The new Van Morrison album Somebody Tried to Sell Me a Bridge is a reminder of something music fans often forget: the best artists don’t “age out” of relevance — they simply deepen. When a career has been built on craft, tone, and truth, time becomes an advantage. That’s exactly what you hear here: a veteran voice that still knows how to live inside a song, and a bandstand energy that feels immediate, not nostalgic.

Set for release through Orangefield Records, Somebody Tried to Sell Me a Bridge is billed as a bold return to the blues, with fresh takes on classics associated with B.B. King, Buddy Guy, and Lead Belly, alongside Morrison’s own late-career perspective.

One of the album’s standout strengths is its heavyweight guest list: Taj Mahal, Elvin Bishop, long-time collaborator John Allair, plus David Hayes, Bobby Ruggerio, Mitch Woods, Anthony Paule, and drummer Larry Vann — a lineup that adds grit, character, and real blues authority to the sessions.

Recorded at Studio D in Sausalito and engineered by Jim Stern with Ben McAuley, the album leans into a spirited, unfiltered sound across a 20-track set.

And yes — it’s already been added to the BluesWave.radio AirPlay rotation, so you can catch it on the stream and let it prove the point in real time: quality keeps you “in the conversation,” no matter the decade.