Walsh’s book on the creation of Van Morrison’s beloved album, focused on that process alone, it would have been compelling enough in and of itself. In this the book is a great success.The research is exemplary, the facts are well marshalled and the reader always feels safe in Walsh’s hands." - The Times Literary Supplement "The star of Walsh’s show is actually the city of Boston itself, its underground visionaries, freaks and charlatans. "The delightful recent book Astral Weeks: A Secret History of 1968, by Ryan Walsh, connects the dots between that critically beloved release and the time Morrison spent in Boston a half-century ago." - TIME "Part of Walsh's book involves his own dogged pursuit of an elusive, reportedly lifechanging recording.Along the way, Walsh digs himself all the down a rabbit hole of epic, site-specific peculiarity." - The San Francisco Chronicle
"A book full of discoveries.a fantastic chronicle." - Rolling Stone He honors that art with his own." - Esquire "The book is rich with details on what was then an incredibly fertile time for the arts.Walsh was drawn to write this book because he was so moved, as is anyone with a soul, by what became Morrison’s masterpiece. "Wonderfully oddball" - "17 Refreshing Books to Read This Summer," The New York Times “The result is a complex, inquisitive, and satisfying book that illuminates and explicates the origins of “Astral Weeks” without diminishing the album’s otherworldly aura.” - The New Yorker The Best Music Books of 2018 - Vinyl Me Please Top 20 Rock Books of 2018 - #1, Richie Unterbergerīest Books of the Year 2018 - Best Classic Bands Luna’s Dean Wareham: Favorite Things of 2018 - Brooklyn Vegan Janet Maslin’s Top Critic Picks 2018 - New York Timesīest Music Books of the Year, #3 - Mojo Magazineīest Music Books of 2018 - Minneapolis City Pages
UPDATE: MAY 2021: - What happened to Van Morrison? The fall from eccentric genius to conspiracy theorist - Los Angeles Times
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