VIDEO : Van Morrison To Release New Album: ?The Prophet Speaks?

Van Morrison has announced his 40th studio album, 'The Prophet Speaks,' Rolling Stone reports. The album will include six original new songs along with reinterpretations of some classics. The covers will include Sam Cooke?s ?Laughin? and Clownin?" and John Lee Hooker?s ?Dimples." There are eight cover songs altogether on the album. Morrison said he wanted to cover "some of the blues material that has inspired me from the beginning."