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Yusuf Islam

Pixies - Far Out Magazine - All Points East 2024

Folk music’s most “convincing” star, according to Frank Black

“His vocal delivery is very original…”

Tom Phelan
Feb 25, 2025
Cat Stevens - Musician - 1970s

‘Please Please Me’: Yusuf/Cat Stevens’ favourite album by The Beatles

Dazzling debut.

Lauren Hunter
Feb 4, 2025
Cat Stevens

Cat Stevens/Yusuf’s five favourite singers of all time

The singer-songwriter has a lot of love for soul music.

Jordan Potter
Jul 21, 2024
Cat Stevens - Musician - 1970s

The Cat Stevens song about “losing touch” with reality

The singer-songwriter often reflected on personal struggles.

Jordan Potter
Feb 16, 2024
Cat Stevens - Yusuf Islam - Glastonbury 2023

Cat Stevens’ bitter song about breaking up with himself

Cat Stevens often reflected internal conflicts in his music.

Jordan Potter
Jan 20, 2024
Yusuf / Cat Stevens - Far Out Magazine

The Beatles song that inspired Cat Stevens to greatness

An early track from the Fab Four.

Ben Forrest
Dec 26, 2023
Cat Stevens

How the Bosnian war inspired Yusuf / Cat Stevens to return to music

A return to music.

Jordan Potter
Mar 28, 2023
Cat Stevens

Yusuf / Cat Stevens lists his favourite albums of all time

Inspiration behind a legend.

Jordan Potter
Mar 22, 2023
Revisiting the bizarre 1976 Cat Stevens video for 'Banapple Gas'

Cat Stevens/Yusuf eyes Green Day collaboration

Odd mix.

Thomas Coll
Mar 17, 2023
Rushdie Affair Salman Rushdie

The ‘Rushdie Affair’: Religion, Salman Rushdie, Cat Stevens and the art of offence

Extraordinary.

Arun Starkey
Oct 18, 2021

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