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  • McCartney, Parton guest on new Yusuf album

    01/20/2009 7:38:48 PM PST · by WildcatClan · 14 replies · 540+ views
    Yahoo ^ | January 20 2009 | Ann Donahue
    LOS ANGELES (Billboard) – Yusuf, formerly known as Cat Stevens, will follow up 2006's "An Other Cup," his first secular album in 28 years, with a set that recalls his straightforward troubadour days. (snip) The single "Boots & Sand" features Paul McCartney and Dolly Parton -- with a video shot by Jesse Dylan, son of Bob -- while Michelle Branch and Gunnar Nelson assist on the track "To Be What You Must."
  • HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Rock/Pop Musicians Who Turn 60 This Year!

    05/16/2008 2:14:00 PM PDT · by SilvieWaldorfMD · 104 replies · 1,681+ views
    Musicians Ozzy Osbourne, Stevie Nicks, Ted Nugent, Steve Winwood, Robert Plant, Kenny Loggins, Glenn Frey, Alice Cooper, Tony Iommi, Chris Squire, James Taylor, Todd Rundgren, Jackson Browne, Olivia Newton-John, Donna Summer, John Bonham (R.I.P.) & Rick James (R.I.P.)
  • Death-for-Rushdie Advocate (Yusuf/Cat Stevens) Headlined Live Earth Concert

    07/08/2007 6:48:08 AM PDT · by Orwells Ghost · 12 replies · 1,228+ views
    American Thinker ^ | July 8, 2007 | Peter Barry Chowka
    Yusuf Islam, formerly Cat Stevens, headlined Al Gore's Live Earth concert in Hamburg July 7. This is a man who advocated author Salman Rushdie's death. In 1989, Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa calling for the execution of Rushdie. Yusuf, who converted to Islam in the 1970s, was asked about the fatwa during a UK TV program on April 15, 1989. Geoffrey Robinson: “You don't think that this man deserves to die?” Yusuf: “Who, Salman Rushdie?... Yes, Yes.” After all of the denials and obfuscations by Yusuf, the smoking gun is now available on YouTube where Yusuf can be seen and...
  • Yusuf (Formerly Cat Stevens) To Perform at Live Earth

    07/06/2007 8:18:53 PM PDT · by melt · 25 replies · 857+ views
    Relix ^ | 7/5/07 | Mike Green
    This Saturday’s Live Earth event continues to gain participants. While rumors still swirl about additional musicians, three artists have been confirmed. Yusuf (Formerly Cat Stevens) will appear in Hamburg while rapper/actor Xzibit has signed on for Tokyo and electronica artist Kenna will perform in the US. Other acts scheduled to appear in Hamburg are Chris Cornell, Shakira and Snoop Dogg.
  • Yusuf (Formerly Cat Stevens) To Perform at Live Earth

    07/06/2007 7:41:06 PM PDT · by keepitreal · 49 replies · 1,247+ views
    Relix ^ | July 5, 2007 | Mike Gree
    This Saturday’s Live Earth event continues to gain participants. While rumors still swirl about additional musicians, three artists have been confirmed. Yusuf (Formerly Cat Stevens) will appear in Hamburg while rapper/actor Xzibit has signed on for Tokyo and electronica artist Kenna will perform in the US.
  • Yusuf Islam Ignores Bare-Headed Women (Cat Stevens)

    03/27/2007 9:12:40 AM PDT · by LibWhacker · 39 replies · 1,393+ views
    Muslim singer Yusuf Islam reportedly refused to speak with the female guides at a German event over the weekend (24-25Mar07) because they weren't veiled - despite accepting an honour for building bridges between Eastern and Western cultures. The star, formerly known as Cat Stevens, received a special prize at the Echo Awards on Sunday night (25Mar07) in Berlin for his musical, social and political work and was praised as a bridge-builder between the West and the Islamic world. However, when the Father And Son singer, 58, rehearsed his appearance the day before the prize giving (24Mar07), he acted rather narrow...
  • Peace Train (graphic Religion of Peace video at YouTube)

    01/01/2007 10:11:20 AM PST · by EveningStar · 15 replies · 1,956+ views
    YouTube ^ | December 27, 2006
    Discretionary viewer participation is recommended for this video.
  • Sending a Grim Message (Cat Stevens Takes the "Peace Train" to the Nobel Peace Prize Concert)

