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December
14, 2006 Yusuf Announcements!
Yusuf Islam To Play Naples In
Rare Concert:
Concert January 4,
2007
Broadcast on Rai Uno and Rai International Satellite,
January 6, 2007 Cat Stevens,
the British-born former pop star who changed his name
to Yusuf Islam when he converted to the Muslim faith.
January he will play in Italy for the first time since
1974. The concert, which is eagerly awaited by Muslims
here, will take place on 4 January at Italian state
television RAI's studios in the southern city of Naples.
It will be broadcast during the 6 January Ephiphany
public holiday on the premier channel RAI 1 and to
fans abroad on satellite network RAI International.
I
will let you know the time of the broadcast as it
becomes known.
Read ~~ Adnkronos
International or
Alarab
on line
for more
information
Morning Becomes Eclectic
Show
Thursday, December 21, 2006 11:15 am PST___ 2:15 pm
EST Yusuf will be making a special appearance
on KCRW L. A. NPR radio station on Thursday Dec 21.
Three decades after his last studio recording and
performance, Yusuf (formerly Cat Stevens), will grace
the airwaves with a very special interview and performance
on Morning Becomes Eclectic at 11:15am. It will be
podcasted as well as archived on the web site, if
you happen to miss it.~~~~~ KCRW
Quote
from
dmwmedia.com
article"We've been working on making
this happen for almost two years since Yusuf released
his 'Indian Ocean' single for victims of the 2004 Tsunami
and began recording 'An Other Cup,'" said Harcourt.
"I'm honored that Yusuf said yes to a performance
on KCRW."
December
11, 2006
Yusuf
will appear in concert tonight 'Monday Dec 11, 2006'
at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo.
---- Read
Yusuf
sings live on NPS TV, The Netherlands: Yusuf performed
Maybe There's a World live on NPS TV,in the Netherlands.
Thank you
to "glaucous" for the head up on this
tv gig. This nice little gig, is reminiscence of
the early 70's era where
Yusuf sing, played guitar along with Alun Davies
and just one other guitarist. A very simple
intimate performance. Check it out----- Maybe
There's A World
Yusuf
on German ZDF TV:
Yusuf
was interviewed by Thomas Gottschalk and performed
2 songs before a live audience on German ZDF TV.
Not only did Yusuf perform the scheduled song "Heaven/Where
True Love Goes" but Thomas Gottschalk was able
to persuade Yusuf into a impromptu performance of
"The Wind" A big Thank You to German fans
Lars and Arne for informing us of this wonderful
event.
An
Other Cup CD Review:
Cat Stevens/Yusuf Islam fan,
Waleed Arafa writes "When
I learnt that Campus's new issue revolves around
Music I had a sudden rush of notes playing my mind.
I thought of writing about Music in the Cosmos;
pure rhythms flowing in the limitless universes
around us, as well as those that exist within us.
Galactic sound waves riding wildly in x dimension,
escaping traps set by curious scientists eager to
harness them to explosive and expanding realities,
as well as microscopic symphonies implosively orchestrated
every other second inside every single living cell
of our bodies, beautifully trying to lead us out
of our growing deafness to the Truth!" But
instead he wrote about Yusuf Islam newest release.
This review appears in both the Campus
Magazine - Cairo - Egypt (December issue)
and
www.islamonline.net (Art and Culture) page (soon
to appear online)
November
27, 2006
CBS Sunday
Morning Show_
December 3, 2006
Yusuf has given an extensive
interview for CBS Sunday Morning. Be sure to tune
in between 9-10:30 EST, 8-9:30 CST and 7-8:30 PST.
Don't miss Yusuf's first American interview since
Larry King interviewed Yusuf in 2004. CBS
Sunday Morning
George
Brown's Bio has been placed in Ohio Music Library
and Sound Recordings Archives! I'd
like to report that a copy of George Brown's new book,
Cat
Stevens - The Complete Illustrated Biography and Discography,
has found a home in (and will soon appear in the catalog
of) one of Ohio's esteemed special collection libraries:
"The Music Library and Sound Recordings Archives"
of Bowling Green State University, for music researchers
and aficionados to enjoy. Also the "The
Complete Illustrated Biography and Discography"
is the only Cat Stevens biography known to exist in
any of the libraries in the state, it probably the
only copy of George's book in any library in the US!
