Remembering Now
Remembering Now is the 47th studio album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, released on 13 June 2025, by Exile Productions and Virgin Records. It is Van Morrison's return to original songwriting following cover albums and reworkings of his songs. The first single, "Down to Joy", was released on 27 February 2025, having originally appeared in the soundtrack to the 2021 Kenneth Branagh film Belfast and subsequently been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song. Other contributors to the album include Fiachra Trench, Don Black and Seth Lakeman. The album's second single, "Cutting Corners", was released on 1 May 2025, while the album's title track was released on 11 June 2025.
Personnel
Credits adapted from Tidal.- Van Morrison – vocals, production, VideoWriter ; electric guitar, acoustic guitar, saxophone
- Ben McAuley – mixing (recorded music)|mixing], engineering
- Tony Cousins – mastering
- Crawford Bell – background vocals
- Dana Masters – background vocals
- Colin Griffin – drums, background vocals, percussion
- Richard Dunn – Hammond organ, background vocals, Rhodes
- Pete Hurley – bass
- Stuart McIlroy – piano
- Dave Keary – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, lap steel guitar, bouzouki, background vocals
- Paul O'Reilly – saxophone
- Mike Barkley – trumpet, saxophone
- Kelly Smiley – baritone vocals, background vocals
- Jolene O'Hara – background vocals
- Alan "Sticky" Wicket – percussion
- John McCullough – piano, Hammond organ
- Nicky Scott – bass
- Eamon Ferris – drums
- Seth Lakeman – violin
- Pete Wallace – background vocals
- Joanne Quigley – bandleader
- Fews Ensemble – strings
- Chantelle Duncan – background vocals
- Teena Lyle – background vocals