American Songwriter

Cat Stevens Introspective ‘Mona Bone Jakon’ Remains Moving and Intimate On An Expanded 50th Anniversary Remix and Remastered Reissue

The odd and inexplicably titled Mona Bone Jakon, supposedly a sexual reference inspired by Muddy Waters’ “I’ve Got My Mojo Working,” wasn’t Cat Stevens’ first album, but it might as well have been.
American Songwriter

Cat Stevens’ Second 1970 Masterpiece Gets A ‘Super Deluxe’ Reissue With The Expanded ‘Tea for the Tillerman’

There is no doubt that Cat Stevens was on a roll in 1970. Barely seven months after the release of Mona Bone Jakon, the first in his freshly minted sincere folk pop guise following a brief bit of UK ...