Artist:

Cat Stevens

Album:

Tea for the Tillerman

Composer(s):

Cat Stevens

Lyricist(s):

Cat Stevens

Most people only know Wild World (famously covered by Mr Big and Lady D’Arbanville), but Stevens’ catalogue is full of hidden treasures that only reveal themselves to the cautious listener. In the early seventies, the British singer / guitarist / pianist / songwriter released a string of charming folk vignettes and deep spiritual pieces with a real expertise in creating various moods with only a few elements, among which his driving acoustic strumming.