Keep Me Singing

1. Kimosabe

   Sep 30, 2016

   8

   I have been a fan from 1964, the Them days, and still listen to Astral Weeks, Moondance, Veedon Fleece, and No Guru, No Method, No TeacherI have been a fan from 1964, the Them days, and still listen to Astral Weeks, Moondance, Veedon Fleece, and No Guru, No Method, No Teacher and Too Late to Stop Now often. I saw Van many times in S.F., and I used to even see his mother walking her dog between Fairfax and San Anselmo and I used to visit his father's record store. But I have not liked all that Van has done. This new record is a very pleasant surprise. I like it from beginning to end. It has a different feel. The musicianship is very pleasing in a way somehow different from previous albums. All of the songs are good and he's not complaining. I have aged with Van and in these golden years, these autumnal days, these days of the setting sun, I find this album very comforting, like a well made gin and tonic. There is nothing saccharine, nothing too New Age, just a man using his voice and music to reflect on a long life. It's not Astral Weeks or Moondance but it's pretty damn nice.… Expand

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