Irish blues and folk singer Van Morrison shows on his 40th studio album that he is still in good spirits and in excellent shape. On his fourth album in just two years, the seventies does this again with a collection of rhythm & blues songs from his youth, supplemented with sporadic own work. With an important supporting role for hammond organist and trumpet player , Morrison sounds relaxed and
… inspired in loosely and jazzy swinging versions of Dimples ( ) and the full-length I Love The Life I Live ( ). He expresses his love for this music in Ain't Gonna Moan No More, written by himself. Remarkable is the title track with which Morrison gently harks back to his more mystical period of (1970) and (1974). Morisson is, however, audibly happy with the infectious The Prophet Speaks. (MR)more