Meeting Yusuf

The blogger Fudzail posts a 3-part article on meeting Yusuf Islam in Dubai. 
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
It ends ‘to be continued’ and a 4th part hasn’t appeared yet. Hopefully soon.

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Yusuf records Long and Winding Road; finishes editing Boots & Sand music video

YusufIslam.com announced today that Yusuf was back in Los Angeles last week to finish editing the music video for “Boots & Sand,” the first single off of his upcoming still-untitled album.
He also recorded a cover of “The Long and Winding Road,” originally heard on The Beatles’ Let It Be album from 1970, for an upcoming [...]

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Chris Isaak talks about his Yusuf interview

Musician Chris Isaak spoke recently with the Las Vegas Review-Journal about his upcoming TV show “The Chris Isaak Hour”, which will debut on the Bio Channel on February 26.
For Isaak’s TV show, one of his interviews is with Cat Stevens/Yusuf Islam, the often-assumed recluse star of the 1970s (“Wild World,” “Peace Train,” “Moon Shadow,” “Morning [...]

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Yusuf updates Peace Train

Speaking of “Peace Train,” a brief interview with Yusuf appears in the March/April 2008 issue of AARP Magazine, where he talks about recently updating the lyrics to his classic song.
“I rewrote those lyrically recently,” says Yusuf 60, at home in London. “It goes: ‘How long has this peace train been gone?…. how long must this [...]

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Peace Train – The Cat Stevens Story tours Riverside

Australian performer Darren Coggan’s “Moonshadows: A Magical Tribune to Cat Stevens” seems to have metamorphosed into Peace Train – The Cat Stevens Story. Of the show, Darren tells Streetcorner.com.au:
“After meeting Cat Stevens in London, I knew when I got back to Australia that I just had to share my experience and what I had learnt. [...]

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Luke Steele likes Heaven/Where True Love Goes by Yusuf

The Guardian posts a new playlist entry into their ongoing feature. Luke Steele, frontman of Australian alt rock band The Sleepy Jackson and psychedelic pop duo Empire Of The Sun, gives his playlist, which includes Yusuf’s “Heaven/Where True Love Goes” from An Other Cup. Of the song, Luke says:
Yusuf Islam sounds holy and content in [...]

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Moonshadow musical preview at Winners’ Concert to debut Wild World

Whatsonstage.com has some more details on Yusuf Islam’s debut of his original musical “Moonshadow” at the Winners’ Concert for their Theatregoers’ Choice Awards this weekend. 
[T]he audience will get an exclusive sneak peek at the upcoming world premiere of Moonshadow, a new musical by Yusuf Islam, the British singer-songwriter formerly known as Cat Stevens. As part of the [...]

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Moonshadow musical to debut in July; preview on Feb. 15

Mail Online reports that Yusuf Islam is ready to debut an original musical based on his hit songs as Cat Stevens. “Moonshadow” is expected to debut in July in Northampton with hopes for a West End run.
On February 15, a preview of the musical will take place at the Prince of Wales Theatre during the [...]

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Yusuf on Smooth Radio with Ronan Keating

Yusuf was a guest with Ronan Keating on Smooth Radio 105.2 in Glasgow, Scotland, over the weekend.
Boyzone’s Ronan Keating interviews 70s pop/folk singer Yusuf Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens.
We’ll hear how his challenging and enquiring mind got him into trouble as a young man, how the hymns of Catholic school awakened his spirit and [...]

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Boots & Sand pushed to later this year

YusufIslam.com has an update on the release of the music video and single “Boots & Sand”. Originally scheduled for a January release in advance of Yusuf’s new album, both the single and music video have been pushed back for a simultaneous release with the still-untitled full album, which should appear later this year.
The update includes [...]

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