Chan is my absolute FAVORITE singer. I've met her and can attest that she is a truly genuine, kind-hearted human being. She was having a bit of a rough time at the show that night (I met her after), but she still managed to be incredibly warm. 
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some updates, kind of!
Regarding her upcoming EP (rumoured to be released by the end of the year) from Wikipedia:
New Album (Untitled EP, "Sun")
In a bulletin from her myspace account, Cat Power has revealed her as-of-yet untitled EP will be released in December. In an article from Spin magazine, Chan says, "I'm producing it. One song is called "Leopard," I used to sing it when I was 26. There's another song, a spiritual song called "Mountaintops." And there's a really sweet song called "Funny Things" that's like a little kid's tap-dance song about having special secret thoughts: "Funny things in your dreams/Can you whisper talk to me?" And then there's "Silent Machine," which I actually wrote a long time ago. There's another song called "Oh Time." It's about my ex and it's about forgiveness. My friend Susanna always cries when I play it."
So that sounds like a lot of original material, as appose to another cover record. I know a lot of people are hoping that she'll release her Space Oddity cover (recorded for Lincoln, who allegedly owns the clip), however the likelihood of that happening is rumoured to be just as low as the Cat Stevens cover for DeBeers.
In other news: Chan, along with acts such as the Black Keys and Sheryl Crow, was also part of a Woodie Guthrie tribute this past weekend. Read the full article here.
source: last.fm
Regarding her upcoming EP (rumoured to be released by the end of the year) from Wikipedia:
New Album (Untitled EP, "Sun")
In a bulletin from her myspace account, Cat Power has revealed her as-of-yet untitled EP will be released in December. In an article from Spin magazine, Chan says, "I'm producing it. One song is called "Leopard," I used to sing it when I was 26. There's another song, a spiritual song called "Mountaintops." And there's a really sweet song called "Funny Things" that's like a little kid's tap-dance song about having special secret thoughts: "Funny things in your dreams/Can you whisper talk to me?" And then there's "Silent Machine," which I actually wrote a long time ago. There's another song called "Oh Time." It's about my ex and it's about forgiveness. My friend Susanna always cries when I play it."
So that sounds like a lot of original material, as appose to another cover record. I know a lot of people are hoping that she'll release her Space Oddity cover (recorded for Lincoln, who allegedly owns the clip), however the likelihood of that happening is rumoured to be just as low as the Cat Stevens cover for DeBeers.
In other news: Chan, along with acts such as the Black Keys and Sheryl Crow, was also part of a Woodie Guthrie tribute this past weekend. Read the full article here.
source: last.fm
I read on her label's site that it is extra tracks from the Jukebox recordings that are to be released later this year (they're thinking around December). I have a feeling that we're going to be waiting a while for Sun...although I hope I'm wrong about that.
http://www.matadorrecords.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9332^ Matador said that? Can you link me? I'm having trouble finding any news on her on their site
Alas, it will be December after all! 6 songs from the Jukebox sessions will be available December 9th, both digitally and on vinyl.
http://www.matadorrecords.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9371
http://www.matadorrecords.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9371
Thanks for the heads up, moirla!
From Pitchfork
Cat Power Covers Creedence, Pogues, Redding on EP
Cat Power began her year plugging quarters into the Jukebox, and she'll close it out down at the Dark End of the Street. I suppose those are the sorts of places you wind up when you've "Lived in Bars" as long as Chan has. [OK, enough jokes! -- Ed.]
Dark End of the Street is a brand new covers EP due digitally and on a limited edition double 10" in a gatefold sleeve December 9 from Matador. It collects a half-dozen tunes Chan Marshall and her band did during the Jukebox sessions, including four previously unreleased tracks. She tackles the Pogues, James Carr, Sandy Denny, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Otis Redding, and Aretha Franklin.
Cat Power will take off on a brief southwestern U.S. tour this month, with support from Appaloosa. She'll also make an appearance at the Bridge School Benefit in Mountain View, California over the weekend of October 25-26.
