Guardian Music — St David’s Hall, CardiffThe relentlessly innovative Velvet Underground star launched Cardiff’s Festival of Voice with the help of a choir, chamber orchestra and Charlotte ChurchFor Wales to launch its Festival of Voice – later to... more info

Consequence of Sound — Unreleased footage captures the Northern Irish singer-songwriter at his leanest and rawest. more info

Guardian Music — From radio-friendly R&B via religious fervor to spiritual reawakening, these tracks map the Northern Irish songwriter’s soul-searching careerDuring Van Morrison’s spell in Them, the brutally, brilliantly reductive Belfast band he fronte... more info

Mercury News, California — Van Morrison performs at the intimate SFJAZZ Center Oct. 18-19. Here's how to score tickets. more info

Uncut — Our latest special celebrates rock's most "moody, unpredictable, perverse, often downright wilful" visionary Our latest special celebrates rock's most "moody, unpredictable, perverse, often downright wilful" visionary The post Introducing… Van... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The collection, It's Too Late to Stop Now… Volumes II, III, IV & DVD, will feature three previously unreleased concerts recorded at Los Angeles' the Troubadour, the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium and London's Rainbow as well as a Lond... more info

Uncut — It's Too Late To Stop Now volumes II, III, IV are on their way It's Too Late To Stop Now volumes II, III, IV are on their way The post Van Morrison revisits 1973 tour with new archival set appeared first on Uncut. more info

Rolling Stone — Van Morrison's 1973 tour that spawned the singer's classic live album It's Too Late to Stop Now… will be the focus of an 3CD/1DVD archival release. Titled It's Too Late to Stop Now… Volumes II, III, IV & DVD, the collection boasts t... more info

Reuters — MONTREUX, Switzerland (Reuters) - The Montreux Jazz Festival celebrates its 50th anniversary this year with a line-up featuring Van Morrison, Herbie Hancock and Patti Smith, as well as young bluesmen and electronic musicians stepping into the limelig... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book. Previous contributors include Bret Easton Ellis, Kate Christensen, Kevin Brockmeier, T.C. Boyle, Dana Spiotta, Amy Bloom,... more info