It should come as no surprise that Van Morrison has made an album inspired by skiffle. Van Morrison’s love of skiffle dates back to his childhood. He would hang out at the famed Belfast record store Atlantic Records, where he’d hear early 20th century folk, blues and jazz from the likes of Lead Belly and Jelly Roll Morton. So when he heard Lonnie Donegan’s take on ‘Rock Island Line’ he intuitively understood the music he was creating. Before long, Van Morrison was playing with a skiffle band in school.

Several decades on, Van Morrison now revisits his love of the genre with his new album ‘Moving On Skiffle’.

‘Moving On Skiffle’ finds him taking a homemade style that exploded across Britain in the mid-1950s and infusing it with a level of sophistication and soulfulness that it didn’t always possess the first time around. The 23-track album goes to the heart of the music Van Morrison has inhabited ever since he was six years old, hanging out in the smoky confines of Belfast’s Atlantic Records. It also contains songs that underline, in their messages on the importance of freedom and living on your own terms, his lifetime philosophy.

Key contributors on the album include Dave Keary (guitars), Pete Hurley (bass), Colin Griffin (drums) and Sticky Wicket (washboard). Current Brit folk favourite Seth Lakeman also contributes fiddle to five songs.

Label
Virgin Music Label & Artist Services
Genre
Pop & Rock 2LP
Freight Train
Careless Love
Sail Away Ladies
Streamline Train
Take This Hammer
No Other Baby
Gypsy Davy
This Loving Light of Mine
In The Evening When the Sun Goes Down
Yonder Comes A Sucker
Travellin Blues
Gov Dont Allow
Come On In
Streamlined Cannonball
Greenback Dollar
Oh Lonesome Me
I Wish Was An Apple On A Tree
Im So Lonesome I Could Cry
Im Movin On
Cold Cold Heart
Worried Man Blues
Cotton Fields
Green Rocky Road

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