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The 50 Best British Artists of All Time

While all eyes are on the throne, we pay tribute to our 50 favorite British artists—a rock 'n roll royal family of sorts.  read more

Van Morrison: T.B. Sheets

A future legend’s raw, heart-wrenching first solo session The sound of a sick room. Of terminal bed sheets sticky with cold sweat and sputum. The seemingly endless waiting, tambourine ticking off minute after monotonous minute. There’s an eerie inevitably to the groove of “T.B. Sheets,” the titular nine-and-a-half-minute psychedelic R&B opus at the center of this 1974 Van Morrison compilation (recently reissued by the preservation-minded Friday Music in its original form, with no extras to cloud the proceedings)....  read more

The Soundtrack to Your Resolutions: 20 Songs for Fresh Starts, New Beginnings and Not Screwing Up This Time

New Year's Day - time to revel in the clarity of that hangover, take stock of the year that's just passed and hit the reset button for 2010. Here's a mix to help you do it...  read more

Pearl Jam, Drake, MMJ, Levon Helm, Van Morrison, Many More Highlight New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2010 Lineup

Even after conducting the most thorough examination of Pearl Jam possible, we never would have been able to picture nor predict where Eddie Vedder would lend his trademark vocals next: the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival....  read more

Music to Commemorate That Giant Leap for Mankind

When John F. Kennedy promised the world in 1961 that Americans would land on the moon by the end of the decade, most people thought the notion ridiculous. But 40 years ago today, Apollo 11 landed on the moon, making good on the presidential promise. The Russians may have their Sputnik and their Yuri Gagarin, but it's the American flag that protrudes from the moon's surface, providing a source of pride for all (well, most) Americans. In celebration, then, this playlist: ...  read more

50 Best Bob Dylan Covers of All Time

As we began to compile this list of the 50 Best Bob Dylan Covers of All Time—asking for input from Paste readers, writers and editors—someone suggested that it might be easier to compile a list of artists who haven't covered Dylan. I've listened to literally hundreds of Dylan covers over the course of the past week, trying to weigh choices like, "Who's version of 'Tomorrow Is a Long Time' is better, Nick Drake or Nickel Creek?" But I don't mean to make it sound like grueling work. My biggest take-away from this exercise is that going to Dylan for source...  read more

Van Morrison revisits Astral Weeks live in California (again)

Van Morrison is heading to California for a series of cover-to-cover performances of Astral Weeks, his cult-classic 1968 album. Although Morrison will only be hitting up Berkley and Los Angeles, he plans to stick around for a few days in each city to give multiple performances....  read more

Paste's St. Patrick's Day Playlist

Dump loads of green dye into your local river, get gussied up in an overwhelming amount of green apparel, drink your weight in Guinness, regret that decision tomorrow morning and pop on this playlist: It's Saint Patrick's Day! Even if you aren't Irish, chances are you know someone who is, and it would be selfish not to celebrate their heritage, so we're here to help. Today is all about Irish beverages (car bombs, Guinness, Jameson), the color green, luckiness, shamrocks, general Irish pride, and of course, music about all of the above. Maybe that's not all today is about, but...  read more

Van Morrison: Astral Weeks: Live at the Hollywood Bowl

Van Morrison is a notoriously spotty live performer...  read more

Catching Up With... Van Morrison

Van Morrison defends most of his work with a poet's pride, but can he revive his 1968 album Astral Weeks in a live setting 40 years after its release? In November, Morrison reunited with the surviving members of his studio band for...  read more