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Yusuf Cat Stevens On Remaking 'Tea For The Tillerman' 50 Years Later

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Yusuf Cat Stevens On Remaking 'Tea For The Tillerman' 50 Years Later

In a conversation with All Songs Considered's Bob Boilen, Yusuf Cat Stevens explains how — and why — he decided to re-record his landmark album a half-century after it was first released.

Yusuf Cat Stevens On Remaking 'Tea For The Tillerman' 50 Years Later

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Yusuf Revisits 'Tea For The Tillerman,' His Landmark Album As Cat Stevens

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Yusuf Revisits 'Tea For The Tillerman,' His Landmark Album As Cat Stevens

Known as Yusuf since becoming a Muslim in the late '70s, the man who was Cat Stevens discusses Tea for the Tillerman 2, a reimagining of his now-50-year-old masterpiece.

Yusuf Revisits 'Tea For The Tillerman,' His Landmark Album As Cat Stevens

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5 Dream-Team Grammy Collaborations We'd Love To See Sunday Night
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5 Dream-Team Grammy Collaborations We'd Love To See Sunday Night

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Drawn from this year's list of nominees, these are the live performances we'd program if we were in charge of Sunday night's award show.

Laura Marling On World Cafe

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Yusuf / Cat Stevens Lovingly Remakes His Very First Song For Third Man Records

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Yusuf / Cat Stevens Lovingly Remakes His Very First Song For Third Man Records

While in Nashville, Yusuf / Cat Stevens was asked by Jack White's Third Man Records to do something special. The result is this remake of a song released 50 years ago, "I Love My Dog."

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'It's A Bit Of A Gift': Yusuf Islam On His Break And Return To Music

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'It's A Bit Of A Gift': Yusuf Islam On His Break And Return To Music

The story is well-known: The former known Cat Stevens became Muslim, changed his name and gave up performing for years. The hiatus gave him a chance to "walk the talk," he tells NPR's Scott Simon.

'It's A Bit Of A Gift': Yusuf Islam On His Break And Return To Music

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First Listen: Yusuf/Cat Stevens, 'Tell 'Em I'm Gone'

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First Listen: Yusuf/Cat Stevens, 'Tell 'Em I'm Gone'

The singer, formerly known as Cat Stevens, tackles weighty existential questions by looking backward, using the blues to unlock buried memories.

Tell 'Em I'm Gone

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Vintage Cafe: Yusuf Islam

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World Cafe

Vintage Cafe: Yusuf Islam

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The former Cat Stevens returned to the world of popular music with 2006's An Other Cup, his first secular studio album in 28 years. The disc contains old songs that were never recorded, songs he wrote in the last couple of years, and songs that he came up with once he reached the studio. Hear the musician perform four tracks from the record in this archived session from 2007.

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Yusuf Islam: the Former Cat Stevens on His New CD

British singer-songwriter Yusuf Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens, talks about his musical and spiritual journey and performs songs from his new CD, An Other Cup.

Yusuf Islam: the Former Cat Stevens on His New CD

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Song Of The Day

A 28-Year Absence Gets Washed Away

Most famously known as Cat Stevens, the folk songwriter returns under the name Yusuf Islam. On An Other Cup, his first album of pop songs since 1978, it's as if the man who wrote "Morning Has Broken" never missed a step.

'Heaven/Where True Love Goes' by Yusuf Islam

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Yusuf Islam

He used to be known as Cat Stevens — and his recordings from the 1970's are being rereleased on CD to mark the 30th anniversary of his 1st American hits. In 1977, he embraced the Islamic faith and turned his back on the music industry. He was denounced for his reported support of the Ayatollah Khomeni's death decree against novelist Salman Rushdie, and just this month, he was not allowed to enter Israel for his reported support of Hamas. Yusuf Islam tells Liane his side of the story, and about his life and faith.

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