Marianne Stokes Death and the Maiden 1908 This week’s post is the second focussing on the early influences on the song writing of Van Morrison, this time using "TB Blues" as the point of engagement: it is an edited excerpt from the upcoming book Divining the Earth: Earthing the Divine. One of several key phrases... Continue Reading →
Way, Way Back Through the Labyrinth: Van Morrison Haunted on “Cyprus Avenue” and Beyond
This week’s post is an edited excerpt from the upcoming book Divining the Earth: Earthing the Divine: Psychogeographic (and Other) Influences on Poet and Lyricist due to be published on Wyrd Wolf Howl Press in November 2022. The chapter from which the excerpt comes has as its focus Van Morrison’s track “Cyprus Avenue '' and... Continue Reading →
The Spooky Perambulator 