Live Review: Van Morrison in Los Angeles

Rather than taking a victory lap to celebrate his reclamation of his earliest masterpiece, "Astral Weeks," Van Morrison is digging deeper into the 40-year-old album's maze of openings, lush walkways and scenic vistas. His performance Thursday (5/7) on the first of three nights at the Orpheum Theater, about eight miles from where he recorded "Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl" in November, found the Belfast Cowboy engaged and caring, not just about the material, but the dynamics of the pres...

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