Yusuf/Cat Stevens releases new album Roadsinger
Yusuf (formerly known as Cat Stevens), the great singer and songwriter, has released a new album, Roadsinger. The artist who is renowned for classic songs such as Wild World and Morning has Broken, returned to pop music in 2006 after a break of 28 years. That year he released the album An Other Cup.
Read an interview of Yusuf on ilikemusic.com about the new album Roadsinger.
I'm back to doing what I do best - painting pictures with music and storytelling on a very human, personal, intuitive level through lyrics and song, so I can help people feel good again. I guess in some ways the new album picks up where the Cat Stevens the public knows left off.
There are plenty people who sing, but not enough who have walked the walk. But, unfortunately, I'm still often misunderstood. I embraced an unexpected spiritual path that was confusing for many (converting to Islam in 1977) and since then people have concocted their own ideas about it. Maybe because of subsequent world-shaking events, people wanted to put me into their own one-sided view, but I don't fit those limitations. My world is still borderless and wide. The removal of conflict and establishment of peace has always been my global objective. It's sad that lot of people, including some Muslims, forget that the name Islam actually comes from the word 'Peace' in Arabic.
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