YOUTUBE CAT STEVENS TV
His 2009 album tour for "Roadsinger" included acclaimed TV appearances with Jay Leno, Jimmy Fallon and Stephen Colbert. In concert, his ringing voice radiates serenity, infusing his thrilled audiences with a brightening glow.
Yusuf, popularly known as Cat Stevens, one of the best-selling singer-songwriters in history, is back on tour again, mixing evergreen hits, such as "Wide World," "Morning Has Broken" and "Moonshadow," with powerful new songs for the new millennium. At the show's end, Cat Stevens mentioned his special affinity for Boston. I have never seen an audience as enthusiastic as the one at this performance. Thankfully, I had listened to the Cat Stevens CD "Catch Bull at Four" earlier in the day of this performance, as there are so many 'buried' Cat Stevens gems there that receive scant attention on the air (FM radio) given the incredible richness of his two prior CD's, "Teaser and the Firecat" and "Tea for the Tillerman." The two "Catch Bull at Four" 'buried' gems that Cat Stevens performed on Saturday September 17, 2016, at the Wang Theatre, in Boston, were "The Boy with a Moon & Star On His Head," and "Angelsea." The latter has a chorus of mystical sounding words which are not on the lyric sheet in "Catch Bull at Four." On the Internet, there is some discussion, but there are no definite conclusions, regarding the nature of the lyrics to that chorus.īy the end of this Cat Stevens performance, my weary soul had felt fully restored. Cat Stevens told stories and shared songs that documented his musical life story, identifying key turns in his musical career. Cat Stevens seemed to lift this night's performance from that memoir. This time around Cat Stevens hinted that he has been writing a memoir of his musical life. Within moments of his exhaling his first musical sounds, my weary soul that I had brought him that night began to be roused by Cat Stevens.
YOUTUBE CAT STEVENS PROFESSIONAL
On Saturday evening, September 17, 2016, in Boston, at the Wang Theatre, in Boston, I entered the venue tired from an especially challenging work week as a Professional Counselor, tired from dealing with the relentless aggressiveness of Boston drivers, tired from the shallow divisions of Americans encouraged by the Republican candidate for President of the United States of America, and tired from sundry personal challenges.
Some musicians who, for me, in concert, have seemed to be Inspired Human Beings who as Gifted Entertainers and Gifted Musicians deeply and profoundly rouse our souls have included Aretha Franklin, Van Morrison, Ringo Starr, Stevie Wonder, Jon Anderson (the former Yes vocalist, as a solo performer), the late Cesaria Evora (a Cape Verdean musician who was the winner of the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary World Music Album-Voz d'Amor), John Gorka (a folk-singer), and Cat Stevens. Such performers are truly balm for our weary souls. While I have only been interested in attending performances by performers in Category (a)-Gifted Entertainers-once, and have been interested in attending performances by performers in Category (b)-Gifted Musicians-more than once, but not too often, I would eagerly attend performances by performers in Category (c)-Inspired Human Beings who as Gifted Entertainers and Gifted Musicians deeply and profoundly rouse our souls-weekly, if not daily. Musicians deeply and profoundly rouse our souls. That was a profound experience for me, then, attending with a dear friend and getting to sit in what was, by default, the front row (there was a row of security staff between us and the stage, then).īy attending as many concerts, and by so many diverse performers, as I have these past few years, I have come to classify quality performers into three groups:Ĭ) Inspired Human Beings who as Gifted Entertainers and Gifted I had seen Cat Stevens once, previously, in the same venue, on December 7, 2014, nearly two years ago. On Saturday evening, September 17, 2016, I attended the Cat Stevens concert at the Wang Theatre in Boston. Citi Performing Arts Center Wang Theatre - Boston