Speaking in Tongues: The songs of Van Morrison

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Van Morrison is one of the most distinctive songwriters and singers in the history of popular music and over his forty-year career his music has been influenced by many styles. This far-reaching discussion and analysis of Van Morrison's songs from 1968 to the present day will, in turn, fascinate and delight his fans and music buffs alike.

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Music/composers and musicians/contemporary pop/ biography

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Dr Martin Buzacott is Adjunct Professor at the School of English, Media Studies and Art History at the University of Queensland, and music critic for The Courier-Mail and ABC Radio National's 'The Music Show'. Well known as a program note writer and pre-concert speaker, he was formerly publications editor of Symphony Australia, Artistic Administrator of the Queensland Orchestra, and CEO of the Queensland Writers' Centre. He is the author of two other books for ABC Books.