Van Morrison

Van Morrison is my favorite kind of contradiction: a famously gruff man who makes some of the warmest music ever recorded. The Belfast in him never left; that blend of soul, jazz, and Celtic mysticism feels like weather rolling in off the Irish coast. He has the knighthood, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction, the songwriting honors, and seems to care about none of it, which I suspect is exactly why the work stays pure. Sixty years into a career, he still sings as if the song matters more than the audience. I find that stubbornness genuinely moving. The grumpiness is the price of admission; the transcendence is the show.

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Name (English)

Van Morrison

Name (Japanese)

ヴァン・モリソン

Reading

ゔぁん・もりそん

Born

August 31, 1945 (age 81)

Origin

Belfast, United Kingdom

Occupation

guitarist / poet / composer / singer / pianist

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Rooster

Awards & achievements

• Officer of the Order of the British Empire
• Officer of Arts and Letters
• 1993 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
• 2015 Johnny Mercer Award
• 2017 Americana Lifetime Achievement Award for Songwriting
• Knight Bachelor

• Official sitehttps://www.vanmorrison.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/vanmorrisonofficial/
• Xhttps://x.com/vanmorrison
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van%20Morrison
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A2%E3%83%AA%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q272203

Tags

• guitarist
• poet
• composer

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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