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Yusuf Islam

Roadsinger (To Warm You Through the Night)

RS: 3of 5 Stars

2009

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The time would seem to be nigh for a Cat Stevens revival: The warm, weathered, sensitive-guy folk that made Stevens (now known as Yusuf) a superstar in the 1970s is back in vogue among indie troubadours (his beard has also made a comeback); they may not know it yet, but Bon Iver's fans are merely the latest generation to go gaga for Tea for the Tillerman. Roadsinger is a crowd-pleaser, hewing to Yusuf's classic sound in tight, sweet ballads like "Welcome Home," which pushes his acoustic guitar and ragged voice to the foreground. Meanwhile, hippie preachiness is still Yusuf's default mode. "No one cares for anyone else," he croaks in "World O' Darkness." In other words: Ooh, baby, baby, it's a wild world.



JODY ROSEN

(Posted: May 1, 2009)

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