Tell 'Em I'm Gone is the first new album in five years from legendary singer-songwriter Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens). The album contains five covers and five original tracks, and features contributions from Richard Thompson, Bonnie Prince Billy and blues harmonica player Charlie Musselwhite. Stream it below from Oct. 20-26.
Co-produced by Rick Rubin and recorded all over the world Los Angeles, Dubai, Brussels, London Tell 'Em I'm Gone sees Yusuf look to the early blues and R&B that inspired him in his youth.
"Although I was to venture through many lyrical terrains, melodious valleys and cadences during my 55-year musical and spiritual exploration, and though many would agree that I have covered a lot of ground, there was always one path I meant to take," says the 2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee in a press note. "Hidden in the background behind my renowned troubadour persona lurked an R&B alter-self waiting to be let free."
Tell 'Em I'm Gone by Yusuf/Cat Stevens is available Oct. 28. Pre-order it here. Yusuf also plays Toronto's Massey Hall Dec. 1, which is his only Canadian date.
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