So this is a great honor for George. http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/music/muscoll1.html
On
a side note, I think it's safe to mention that "it's
been rumored that "The
Complete Illustrated Biography and Discography"
will be nominated for an ARSC (Association for Recorded
Sound Collections) award in 2007. (see http://www.arsc-audio.org/awards.html
for this year's finalists. Works are judged in part
by "outstanding writing and research about recorded
sound."
Congratulations
George!
November
20, 2006 An
Other Cup Review:
Harry
Katopodis, who interviewed Yusuf Islam for Greek Accent
magazine in 1987, has sent us his review of 'An Other
Cup' which was published in the Hellenic Voice newspaper.
>>> A
Cat Return
Maybe
There's a World Guitar Tab:
We'd
also like to thank site member Kristian 'Workahollis'
for sending in his newest tab>>>> Maybe
There's a World.
November
18, 2006
Yusuf
on 'Later" with Jool Holland: Yusuf
Islam performed on the Jool Hollands show "Later
" on BBC2 last night, November 17th. He performed
3 songs, 'Peace Train', 'Midday', and 'I Think I
See The Light', with a full back up band, which
included old side kicks Alun Davies and Jean Roussel.
Lucky for us unfortunate Cat fans residing outside
of the UK, there is youtube! To see this rare and
exciting performance, check out these wonderful
videos! You'll be as excited to see these videos
as I am. Yusuf still has it!
November
14, 2006 Yusufs
new Cd 'AN OTHER CUP' released today!
November
5, 2006
Yusuf
article featured in Italian Jam Magazine: Paolo
Vites, who is a correspondent for Jam magazine, an
Italian music magazine, has a featured article on
Yusuf Islam in the current issue. The article is titled
'Cat Stevens La Lunga Strada Verso La Conosenza',
Paolo also wrote a review for Yusuf's new CD 'An Other
Cup', which Jam featured as their CD of the Month.
To view images of this article click here>>>>>
Jam Article
October
31, 2006
Yusuf
to sing at Nobel Peace Prize Concert:
Yusuf Islam, the singer formerly known as Cat Stevens,
will join Lionel Richie and the U.K. band Simply Red
as performers at this year's Nobel Peace Prize concert
in Oslo.Read
news article about the concert here
An
Other Cup Advertisement:
Advertisement
promotion for "An Other Cup" CD. This advertisement
is from the December issue of Mojo Magazine. Click
on the picture to view the full advertisement. (courtesy
of Mike Sekowsky)
October
27, 2006
Cat
Stevens Tribute Night:
The Austrian Cat Stevens tribute band Al
& the Firecats return to England, by popular demand,
to the Ent Shed, Bedford, on March 31, 2007. They last
played at the same venue in 2005 and seats sold out within
three weeks. The band consists of Albert Eigner, Herbert
Pils and Martin Rieter.To read more on this event >>>
Al and The
Firecat Tribute Band
Under
The Covers 2:
Site contributor George Brown has updated his Under the
Cover Article to include all of the most recent entries
tof Cat Stevens covers. Read Here>>> Under
The Covers 2
Classic
Peace Train guitartab:
Site contributor Workahollis, has contributed another
song to the guitar tabs section of Majicat. This time
he sent us 'Peace Train' which includes the beautiful
classical ending, that we all have come to love. >>>Peace Train
October
12, 2006
Cat
Stevens . Com/Yusuf Islam.Com:
The 'Sing' section of the Official catstevens.com/yusuf.com
website is now up online. There is no forum or chat on
the site as yet but you can register for their mailing
list. The designers are still working on the website with
updates, so please be patient, there may be more to come
later. The look has a very vintage look to it and uses
flash. One of the highlights is in the video section of
the new website. Check out the new official website >>>
catstevens.com
October
6, 2006
'An
Other Cup' Review:
This was sent into Majicat by an anonymous source who
was given the opportunity to listen to the entire album.
Read his first thoughts upon hearing what is Yusuf's
first secular album since 'Back to Earth' in 1978....
