The Telegraph — Mick Brown and Martin Chilton pick 25 essential songs from Sir Van the Man more info

The Independent — Van Morrison, the reclusive singer-songwriter, has received a knighthood in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List – one of a number of arts and entertainment stars to be honoured. more info

The Telegraph — UK's only major greenfield jazz festival will be headlined by Van Morrison, who has been knighted in the Queen's Birthday honours more info

The Telegraph — From Bright Eyed Girl to the swing sensation Moondance, Sir Van has been recording hit songs since the Sixties more info

Stereogum — Aquarium Drunkard’s awesome Lagniappe Sessions feature gives artists the chance to record original, off-kilter covers. The latest batch is from Kyle Field, the man behind Little Wings. He tackles some huge names: Lil Wayne, Bruce Springsteen, Van M... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets for the Neil Young show at Jones Beach Theatre with Puss 'N' Boots go on sale today at 10 AM. Tickets for the Van Morrison show at Forest Hills Stadium go on sale today at 10 AM. Tickets... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The duets album is often a stroke session that involves a minimum of thought -- but not for Van Morrison. Duets is as cantankerous and eccentric as any of the man's other projects. Rather than just bring in a few... more info

Stereogum — The French website La Blogothèque has been on a roll lately with its Take Away Shows video series, in which we see artists playing unamplified and in natural light. The latest participant is Chicago’s Ryley Walker, who released Primrose Green, a l... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — We were big fans of Ryley Walker’s debut LP on Tompkins Square last year, but his latest, Primrose Green, shows that the Chicago singer-songwriter was just getting started. A whole review could be devoted to calling out Walker’s vintage influence... more info

Stereogum — Ryley Walker is doing his best Van Morrison impression on the cover of Primrose Green. Walker is clearly influenced by Morrison — you can hear it in his unbridled vocal ad-libs among other things — but Primrose Green is not a ’70s concept album... more info