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Poets from Northern Ireland

Seamus Heaney, Van Morrison, Louis MacNeice, Paul Muldoon, Ciarán Carson, Nick Laird, Tom Paulin, Derek Mahon, James Simmons, Gerald Dawe, Padraic Fiacc, Geraldine Clinton Little, Stewart Parker, Helen Waddell, Medbh McGuckian

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ISBN/EAN: 9781156097977
Sprache: Englisch
Umfang: 40 S.
Format (T/L/B): 0.3 x 24.6 x 18.9 cm
Einband: kartoniertes Buch

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Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 39. Chapters: Seamus Heaney, Van Morrison, Louis MacNeice, Paul Muldoon, Ciarán Carson, Nick Laird, Tom Paulin, Derek Mahon, James Simmons, Gerald Dawe, Padraic Fiacc, Geraldine Clinton Little, Stewart Parker, Helen Waddell, Medbh McGuckian, Sinéad Morrissey, W. R. Rodgers, Peter McDonald, Michael Longley, Seamus Deane, Sammy Duddy, Colette Bryce, Richard Rowley, Geoffrey Squires, Leontia Flynn, Frank Ormsby, The Belfast Group, Robert Greacen, Brendan Hamill, Brendan Cleary, Maureen Boyle, Gerard McKeown, William Peskett, Carolyn Jess-Cooke, Michael McKimm, Weaver Poets, Mairtín Crawford, W. F. Marshall, James Fenton, Francis Harvey, John Frederick McNeice, Rory Waterman. Excerpt: Van Morrison, OBE (born George Ivan Morrison; 31 August 1945) is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician. His live performances at their best are regarded as transcendental and inspired; while some of his recordings, such as the studio albums Astral Weeks and Moondance, and the live album It's Too Late to Stop Now, are widely viewed as among the greatest ever made. Known as "Van the Man" to his fans, Morrison started his professional career when, as a teenager in the late 1950s, he played a variety of instruments including guitar, harmonica, keyboards and saxophone for various Irish showbands covering the popular hits of the day. He rose to prominence in the mid-1960s as the lead singer of the Northern Irish R&B band Them, with whom he recorded the garage band classic "Gloria". His solo career began under the pop-hit oriented guidance of Bert Berns with the release of the hit single "Brown Eyed Girl" in 1967. After Berns' death, Warner Bros. Records bought out his contract and allowed him three sessions to record Astral Weeks in 1968. Even though this album would gradually garner high praise, it was initially poorly received; however, the next one, Moondance, established Morrison as a major artist, and throughout the 1970s he built on his reputation with a series of critically acclaimed albums and live performances. Morrison continues to record and tour, producing albums and live performances that sell well and are generally warmly received, sometimes collaborating with other artists, such as Georgie Fame and The Chieftains. In 2008 he performed Astral Weeks live for the first time since 1968. Much of Morrison's music is structured around the conventions of soul music and R&B, such as the popular singles, "Brown Eyed Girl", "Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)", "Domino" and "Wild Night". An equal part of his catalogue consists of lengthy, loosely connected, spiritually inspired musical journeys that show the influence of Celtic tradition, jazz