And now, he has a new album coming out in the fall, but you might already know every word to every song. In "Tea For the Tillerman 2," Yusuf has re-recorded every track, but with the perspective that ...

A handful of classic rock songs have religious overtones. For example, one of Cat Stevens’ songs is a rewrite of a Christian hymn. That’s very interesting, considering that Stevens is now one of the ...

Many hear "Wild World" as farewell advice to a leaving lover. But Cat Stevens was singing to himself more than anybody else.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Cat Stevens’s “Oh Very Young ...

I don't have a specific memory of being moved by a Cat Stevens song; no story about dropping a quarter into a juke box at an all-night diner to hear him sing about longing and love lost. And I wonder ...