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You Are My Sunshine ( Jimmie Davis-Charles Mitchell, arr. Yusuf was also inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in March 2014. In 2006 Yusuf returned to pop music with the album An Other Cup. Following a conversion to the Islamic faith in 1977, Stevens retired from the music business to work with and support causes in education and humanitarian relief. His compositions 'Wild World,' 'Peace Train,' 'Father and Son' and 'Morning Has Broken' remain staples of the folk genre. Having first found fame as a teenage heartthrob singer in 1960s England, Cat Stevens gained worldwide acclaim for his intimate and affecting works in the 1970s. We look forward to working together to create new platforms for Yusuf's future recordings while celebrating his remarkable career with stories we'll tell from the artist's personal archive.' 'It's both humbling and thrilling to be given the opportunity to have him become a member of the Legacy family. 'Yusuf continues to make music that resonates in its beauty and universally empowering themes,' says Adam Block, President, Sony Music's Legacy Recordings.

It suddenly stared me in the face: the innate struggle for Freedom! Isn't that what most human beings dream of? Music and the Blues particularly was a means of escape for many chained to the destiny of the rich and powerful.' 'What's powerful and profound, to me, is the overall message which emerged, lyrically. Hidden in the background behind my renowned troubadour persona lurked an R&B alter-self waiting to be let free,' Yusuf says of the new album. 'Although I was to venture through many lyrical terrains, melodious valleys and cadences during my fifty-year musical and spiritual exploration, and though many would agree that I have covered a lot of ground, there was always one path I meant to take. Tell 'Em I'm GoneВ is available now for pre-order at physical and digital music retailers.

Cat stevens new album plus#

Stunning originals like 'I Was Raised In Babylon' and 'Cat And The Dog Trap' plus covers of blues-pop and American song standards ('Big Boss Man,' 'You Are My Sunshine') and a moving version of Edgar Winter's 'Dying To Live,' find Yusuf as strong of voice and as engaging a performer as ever. Each track on the album revives the age-old themes of freedom and peace that have marked more than four decades of Yusuf's musical career. The Peace Train.Late Again North American tour dates include:Дusseldorf, Germany вЂ“ Mitsubishi Electric HallДЇor complete ticket on sale information visit On Tell 'Em I'm Gone, Yusuf returns to the roots of his teenage musical inspiration: American blues and R&B, using these genres to explore humanity's climb to freedom with songs that recall the spirit of his earliest days as a nascent singer-songwriter in London. Late Again tour will kick off December 1 at Massey Hall in Toronto and conclude on December 14В at Nokia Theatre LA LIVE in Los Angeles, CA. Yusuf/Cat Stevens also announced that he will embark on his first North American tour in over 35 years, giving fans in select cities the opportunity to hear his remarkable catalog and superb new songs live, many for the first time. The new album, Tell 'Em I'm Gone is the first piece of a larger relationship that will continue over the coming years. This new relationship with Legacy Recordings will include brand new recording projects, existing catalog titles, previously unreleased live material, and a treasure trove of audio and video from Yusuf/Cat Steven's personal archives. The worldwide premiere of 'Dying To Live,' the first single from Tell 'Em I'm Gone is available now at here: The album was produced by Yusuf and Rick Rubin and was mixed by Yusuf and Paul Samwell-Smith. Tell 'Em I'm Gone features musical contributions from Richard Thompson, blues harmonica legend Charlie Musselwhite, singer-songwriter Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Tuareg group Tinariwen, and guitarist Matt Sweeney. Recorded across the globe, including Los Angeles, Dubai, Brussels, and London, the album features 10 brand-new studio recordings, including five original tracks and five carefully-chosen cover songs. To kick off this exciting new chapter in Yusuf's career, Legacy Recordings will release his first new studio album in five years, entitled Tell 'Em I'm Gone, on October 27.