    11/27/2006 10:11:56 AM PST · by SirLinksalot · 13 replies · 730+ views
    THE NEW YORK SUN ^ | 11/27/2006 | BRUCE BAWER
    Sending a Grim Message By BRUCE BAWER November 27, 2006 Yusuf Islam, formerly Cat Stevens, is a man who opposes freedom of speech and women’s equality, and a man who would have cheered the execution of Salman Rushdie, writes Bruce Bawer. ------------------------------------------ The Nobel Peace Prize Concert will be held in Oslo on December 11 and broadcast around the world. The Norwegian Nobel Committee doesn't much care for Americans these days (except for 2002 laureate Jimmy Carter), but it knows who's an international draw and who isn't, and so the concert, as always, is top-loaded with American celebrities. The co-hosts...
  • Cat Stevens Releases First Album Since Embracing Islam in 1970s

    11/14/2006 6:19:13 AM PST · by marshmallow · 86 replies · 1,950+ views
    LONDON (AFP) - Yusuf Islam, the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens before he became a Muslim in the 1970s, has released his first commercial album for nearly three decades -- but reviewers seemed unimpressed. "An Other Cup" went on sale in along with a single, "Heaven/Where True Love Goes", while the album was to be released in the United States on Tuesday. With his telegenic, part-Greek good looks, Stevens scored international hits in the 1960 and 1970s with songs like "Wild World", "Moonshadow" and "My Lady d'Arbanville". But in 1977 he decided to hang up his guitar -- changing...
  • Cat Stevens slated for Nobel Prize show

    11/01/2006 10:07:00 AM PST · by NativeNewYorker · 17 replies · 581+ views
    upi via email no link | 11/1/6
    OSLO, Norway, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Cat Stevens will make a rare appearance next month at a concert in Norway to be held in connection with the Nobel Peace Prize. Stevens, who was popular in the 1970s and now goes by the Muslim name Yusuf Islam, will appear at the Dec. 11 Nobel Peace Concert in Oslo. The singer, whose hits include "Moonshadow," who also wrote, "The First Cut is the Deepest." He made news recently when he somehow popped up on the U.S. no- fly list. Islam denied any connections to terrorist groups. CBS described the lineup for show...
  • (Vanity) Political Limerick 09-24-2006

    09/24/2006 4:37:17 PM PDT · by grey_whiskers · 2 replies · 534+ views
    grey_whiskers ^ | 09-24-2006 | grey_whiskers
    See for example this thread first. Cat Stevens (now Yusuf Islam) acted with a lack of aplomb Speaking of the pope he called him a dope At least he did not use a bomb
  • He Used to Be Cat Stevens - And He's Releasing A New Album

    09/08/2006 2:48:12 PM PDT · by truthkeeper · 58 replies · 680+ views
    The Whittier Daily News ^ | September 08, 2006 | Unknown
    He Used To Be Cat Stevens - And He's Releasing A New Album The artist formerly known as Cat Stevens will release his first pop album in 28 years this fall. Stevens, who changed his name to Yusuf Islam after converting to Islam in the late 1970s, has signed with Atlantic Records in conjunction with his Ya Records label, it was announced Thursday. ``I feel right about making music and singing about life in this fragile world again,'' the 58-year-old singer-songwriter said in a statement. ``It is important for me to be able to help bridge the cultural gaps others...
  • Atlantic To Issue New Yusuf Islam CD

    09/07/2006 1:13:03 PM PDT · by weegee · 8 replies · 273+ views
    Billboard ^ | September 07, 2006, 10:50 AM ET | Jonathan Cohen, N.Y.
    Atlantic Records is eyeing a November release for Yusuf Islam's first album of pop music in 28 years in tandem with his own Ya imprint. As previously reported, "An Other Cup" will be issued internationally by Polydor in time to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the former Cat Stevens' first release, "I Love My Dog." Produced by Rick Nowells (Dido, Madonna), the set features contributions from former Cat Stevens guitarist Alun Davies and keyboardist Jean Roussel, plus African vocalist Youssou N'Dour. Islam played guitar, piano and keyboard. Although the track list has yet to be announced, "An Other Cup" is...
  • The Jihadi Journalist (Debbie Schlussel Says There's Nothing Laudatory About Peter Jennings Alert)

    08/08/2005 9:36:03 AM PDT · by goldstategop · 168 replies · 5,106+ views
    Debbie Schlussel.com ^ | 08/08/05 | Debbie Schlussel
    Jihadi Journalist: The Real Peter Jennings By Debbie Schlussel While the rest of the world is blindly singing the praises of Peter Jennings, here's a reality check: Peter Jennings did more for the cause of Islamic terrorism than any media figure today. And that's nothing to celebrate, honor, or even memorialize. Before there was Al Jazeerah, there was Peter Jennings. From the beginning of Jennings career until his death, Jennings' biased coverage went beyond the pale, bending over backward in "understanding" the terrorists who hate us-- from seeing "their side" when he covered the seige and then murder of innocent...
  • Terrorist plot in Tennessee foiled (Nashville resident arrested - wanted to "go Jihad")

