Cat's out of the bag, 2

That's not Carbondale's beloved sheikh, Dean, known as Murshid, pictured above...it's Jusaf Islam. The singer-songwriter formerly known as Cat Stevens has re-recorded two of his hits from the 70s, Peace Train and Lady D'Arbanville (retitled Angel of War), for download on the websites catstevens.com and yusafislam.org.uk. Read more.

Joining Islam with hard-hitting songs of war and peace are, the Beastie Boys, John Mellencamp, Darryl Worley, Toby Keith, Bruce Springsteen, Alan Jackson, and Steve Earle. So far.

In a related story, Murshid and his talented group of Sufi musicians, Majnun will be releasing its long-awaited first CD in the next few weeks. Nothing explicitly anti-war in it. Just great music, from what I hear.