by talkfromtherockroom | Jul 9, 2023 | Reviews
Yusuf Islam recently referred to his new album, King of a Land, as a mosaic. The record took a decade to craft after 2014’s Tell Em’ I’m Gone and contains a collection of biographical parts and pieces hailing from his long and storied career. When these various bits...
by talkfromtherockroom | Apr 14, 2019 | Put the Boot In, Reviews
Spinning in the ‘rock room’ today is a unidentified set of files captured during Yusuf Islam’s 2014 return to touring. Taped from the audience and supplemented with You Tube footage I am enjoying one of Yusuf’s East coast dates from the tour. I was lucky enough...
by talkfromtherockroom | Jul 6, 2017 | Reviews
While experiencing extraordinary stardom as a young hip pop artist in late-1960s Britain, Cat Stevens suddenly fell victim to the intensity of his celebrity. Stevens became seriously ill with tuberculosis, brought on by his fast and stressful life.Everything...
by talkfromtherockroom | Jul 17, 2016 | Reviews
Spinning on the turntable today in the rock room is the most recent release (2014) from legendary and sometimes controversial troubadour Yusuf Islam, also known as Cat Stevens. The LP Tell Em I’m Gone is a record split between inspirational new originals...
by talkfromtherockroom | May 8, 2016 | Reviews
Following his formative 1960’s pop releases and series of critically acclaimed as well as thematically and aesthetically linked full length records in the 1970’s; Cat Stevens released the 1973 album Foreigner to mixed response. The Foreigner recording...