    10/09/2004 8:10:56 AM PDT · by Libloather · 129 replies · 2,188+ views
    WBIR.com ^ | 10/09/04 | Raquel Dunn
    Terrorist plot in Tennessee foiled Federal authorities arrested an Iraqi-born Nashville resident on illegal weapons charges. It was after a sting operation that was set up when Ahmed Al-Uqaily (AH'-mad HAH'-sahn al YOO'-quay-lee) told an acquaintance he wanted to "go Jihad" over the war in Iraq. FBI terrorism agents arrested the 33-year-old Al-Uquaily after he took possession of two disassembled machine guns, four disassembled hand grenades and hundreds of rounds of ammunition. Court documents show Al-Uqaily also was interested in getting missiles used to disable tanks. Authorities said he expressed animosity toward the Jewish community, but did not give specific...
  • Dolly Parton Defends Yusuf Islam

    10/25/2005 12:42:09 AM PDT · by LibWhacker · 64 replies · 2,547+ views
    Country superstar Dolly Parton was thrilled when Yusuf Islam agreed to collaborate with her on her new covers album because she wanted to show fans he's a "really sweet man." Parton has been a longtime friend and fan of the folk icon, formerly Cat Stevens, and was horrified when she learned he had been refused entry to America last year. Islam was turned back when his name appeared on a mysterious list of potential terrorist sympathisers. He has been fighting the humiliating immigration mess ever since. And, by including him on her new album, Those Were The Days, patriotic Parton...
  • Cat Stevens Criticizes Brits and Muslims on Bombings

    09/20/2005 12:47:58 PM PDT · by SirLinksalot · 23 replies · 933+ views
    Newsmax.com ^ | 9/20/2005 | carl Limbacher
    Cat Stevens Criticizes Brits and Muslims on Bombings British foreign policy played a role in motivating the July 7 London bombings, the singer formerly known as Cat Stevens said Tuesday. Yusuf Islam, who had a string of pop hits in the 1960s and '70s, said an al Qaida video claiming responsibility for the attacks and linking them to Britain's role in the Middle East showed foreign policy "was not the only factor but it was a major contributory." "At the same time we have to look at how the teaching of Islam has been distorted," he added. Speaking at the...
  • Cat Stevens Nominated for Rock Hall

    09/15/2005 4:36:35 AM PDT · by Brainhose · 71 replies · 1,239+ views
    Fox News ^ | September 14, 2005 | Roger Friedman
    It had to happen eventually. Cat Stevens — now known as Yusuf Islam — has been nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. My sources tell me he's a shoo-in, too. Stevens had several huge-selling popular records in the 1970s, until he became a Muslim and changed his name. Those hits were "Moon Shadow," "Peace Train," "Oh Very Young," a cover version of Sam Cooke's "Another Saturday Night," "Father and Son" and "Wild World." A decade or more ago, Stevens was roundly denounced for seeming to back the fatwa, or death sentence, placed by Iran's Ayatollah...
  • Yusuf Islam Releases Tsunami Record (former Cat Stevens)

    03/22/2005 7:43:35 PM PST · by Land_of_Lincoln_John · 2 replies · 390+ views
    Islam Online ^ | March 22, 2005 | IslamOnline
    Yusuf Islam, previously British pop star Cat Stevens who embraced Islam 30 years ago, released a new record on Tueday, March 22, in aid of tsunami-orphaned children in the Indonesian province of Aceh. “The tsunami disaster has changed the world in an extraordinary way and it requires an extraordinary response from everyone,” said the 56-year-old Muslim activist, who sold 50 million records in the 1970s with hits such as Matthew and Son, Peace Train and Wild World, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported. The “Indian Ocean” will be available only as a download from yusufislam.org.uk. “I started writing it on holiday a...
  • Singer Cat Stevens Says Awarded Libel Damages

    02/15/2005 7:29:45 PM PST · by wagglebee · 61 replies · 1,038+ views
    Reuters ^ | 2/15/05 | Reuters
    LONDON (Reuters) - Yusuf Islam, the pop singer formerly known as Cat Stevens, said on Tuesday he had won substantial damages from two British newspapers which alleged he supported terrorism. "I am delighted by the settlement which helps vindicate my character and good name," he said after the settlement with The Sun and the Sunday Times. The singer, who changed his name after converting to Islam in the 1970s, was traveling on a flight from London to Washington when it was diverted to Bangor, Maine last September. He was then deported from the United States. The U.S. Homeland Security Department...