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Moving on Skiffle

Van Morrison

Moving on Skiffle

Forty third full-length album from the legendary Irish singer featuring skiffle-influenced covers of blues, country, folk, gospel and jazz songs

ADM rating[?]

7.5

Label
EXILE
UK Release date
10/03/2023
US Release date
10/03/2023
  1. 8.0 |   The Arts Desk

    It’s a joy to hear him like this, and with this repertoire, the music he heard as a teenager
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  2. 8.0 |   XS Noize

    Songs wrongly forgotten in time, reshaped, revitalized, and restored for us today. It’s a love letter to skiffle and a respectful nod to those who came before him – and it will undoubtedly go down as Van Morrison’s best work for some time
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  3. 8.0 |   The Irish Times

    This is, for the most part, a joyful and mercifully rant-free zone
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  4. 8.0 |   The FT

    The 77-year-old’s third album in as many years is a tribute to the 1950s music that first inspired him
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  5. 8.0 |   Record Collector

    Van Morrison’s voice is in fine a form as ever. The important thing is that while he – and the rest of the crew – head down a well-travelled road, they certainly don’t sit in the middle of it
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  6. 8.0 |   Uncut

    Richer and more sophisticated [than 1998's The Skiffle Sessions] but has a lightness of touch that recalls Bruce Springsteen's delightful 2006 album of Pete Seeger reinterpretations, We Shall Overcome. Print edition only

  7. 6.0 |   Mojo

    It's arguable that Morrison and his smooth, jazzy pards skew a tad too good-natured - more of OG '50s skiffle's rough bite would not have gone amiss. Print edition only


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