"The Take-Away Shows" meets "Black Cab Sessions" in this intimate recording shot by Vincent Moon for La Blogothèque's "In a Van". The Walkmen have already played You & Me's raggedly affecting midtempo howler "On the Water" everywhere from Juan's Basement to FOX 5 News, but it's interesting to see how many elements were there ...

Van Morrison has announced that he will release the recent live recording of his 'Astral Weeks' album in the US in early 2009.

Reuters - In the waning moments of his performance of the 1968 album "Astral Weeks," Van Morrison offered his thanks to the Hollywood Bowl audience last Saturday, quipping, "You've made a happy man very old."

After an afternoon of parties and gigs, the first night of music the SXSW festival 2008 in Austin, Texas is set to kick off with the likes of REM, Van Morrison and The Kills among the highlights of the evening.