Van Morrison Announces New Album 'Roll With The Punches'
Tuesday, 11 July 2017
Written by Laura Johnson
Van Morrison will release a new record this autumn.
'Roll With The Punches', his 37th studio album, is due to arrive on September 22 and will feature new songs and his take on tracks by Bo Diddley, Mose Allison, Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Lightnin’ Hopkins, among others. Speaking about it, he said:
"From a very early age, I connected with the blues. The thing about the blues is you don’t dissect it – you just do it. I’ve never over-analysed what I do; I just do it. Music has to be about just doing it and that’s the way the blues works – it’s an attitude. I was lucky to have met people who were the real thing – people like John Lee Hooker, Jimmy Witherspoon, Bo Diddley, Little Walter & Mose Allison. I got to hang out with them and absorb what they did. They were people with no ego whatsoever and they helped me learn a lot."
"The songs on 'Roll With The Punches' - whether I’ve written them or not - they’re performance oriented. Each song is like a story and I’m performing that story. That’s been forgotten over years because people over-analyse things. I was a performer before I started writing songs and I’ve always felt like that’s what I do.”
Check out Bring It On Home To Me, the first track to be shared from record, along with its tracklist and artwork, below.
Tue July 11 2017 - LONDON Porchester Hall
Mon November 06 2017 - EDINBURGH Edinburgh Playhouse
Tue November 07 2017 - GLASGOW Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
Sun November 12 2017 - LONDON Eventim Apollo
Mon November 13 2017 - BIRMINGHAM Symphony Hall
Wed November 15 2017 - LIVERPOOL Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
Mon November 20 2017 - CARDIFF St David's Hall
Tue November 21 2017 - BRISTOL Colston Hall
Fri November 24 2017 - TORQUAY Princess Theatre - Torquay
Sat November 25 2017 - PLYMOUTH Plymouth Pavilions
Mon December 04 2017 - BELFAST Europa Hotel
Tue December 05 2017 - BELFAST Europa Hotel
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