Cat Power
Charlyn Marie Marshall, also known as Chan (pronounced "Shawn") Marshall, was born in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. on 21 January 1972. After dropping out of high school, she started performing under the name Cat Power, while in Atlanta, backed by musicians Glen Thrasher, Mark Moore, and others. She soon moved to New York City, United States in 1992, then later opening for Liz Phair in 1994, she met Steve Shelley of Sonic Youth and Tim Foljahn of Two Dollar Guitar, who encouraged her to re...
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Chan Marshall can make Cat Power out of anything: Give the woman instructions for an Ikea bookshelf and she'll deliver harrowing heartbreak and unimpeachable soul; let her run free with her favorit... Read more
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Chan Marshall is not the new Dylan, or even the old Dylan. But when she takes on Bobby Zimmerman on Jukebox, a sequel to 2000's The Covers Record, her approach is Dylanesque: She refashions materia... Read more
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Acht jaar geleden verscheen The Covers Record, het vijfde studioalbum van zangers Chan Marshall aka Cat Power en haar eerste vol interpretaties van anderen. In een naakte muzikale setting werkte ze... Read more
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Wong Kar-Wai, who cast Chan Marshall opposite Jude Law in his American movie, My Blueberry Nights, had a line about the singer's appeal: "If Charles Bukowski and Jane Birkin had a child, it would b... Read more
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Chan Marshall's drinking problems and onstage breakdowns are now woozy memories, and this album of cover versions, eight years after her first, is a world apart from its predecessor in poise, mood ... Read more
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Long before Chanel declared an interest in her, the denim-clad elders of the
music press fell hard for the woman known to her divorced, dysfunctional
parents as Chan Marshall – and you can see why... Read more
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Over Chann Marshal, alias Cat Power, schreef een journalist van Rolling Stone ooit dat ze bij iedere nieuwe cd aan fans zou winnen. Toen ze haar eerste album met covers uitbracht in 2000 klopte dat... Read more
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Like 2000's "The Covers Record," Chan Marshall's second go at a (mostly) all covers album imparts her unique, husky-voiced stamp on songs from such greats as Hank Williams, James Brown, Joni Mitche... Read more
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Chan Marshall maakt als Cat Power al een jaar of tien platen, en ze wordt nog altijd beter. Jukebox, album nummer negen, is in zekere zin een vervolg op The Covers Record uit 2000. Liedje... Read more
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The cover album is a largely thankless undertaking for any artist with an ounce of personality. What to do? Stick to stiff, respectful interpretations of well-thumbed classics? Nudge the edge-o-met... Read more
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