Music
09 Aug 20

WATCH: David Keenan performs 'Slim Slow Slider' for Rave On, Van Morrison

WATCH: David Keenan performs 'Slim Slow Slider' for <i>Rave On, Van Morrison</i>

As part of our nightly YouTube series celebrating Van Morrison's 75th birthday, David Keenan performs 'Slim Slow Slider', and shares his reflections on the legendary artist's music and influence.

One of the country’s most compelling young musicians, David Keenan released his full-length debut A Beginner’s Guide To Bravery through Rubyworks earlier this year. The Dundalk singer-songwriter enjoyed a landmark 2019 – the starry highlights of which included a stellar set on Electric Picnic’s Main Stage.

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"Van's body of work is a Universe of Poetry, Prose, Rhythms, Blues and Aphorisms riddled with the seek and the search, a true testament to the transcendental qualities cultivated by the rare few. I identify with the same search for meaning and understanding and the vocation of expressing yourself through Music and Art out of sheer necessity for the sake of the soul.

"His voice inspired and continues to inspire. Rave on Van. Rave on, eternally so."

Read more in the upcoming Van Morrison Special Issue of Hot Press, and watch David Keenan's performance below:

Each performance for 'Rave On, Van Morrision' will be posted at 7pm Irish Standard Time every night on the Hot Press YouTube channel.

See the line-up for the next week of 'Rave On, Van Morrison' below:

Mon Aug 10 Gary Lightbody, Miriam Kaufman & Iain Archer Into The Mystic

Tue Aug 11 The Scratch Sweet Thing

Wed Aug 12 Bronagh Gallagher And The Healing Has Begun

Thu Aug 13 Imelda May Wild Night

Fri Aug 14 Maverick Sabre Beautiful Vision

Sat Aug 15 Una Healy Reminds Me of You

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Hot Press is also publishing a Van Morrison Special Issue, to coincide with ‘Rave On, Van Morrison’, featuring written contributions from the legendary likes of Sinéad O'Connor, Gary Lightbody, Tim Wheeler, Una Healy and David Keenan – who reflect on Van's music and influence. The issue will also look back at five decades of landmark Hot Press interviews with Van, in which he discusses everything from Ray Charles and his other musical heroes, to the inspiration behind the seminal Astral Weeks. Plus, you can expect exclusive photos from the archives, ten ways Van has changed the world, and much more. This historic publication is set to be a must-have for Van Morrison fans all over the world, and is available to pre-order now.