Eric Clapton and Van Morrison turn their joint single “The Rebels” into a top 40 hit on several charts this week.

These essential Patti Smith songs are some of her best work, ranging from nostalgic joyful tunes to to serious protest songs.

Van Morrison had proven he could do the whole ethereal tone poem type of song, but he wanted to make a play for the radio. He had settled down somewhat in his personal life, but he imagined a ...

In 1976, Thin Lizzy were touring Jailbreak in the US and breaking big. Then disaster struck. Band manager Chris O’Donnell ...

we see a very tipsy Robertson drop the needle on Van Morrison’s “Tupelo Honey,” which over the years became a shared favorite of the two friends. Morrison then walked out to sing that song ...

Last night’s tribute concert featured Last Waltz stars Eric Clapton, Van Morrison, and Mavis Staples ... Masterpiece”: Eric Clapton led a five-song mini-set at the concert.

And sure enough, there he was onstage in LA a half-century later, playing Band songs and jamming the holy hell out Chest Fever. And there are some surprises: Van Morrison, a longtime Robertson friend, ...

“This is a Canadian song,” Russell told the crowd before playing Robertson’s story-song opus loosely based on the French and Indian War. Robert Randolph tackled “Straight Down the Line ...

Who: Van Morrison ... selves.” Morrison began his career 60 years ago, fronting the band, Them, and scoring a hit with “Gloria.” Soon he had his own ensemble creating such songs as ...

As a pop-rock song from the 1970s (released in 1970, around the same time the Beatles officially broke up), it qualifies to be on the list. But I don’t really like the song very much. Neither did its ...