Read
The Positive Review.
October
1, 2006
Fortunes
Forum Concert:
As many
of you know by now, Yusuf Islam performed at the September
25th, Fortunes Forum Benefit Concert in front of such
celebrities as former President Bill Clinton, actor
Michael Douglas, and Richard Branson to mention a few.
I've heard that his set was half an hour long It contained
a few new songs from his CD 'An Other Cup' along with
some older more well known and loved songs, such as
'Peace Train'. As a treat Majicat user Eduardo,
'monabonejakon,' has presented us with this video
of Yusuf singing 'Peace Trai'n at the charity event.
Yusuf still has charisma up on stage. Here is a terrific
google video of his most recent rendition of 'Peace
Train'.>>> Peace
Train Video
Also
check out the photographs taken of the night on Getty
Images>>>Getty Images
Linda
Ronstadt Fill My Eyes:
This video
from the Moon and Star Concert has been added to youtube
today. It has the same great quality as her 'First Cut'.
Though, I think I like this cover song even more than
"First Cut">>>
Fill My Eyes
September
29, 2006
Exciting
Video:
Linda Ronstadt video
from the Moon and Star Concert:
In
1976 Linda Ronstadt was one of only two guest stars
on the rare Cat Stevens television concert on ABC's
'Moon and Star', In Concert series. The TV concert played
once in November 1973 and repeated once in the spring
of 1974, it then disappeared from sight into the hidden
vaults of ABC. Well, it has come to our attention via
Majicat message board user ronstadtfanaz, that
a video of this memorable moment in time has been placed
on youtube. This is the first time since 1973 that I
have seen a video of this fabulous cover of "The
First Cut Is The Deepest". And may I add, it is,
in my opinion, the 'best' cover of 'The First Cut is
the Deepest'. This video is pristine condition, unlike
most of the bootlegs that have been located of the concert.
After
you watch this wonderful video, make sure to rate it..
Let's give this video our full support.
Watch the Linda Ronstadt Moon
and Star Performance >>> The
First Cut Is The Deepest
Here
are a few of the reviews of the video from the users
here on Majicat;
"Thank
you so much for this. I can't believe how CLEAR the
picture is.... never saw a version of the Moon &
Star of that quality"
"She
is such a doll. I love her rendition of First Cut is
the Deepest. My opinion"
"What
memories. Now if only we can preserve that memory and
get the entire show on DVD"
"What
a fabulous video!!! Fantastic!! I remember finally finding
a copy of the audio of this song and being ecstatic
then, but this even beat that feeling. Linda's cover
is definitely the BEST cover ever of The First Cut"
"it's
the best cover of that song and she was so cute, loved
the curtsy too, and did you see how she went 'sheeeeew!"
and wiped her forhead after her last note? funny! "
Be sure to tune in for the debut of his new single single
Heaven / Where True Love Goes. It will air
Oct 3rd on the BBC
Radio 2
Ken Bruce Show between 9:30am to 12:30 pm.
Guitar
Tab - The Wind:
We have a new guitar tab for you to strum
to. Cat Stevens Fan; Jacky Bryant submitted his tab
for the song, 'The Wind'. Check it out>>>The
Wind
September1,
2006
MOJO
September Issue: In
The Studio with Yusuf Islam
The September
2006 Issue of Mojo has a nice little article on the
making of Yusuf's new CD, which is due out this fall.
In the article we learn that Yusuf recruited the help
of both Alun Davies and Jean Roussel, two members from
his back up band of the 1970's, to help in the recording
of this long awaited new CD. Thank you Murphy Anderson
for submitting this article to Majicat ***** Read
The Article Here
From
the Jamal Records Website:
The Night of Remembrance DVD...
"It has been a while and a long time coming....This
Ramadan Jamal Records is happy to make available the
Night of Remembrance Concert on DVD. With an historic
performance by Yusuf Islam and great songs by Zain Bhikha,
Native Deen and Khalid Belrhouzi the DVD captures the
whole event with over one hour of entertainment and
education. The DVD will also include talks by Hamza
Yusuf Hanson and Abdul Hakim Winter."
