colin Griffin, BackgroundVocalist, DrumKit - Crawford Bell, BackgroundVocalist - Pete Hurley, BassGuitar - Stuart McIlroy, Piano - Alan 'Sticky' Wicket, Percussion, Bongos, Congas - Ben McAuley, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Jolene O’Hara, BackgroundVocalist
℗ 2023 Exile Productions Ltd.
VAN MORRISON, Producer, Vocalist, MainArtist, ElectricGuitar, WorkArranger - Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Tony Cousins, MasteringEngineer - Richard Dunn, HammondOrgan - Teena Lyle, BackgroundVocalist - Dave Keary, BackgroundVocalist, ElectricGuitar - Colin Griffin, Percussion, BackgroundVocalist, DrumKit - Crawford Bell, BackgroundVocalist - Chantelle Duncan, BackgroundVocalist - Pete Hurley, BassGuitar - Stuart McIlroy, Piano - Alan 'Sticky' Wicket, Percussion, Bongos, Congas - Ben McAuley, Engineer, MixingEngineer
℗ 2022 Exile Productions Ltd.
VAN MORRISON, Producer, Vocalist, MainArtist, ElectricGuitar, WorkArranger - Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Tony Cousins, MasteringEngineer - Richard Dunn, HammondOrgan - Teena Lyle, BackgroundVocalist - Dave Keary, Bouzouki, Mandolin, BackgroundVocalist - Colin Griffin, BackgroundVocalist, DrumKit - Crawford Bell, BackgroundVocalist - Chantelle Duncan, BackgroundVocalist - Pete Hurley, BassGuitar - Stuart McIlroy, Piano - Alan 'Sticky' Wicket, Percussion - Ben McAuley, Engineer, MixingEngineer
℗ 2023 Exile Productions Ltd.
VAN MORRISON, Producer, Vocalist, MainArtist, ElectricGuitar, WorkArranger - Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Tony Cousins, MasteringEngineer - Richard Dunn, HammondOrgan - Seth Lakeman, Fiddle - Teena Lyle, BackgroundVocalist - Dave Keary, Bouzouki, BackgroundVocalist, AcousticGuitar - Colin Griffin, BackgroundVocalist, DrumKit - Crawford Bell, BackgroundVocalist - Chantelle Duncan, BackgroundVocalist - Pete Hurley, BassGuitar - Stuart McIlroy, Piano - Alan 'Sticky' Wicket, Percussion - Ben McAuley, Engineer, MixingEngineer
℗ 2023 Exile Productions Ltd.
Album review
Van Morrison grew up with Skiffle - yes, at 77 years of age that’s still possible! Skiffle is the precursor to pop music which allowed young musicians in England to learn the ropes of traditional American music, folk, jazz and blues in the 50’s and early 60’s. Skiffle bands played makeshift acoustic instruments, guitars, banjos and washboards, with big smiles and hair slicked back behind the ears. Although it was very popular at the time, the genre was soon swept away by the pop explosion (before the Beatles, John Lennon had his skiffle band, the Quarrymen), but it is remembered as a safe haven for musical learning, and a bygone golden age. More than 20 years ago, Van Morrison honoured skiffle on a live album with two of the genre’s heroes: Lonnie Donegan and Chris Barber (The Skiffle Sessions, live in Belfast). He has now returned to the studio and to the band for Moving On Skiffle, which is like an elixir of youth. The album’s 23 tracks are all covers of songs that belong to American folk and blues heritage. Van Morrison doesn’t claim to revolutionise anything here. Using cheerful, acoustic instruments, he celebrates the eternal youth of songs that will still be sung around campfires 50 years from now. Just as Dylan revisited Sinatra’s repertoire on Shadows In The Night and Fallen Angels in the mid-2010’s, Van Morrison flips through the musical album of his youth, bringing it back with a catchy simplicity and joy. © Stéphane Deschamps/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 23 track(s)
- Total length: 01:33:53
- Main artists: Van Morrison
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Exile Productions Ltd.
- Genre: Blues/Country/Folk Blues
© 2023 Exile Productions Ltd. ℗ 2023 Exile Productions Ltd.
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