New CD

[sue]

www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002199215

[Vivian]

Now I impatiently wait.

Peace,Vivian

[walter]

very strange, my two altime favourite artists, announce new cds in the same paper at the same time. haunting. well the who play in germany in the summer, how about a double concert???!!

[Chris]

Fall 2006, Can we actually wait that long? OK, I'll try to be patient.. This is fantastic news, thanks Sue.

I love the reminiscent of his Teaser album, now they really have me curious.

Walter if your double concert dream ever came true, I am there in a heart beat! ;-)

[flemmishfan]

Iwas getting goose bumps when i read it.It will be great i feel it.Fall 2006 .What are they doing to are poor hearts?Curious if Yusuf will design his record sleeve(cd)are maybe his daugter will help him.I start to save some money for the cd and perhaps a appearance in Londen.Everyone start dreaming Regine

[grizz]

Yes, Sue. Thank you. Can't wait for the Mother of all CDs.

[Vivian]

When can we pre-order. Just want to make sure my copy is safely on reserve. This is going to be the LONGEST year of my life! Patient??Don't know what that means!

Peace,Vivian

[catnip]

Thanks, Sue!

So now it's fall instead of the beginning of this year which I believe we read somewhere last year. Not that I wish summer away, as I can't wait for spring and summer to arrive and want to enjoy a long, leisurely one, but darn, I am impatient.

And who could blame us for being impatient, it has been 28 years between albums, LOL.

[Vivian]

We should all protest to Mother Nature. Tell her that we demand Fall to come before Spring and Summer this year. We want Fall to be here tomorrow.

Peace,Vivian

[johannah]

vivian said:

We should all protest to Mother Nature. Tell her that we demand Fall to come before Spring and Summer this year. We want Fall to be here tomorrow.

Peace,Vivian

lol! Just think Vivian. Youwill be older and appreciate it more!

[Chris]

johannah said:

vivian said:

We should all protest to Mother Nature. Tell her that we demand Fall to come before Spring and Summer this year. We want Fall to be here tomorrow.

Peace,Vivian

lol! Just think Vivian. Youwill be older and appreciate it more!

Don't forget Viv, Autumn seems to be the magic season for Yusuf. Vh1 (October), the Boxset was in the Fall as well. It just seems the fall energizes the cat man. We seem to hear more about Yusuf in the fall then any other season.

[Vivian]

Yeah, I know, but Fall is such a long time to wait. ANd I KNOW it will be well worth the wait.

PEace,Vivian

[Chris]

I'm use to trying to patiently ( or impatiently) wait for fall, since I always go on my vacation in the fall. The only problem is, it's usually when I am on vacation that something interesting comes out about Yusuf. lol

[walter]

oh yes, even he wants to take the christmas buisinness. he's right back in the pop circuit.

[Vivian]

au.launch.yahoo.com/060321/10/lxyy.html

Yusuf Islam Returns With New Album
(Soundbuzz, Wednesday March 22, 6:00 AM)

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Yusuf Islam, the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens, has recorded his first pop album since 1978. The Morning Has Broken singer, who converted to Islam in the late 1970s and turned his back on his music career, has yet to decide whether he'll release his new material as Cat Stevens or Yusuf Islam. He has also yet to decide when the new material will be released, but he has three unnamed record labels fighting for the rights. Islam has kept his recordings to a minimum in recent years, fearing his interest in pop culture would upset his Muslim elders. (wenn)




I found this interesting. Three unnamed labels are fighting for rights to Yusuf's new CD, months beofre it is even released. I guess they know GOLD when they see it.

Peace,Vivian

[Celticat]

I can hardly believe what I'm reading! This is too good to be true...

Jackie

[rainydays]

This is really exciting!!!! I never believed this would ever happen. THANK YOU YUSUF!!

[flemmishfan]

Curious if Yusuf play the piano again on his new cd .Just listening to Foreigner and it so wonderful who he can play,that's still something you can unlearn i think.He could lay so much emotion in his play together with his voice it's complete Regine

[nefertiti]

You know, I totally forgot about the piano solo in Foreigner Suite. Also, do you enjoy it in Oh Very Young? Just as pretty

[flemmishfan]

Oh yes that was just one off the numbers after foreigner on the boxset and i was thinking in very young it's also the max Regine.It would very pity if he plays the piano no more ,its a beautyful instrument.

[Vivian]

Well noone ever thought he would pick up a guitar again, but it happened. I imagine he has a piano at home. Of course, it's much easier traveling with a guitar.

