In case you missed yesterday's post, here is how I promo'ed today's Cat Stevens documentary..... Cat may have been the most complex of all of the early 1970s singer/songwriters. Before achieving incredible success in the early 19702s he had gone through many changes. Little did we know in 1971 that there were bigger changes yet to come. It was clear to me from the first time I listened to Tea For The Tillerman that Cat Stevens was on a journey of self discovery. I think that is why he was so popular......people [...]

Today we have another amazing singer/songwriter, Cat Stevens, captured live on BBC in 1971. The set list is provided below. I hope you enjoy the show! Moon Shadow Tuesday's Dead Wild World How Can I Tell You Maybe You're Right And Maybe You're Wrong I Love My Dog Bitterblue Changes IV Into White Father And Son Cat may have been the most complex of all of the early 1970s singer/songwriters. [...]
Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: John Lennon, George Harrison, Cat Stevens Song: Leo Drioli - Give It Your Love [download here ] What's so good? [...]
So, the local church down the block was having its annual MAMMOTH GARAGE SALE. Occasionally, there are good deals to be had: high-end stereo systems for $100 or less, old but serviceable furniture suitable for a rental suite or cabin at the lake, and hard-to-find collectible books hidden amongst the boxes of cast off romance, thriller and self-help paperbacks. Oddly [...]

I received a message from Stuarto requesting I cover his show in the late afternoon hours of Friday, March 8. After a minute or two to think about it, I agreed. In all the times I've covered for his show over the past year and a half, I have never done a show that gives a nod to his show, which often features more mainstream music including a handful of tunes from the 60s and 70s. For March 8, I decided this needed to change. I pieced together quite the show for the first two [...]

We love the fact that over the last five years, Record Store Day has become a runaway success, thanks in part to loads of special and exclusive releases specially designed to get music fans out to brick and mortar stores. In anticipation of its sixth year, which will take place on Saturday, April 20th, the organization has named Jack White as this year's official Record Store Day Ambassador. White, who owns and operates Third Man Records in Nashville, posted a fantastic must-read note on Record Store Day's official website , where he urges people [...]

(reimagined from a post from February, 2011) I commute. I do so relunctantly and under silent protest and, on good evenings, I can block out Sting howling the lyrics to Synchronicity II , which plays on a loop in my head during the drive. “ Another working day has ended Only the rush hour hell to face Packed like lemmings into shiny metal boxes Contestants in a suicidal race ” The morning trek, though, is typically Zen. The [...]
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Filed under: News , Exclusive , Music Appreciation Getty | Getty There are a number of ways musicians can also become great showmen. People like Madonna use costume changes, elaborate stages and a legion of dancers, a band like Gwar sprays fake blood and goo across the audience while fighting animatronic monster things, and Bruce Springsteen does it by playing actual songs [...]
Joe writes: It can take a long time to break an artist. ie music, who manage Robbie Williams, have been managing Passenger for 11 years and finally things seem to be coming together for him. I tried to see him play at Great Escape earlier in the year, got the stage time wrong so arrived just after he had come off stage, and was amazed to see hundreds of people filing out. And now his excellent song Let Her Go has gone to no. 1 in both Belgium and The Netherlands. His music [...]

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And now for something completely different: Yusuf Azak blends classic folk melodicism with a language all his own.

After 12 months of virtual silence. 12 months without any new music. Or Shows. Or interviews. The Cat came back. Cat Stevens ,with an 11 piece orchestra, opened his 31 date Moonshadow American tour on September 29, 1972 before a sold-out crowd of 6,500 at L.A.'s Shrine Auditorium. Ramblin' Jack Elliot opened the show followed Cat's own cartoon short, Teaser and the Firecat. Cat's album Catch Bull At Four had been released two days earlier. Despite it's lack of a major single ("Sitting" peaked [...]

Today, as you may know, is the release of the iPhone 5 and yes, I'm one of those dorks that got up in the middle of the night and waited in line to get my hands on the phone early (deal with it). In honor of the new device (which I'm completely loving, by the way, iOS6 Maps aside), I've made a mix of my favorite tracks to use as ringtones, which you can download below for your own shiny new iPhones or your old, outdated iPhone 4S. What makes a great ringtone track you say? [...]
Filed under: News , Video , Exclusive Universal Musician Herb Albert and music lover Jerry Moss are in the "A" and "M" behind A&M Records. The label, which is now part of Universal, has kickstarted the careers of so many groundbreaking artists. Now, for the label's 50th anniversary, some of A&M's most notable musicians have sat down to talk about their favorite memories.
Listen to Eddie Vedder sing Cat Power and Cat Stevens, plus Springsteen and two covers with Glen Hansard (The Swell Season).

Belgium-to-NYC transplant Steve Katz is a traditional singer/songwriter whose strong vocals and rich, narrative lyrics falls somewhere between Cat Stevens (who Katz cites as an inspiration) and Damien Rice. Katz just released a five-track debut EP, “Barricades”, and he writes on the CD cover “ Barricades can scare, challenge and stop us from achieving goals. They are everywhere and often invisible. I've gone through many barricades in my time—physical and emotional ones that stood between me and my goals. Had I failed to go through any of them, this cd would never have been made. ” The [...]

When I told my friend, Sandy the Hippie-Chick School Teacher, that I was going to write about Cat Stevens today, she said: "O-o-o, I l-o-o-o-v-e Cat Stevens . Want me to sing some for you?" Fortunately, I diverted her from an ersatz rendition of Wild World ( last.fm ) by asking her for a quote for my article, the thoughts of a real, live Cat Stevens groupie. She said: "I can feel the power growing in my hair". 'Nuff said on that topic. Cat is [...]
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