Sir Van Morrison ( full name George Ivan Morrison ) is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter known for his "growling" style of performance and hybrid of folk music (including Ulster folk motifs) with American styles - blues, soul, jazz and gospel.
A talented multi-instrumentalist who plays guitar, keyboards, drums, saxophone and harmonica.
To denote his artworks, music critics invented a special term - “Celtic soul”.
Knight Bachelor (2015), Officer of the Order of the British Empire (1996).