To
Pre Order your DVD today, check out........ Jamal
Records
May
29, 2006
Cat Stevens.com
Yusuf Islam
has recently acquired ownership to the domain name and
website Cat Stevens.com In
the coming weeks, we will witness the exciting new make
up and design of what will be the "Official
Cat Stevens" website. Best of Luck
to Yusuf on his new venture.... catstevens.com
May 25, 2006
Cat
Stevens - The Complete Illustrated Biography and Discography:
Majicat is happy
to announce the arrival of Cat Stevens' fan and archivist
George Brown's long awaited biography. 'Cat Stevens
- The Complete Biography and Discography' covers the
musical career of 60's/70's balladeer Cat Stevens. This
biography is a must for all Cat Stevens/Yusuf Islam
fans. If you are anything like myself, you will want
to add a copy of this biography to your own collection.
Read the details of the book and also find out how to
place an order for this must have Biography. -------->Illustrated
Biography
May
9, 2006
Footsteps in the Light New
Yusuf Islam CD
"Footsteps
in the Light" is Yusuf Islam's new CD of nashid
songs. All of these songs are by Yusuf and span his
musical history from 1981 to 2006. There is also a
24 page booklet of lyrics and thoughts. Check out
Jamal Records' creative web site for this new Yusuf
Islam compilation CD. You can buy it straight from
the web site. Buy
the CD here
Two Alun
Davies articles and a drawing by early Cat.
Fan Linda Crafar sent
along two articles containing a review and interviews
of Cat Stevens' guitarist Alun Davies. The articles
are from a 1972 issue of Melody Maker. She also sent
along a drawing from an early Cat Stevens Christmas
greeting.
Yusuf
Islam Readying New Pop Album March 17, 2006, 11:59 PM ET
Melinda Newman, Austin, Texas
Yusuf Islam, the musician formerly known as Cat Stevens,
has finished his first pop album since 1978's "Back
to Earth," sources tell Billboard.com. The artist
has narrowed his choice for a record label to three
companies; the as-yet-untitled set is expected to be
out by the fall.
Islam
wrote all the songs for the project, which was produced
by Rick Nowels (Dido, Rod Stewart). Sources say some selections
are highly reminiscent of Stevens' 1971 album "Teaser
& the Firecat," which sports such enduring tracks
as "Moonshadow," "Peace Train" and
"Morning Has Broken."
There's
no word yet on whether the album, which was recorded in
the United Kingdom and the United States, will come out
under the name Cat Stevens or Yusaf Islam.
The
artist, whose real name is Steven Georgiou, swore off
pop music in the late 1970s and has kept a low profile
for the better part of the last two decades. He resurfaced
in recent years to promote a variety of archival Cat Stevens
reissues.
Yusuf Islam was formally awarded a honorary doctorate
November 4, 2005 by the University of Gloucestershire.
You can check out photographs from the event and Yusuf's
acceptance speech.... HERE
Song
Writer of the Year Award:
Yusuf Islam/Cat Stevens, was named
Songwriter of the Year Wednesday night (Oct. 19) at the
ASCAP Awards in London, for the Sheryl Crow remake of
his 1968 song "The First Cut Is The Deepest".
You can read more details about this award and event....
HERE
Concert
review quote: 'But Stevens didn't need any other magic
than his music to keep the sellout audience enthralled.'
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site is best viewed on "800 x 600" screen resolution.
Site Creator
- Christine Chenevey
Special
Thanks To: Jill Mallow, *Keith Balaam, George Brown, Linda
Crafar, Bruce Lawrie, DJ Illingworth, Gerardo Roman, Chris & Annie
Abrams, Patricia Squillari, Harry Schmieder, Sue Vukson and all who
have contributed either with material or support to help make Majicat
magical.
* This site
is dedicated in the memory of Keith Balaam. ---<----<---@
simple
intimate performance. Check it out----- 
In
The Studio with Yusuf Islam
Cat Stevens - Gold CD
Night
of Remembrance double CD from the Royal Albert
Hall 11/2003 
Majikat
Earth Tour
- 1976 Cat Stevens last World Concert Tour now out on
DVD..... 
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