This spring, Cat Stevens will release a new album, to follow his 2006 disc, An Other Cup. According to Billboard.com, the album will feature several other artists.
The musician explained, "This one was really a result of me writing a lot of songs and being kind of inspired again. After I recorded [‘Cup’] people just wanted to hear me do a lot of simple stuff, just with the guitar."
For the song Boots & Sand, Islam worked with Paul McCartney and Dolly Parton. Michelle Branch and Gunnar Nelson participated in the recording of the song To Be What You Must.