Peace,Vivian

[kareema113]

Greetings and salutations, Earthlings!

Long time no see.

I'd like to add my 2 cents re this Yahoo news tidbit.

au.launch.yahoo.com/060321/10/lxyy.html

Yusuf Islam Returns With New Album
(Soundbuzz, Wednesday March 22, 6:00 AM)

Yusuf Islam, the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens, has recorded his first pop album since 1978. The Morning Has Broken singer, who converted to Islam in the late 1970s and turned his back on his music career, has yet to decide whether he'll release his new material as Cat Stevens or Yusuf Islam. He has also yet to decide when the new material will be released, but he has three unnamed record labels fighting for the rights. Islam has kept his recordings to a minimum in recent years, fearing his interest in pop culture would upset his Muslim elders. (wenn)

To start with, the author has not done the homework re this statement:

Islam has kept his recordings to a minimum in recent years, fearing his interest in pop culture would upset his Muslim elders.[/i]

There are no 'elders' in Islam. It's between you and Allah with no middleman. There are scholars though, who have a wide range of opinions from arch conservative to liberal. All of them have formed their particular viewpoint through studying the Qur'an and the Prophet Muhammad's life and interpreting them as they feel is correct, however an individual Muslim is not bound to listen to any one of them.

It is the individual Muslim's responsibility to study... and form one's own opinion. No one will be standing with you on Judgement Day... so you better hope you came to the correct conclusions. No blaming another for what you did/said will be tolerated. It's just you standing naked before the Throne.

Since our destination at Judgement Day is determined as to whether the good deeds outweighed the bad or vice versa and a pair of angels sit on our shoulders writing down everything we do/think/say, it makes us stop and think hard about what the consequences of each action will be... in this world and more importantly in the next. We want the angel with the good deed book to do as much writing as possible.

OK, so it took Br. Yusuf 25 years to decide he could do what comes naturally again... hopefully without repercussions on Judgement Day. There is no specific ban on music in Islam and just about every bio says his imam encouraged him to keep making music, so what we have seen is baby steps. Br. Yusuf apparently would rather be safe than sorry and so would I. Heck, when he laughed with me in 2001 re the far-fetched idea of another Cat Stevens concert, that's just where he was at at the time.

As far as what his name will be on the pop album when it is released, how important really is this anyway? I find it hard to believe that he'd consider anything other than putting both names on it.

A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.

I wonder why he's decided his beard should be long and hair short instead of the other way round as in the old days. Perhaps just to make that distinction.

Are you guys aware that he's also just released a compilation called 'Footsteps in the Light"?

www.footstepsinthelight.com

salaam,
kareema

[1976]

thanks for the info .

[Vivian]

Is anyone else having trouble with ordering Footsteps in the light? For some reason, it is not working. I want to buy it.

Peace,Vivian

[Vivian]

Oh by the way, thanks for the info, Kareema, its great seeing you.

Peace,Vivian

[Chris]

Hello Kareema, it's really nice to see you again.
Thank You Kareema for posting about "Footsteps in the Light" They placed an update about the release of "Footsteps" on Mountain of light earlier today as well. It also mentions Yusuf new label. Check it out. www.mountainoflight.co.uk/

I love the name he chose for his new recording label .... Ya Music

[kareema113]

It's nice to be back... at least until I get busy again. Actually I am home recuperating from a lung and ear infection, so I have nothing but time these days.

Vivian, I can't order Footsteps in the Light either or even log in. I think they are still working the kinks out. I emailed them about it.

Interesting name, Ya Music... 'Ya' means 'O' in Arabic. As in "Ya Allah" or "O God".

So he named his new label "O Music". Perhaps it's representational of his being in both the secular and the Muslim worlds. Or to indicate that his new music is a synthesis of both.

salaam/peace to you,
kareema

[Vivian]

It finally worked. I just ordered it. That cover is really sharp. Thanks Kareema.

Peace,Vivian

[Chris]

Kareema I hope your feeling better, sorry to hear you have been laid up.

[Chris]

vivian said:

It finally worked. I just ordered it. That cover is really sharp. Thanks Kareema.

Peace,Vivian

Vivian, the CD cover is sharp isn't it.. as I told someone else it sort of reminds me of the cover of Izitso, but with out the Yoyo, or the Arm, or The Color Red... haha.. I guess that only leaves me his profile to remind me of izitso. ;-)