Keep 'Er Lit

Name: Keep 'Er Lit
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9780571353897
Price: 39.99 NZD
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New Selected Lyrics

By Van Morrison

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Summary

Keep 'Er Lit is the second collection of Van Morrison's lyrics, featuring 120 songs spanning his remarkable career. Following Lit Up Inside, this volume showcases Morrison’s innovative songwriting, capturing the poetic essence of his work from seminal albums like Astral Weeks to more recent releases such as Roll With The Punches and The Prophet Speaks. With lyrics that reveal the depth and beauty of his artistic journey, it affirms why he remains one of the most enduring voices in music.
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Ideal for fans of Van Morrison, enthusiasts of song lyrics and poetry, and readers interested in music history and songwriting craft.

A new volume of the timeless lyrics of Van Morrison selected by the legendary singer-songwriter himself, edited by Eamonn Hughes, with a new foreword by Paul Muldoon.

Featuring a foreword by Paul Muldoon, Keep 'Er Lit is the second volume of Van Morrison's collected lyrics containing one hundred and twenty songs from across his storied career.

Description

I want to sing this song for you
I want to lift your spirits high
And in my soul I want to feel
The beauty of the days gone by.

Following Lit Up Inside, Keep 'Er Lit is the second instalment of Van Morrison's collected lyrics containing one hundred and twenty songs from across his storied career, revealing why he is celebrated as one of the most innovative and enduring songwriters of our time.

'These trance-like, free-forming lyrics are amazing...Van Morrison's glorious art, for which these lyrics are the score, comes close to perfection.' – Irish Times [on Lit Up Inside]

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Interrobang praises Keep 'Er Lit as a must-have for Van Morrison fans, highlighting that presenting his songs as prose and poetry proves his status as one of the greatest singer-songwriters. The book also features an introduction by Hughes and a foreword from Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Paul Muldoon.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780571353897

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 05 March 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Faber & Faber

Edition: Main

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 28.0mm

Width: 148.0mm

Height: 225.0mm

Weight: 470g

Pages: 272

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Arts & Culture Non-Fiction Van Morrison

About the Author

Sir Van Morrison is a Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, author, poet and multi-instrumentalist, who is widely considered one of the most important songwriters of the past century. His extraordinary achievements have been recognised with honorary doctorates from both the University of Ulster and Queen's University Belfast and the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.