{"id":278597,"date":"2026-02-12T13:16:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T18:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livemusicblog.com\/?p=278597"},"modified":"2026-02-12T13:41:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T18:41:37","slug":"year-of-the-cat-50th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livemusicblog.com\/year-of-the-cat-50th-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Fifty Years Later, Al Stewart’s ‘Year of the Cat’ Still Purrs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As an artist whose songs are filled with myriad figures across centuries of human history, it is fitting that Al Stewart\u2019s finest achievement \u2013 his 1976 album Year of the Cat<\/em> \u2013 receives a retrospective celebrating its 50th<\/sup> anniversary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stewart is often credited with playing a role in the birth of a brand-new form of folk music, dubbed \u201chistorical folk,\u201d which melds the popular folk rock<\/a> and folk<\/a> music revival styles from the late 1960s with fabled figures from history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Year of the Cat<\/em> alone, Stewart explores subjects ranging from former British Royal Navy Vice Admiral Sir Richard Grenville (on incredible album opener \u201cLord Grenville\u201d) to ill-fated aviator Amelia Earhart (\u201cFlying Sorcery\u201d), as well as notable actors Humphrey Bogart and Peter Lorre (in title track \u201cYear of the Cat\u201d).<\/p>\n\n\n

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Lord Grenville (2001 Remaster)<\/div><\/div>
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