Al Stewart | Artist

Alastair "Al" Stewart is a British singer-songwriter and folk-rock musician born 1945 in Glasgow, Scotland. He is best known as part of the British folk revival in the 1960s and 1970s and for his most commercially successful album Year of The Cat. Stewart developed a unique style of combining folk-rock songs with delicately woven tales of characters and events from history. In his early years Stewart played folk clubs alongside fellow up-and-coming artists such as Cat Stevens, Bert Jansch, Roy Harper, Ralph McTell and Paul Simon. His first record was the single "The Elf" released in 1966 on Decca which included guitar parts from Jimmy Page. Stewart released six consistently excellent but under-appreciated folk-rock albums, before having a breakthrough with his seventh album Year of the Cat in 1976. That album, produced by studio wizzard Alan Parsons, was a chart success in the UK and USA, making Stewart a worldwide name. Next followed another Parson's produced album Time Passages, which further bolstered Stewart's reputation. Into the 80's Stewart's career went quiet again, but he continued releasing excellent, if somewhat low-key solo works. To-date he has released seventeen albums, standouts include Love Chronicles, Orange, Past Present and Future, Modern Times, Year of the Cat and Time Passages.

Artist Website: alstewart.com

Featured Albums: Al Stewart

Related Artists: Alan Parsons, Paul Simon