NME — Singer formerly known as Cat Stevens announces refugee charity gig for ‘He Was Alone’ single. more info

The Mirror — The singer-turned-humanitarian campaigner has written a new song for his charity Small Kindness, which teaches Syrian refugee children in Turkey more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — Ben Shepherd returned to his garage rock roots and assembled a group of musicians that became HATER, in Seattle, playing guitar alongside SOUNDGARDEN bandmate, drummer Matt Cameron, as well as ex-MONSTER MAGNET guitarist John McBain, DEVILHEAD vocali... more info

Core News — “Gilles is back for another Saturday mix up selection and this week, he speaks to singer Linda Lewis about her life in music; from jamming on stage at the first Glastonbury to working with Cat Stevens, Rod Stewart and Roger Waters. There’s also a... more info

The Telegraph — BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2015 awards for Kerr and Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker and honours for Cat Stevens and Ewan MacColl more info

The Telegraph — Radio 2 Folk Awards will honour Dirty Old Town songwriter Ewan MacColl and feature performances from Cat Stevens and Kate Rusby more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — The grousing from some fans claiming that Cat Stevens shouldn’t have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last year because his music was too subdued to qualify as “rock” ignored a more relevant point. more info

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Stereogum — Eddie Vedder played an intimate benefit show for EB Research, the charity he’s been vocally supporting lately, last month at Microsoft’s Seattle headquarters. The Pearl Jam frontman played songs by John Lennon, Cat Stevens, Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, ... more info

The Telegraph — Yusuf Islam - formerly known as Cat Stevens - talks about his controversial return to music more info