Dark End of the Street EP:
01 Auld Triangle (The Pogues) *
02 Dark End of the Street (James Carr) *
03 Who Knows Where the Time Goes (Sandy Denny/Fairport Convention) *
04 Fortune Son (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
05 I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now) (Otis Redding)
06 It Ain't Fair (Aretha Franklin) *
* previously unreleased
From Pitchfork
Cat Power Covers Creedence, Pogues, Redding on EP
Cat Power began her year plugging quarters into the Jukebox, and she'll close it out down at the Dark End of the Street. I suppose those are the sorts of places you wind up when you've "Lived in Bars" as long as Chan has. [OK, enough jokes! -- Ed.]
Dark End of the Street is a brand new covers EP due digitally and on a limited edition double 10" in a gatefold sleeve December 9 from Matador. It collects a half-dozen tunes Chan Marshall and her band did during the Jukebox sessions, including four previously unreleased tracks. She tackles the Pogues, James Carr, Sandy Denny, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Otis Redding, and Aretha Franklin.
Cat Power will take off on a brief southwestern U.S. tour this month, with support from Appaloosa. She'll also make an appearance at the Bridge School Benefit in Mountain View, California over the weekend of October 25-26.
Dark End of the Street EP:
01 Auld Triangle (The Pogues) *
02 Dark End of the Street (James Carr) *
03 Who Knows Where the Time Goes (Sandy Denny/Fairport Convention) *
04 Fortune Son (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
05 I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now) (Otis Redding)
06 It Ain't Fair (Aretha Franklin) *
* previously unreleased
Chan Marshall. I adore.
http://aromaleighaficionadas.infopop.cc/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/4481084953/m/3821011463
http://acontinuouslean.com/2008/05/07/woth-charlyn-chan-marshall-marshall/
http://www.knkmusic.net/2006/07/cat-power-memphis-rhythm-band-live.html
http://torontoist.com/2007/07/cat_could_have.php
http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/Top 10 Albums That Every Music/
http://www.instantcast.com/AllStars/Cat_Power/Article/
http://www.freewilliamsburg.com/archives/2006/09/
http://www.freewilliamsburg.com/archives/2007/11/new_cat_power_t.html
http://aromaleighaficionadas.infopop.cc/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/4481084953/m/3821011463
http://acontinuouslean.com/2008/05/07/woth-charlyn-chan-marshall-marshall/
http://www.knkmusic.net/2006/07/cat-power-memphis-rhythm-band-live.html
http://torontoist.com/2007/07/cat_could_have.php
http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/Top 10 Albums That Every Music/
http://www.instantcast.com/AllStars/Cat_Power/Article/
http://www.freewilliamsburg.com/archives/2006/09/
http://www.freewilliamsburg.com/archives/2007/11/new_cat_power_t.html
Found a relatively generic concert review! When I saw her in Toronto this winter the performance was nothing if not professional and tight, so who knows how much "tweaking" she was really doing.
The new Cat Power hits the Palladium Ballroom
By Darren White
Posted on Fri, Oct. 10, 2008
DALLAS — In every sense of the phrase, Cat Power is back.
First off, she returned to the Palladium Ballroom on Thursday night on a quickie tour, making up for a canceled April 19 show attributed to injured vocal chords.
Secondly, she’s back for the first time since her August 2007 three-hour marathon performance at the Granada Theater.
Most importantly, though, Cat Power is back in a brand-new phase of her career.
The Cat Power her fans remember — the one who wrote punky, minimal indie folks songs — seems to be gone forever. Don’t worry, though, it’s not necessarily a bad thing.
Backed by Dirty Delta Blues, a crack little squad of players that includes members of Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and Dirty Three, Cat Power (whose real name is Chan Marshall), ripped through Muscle Shoals-style soul ballads.
Gone were the strummy indie-folk ballads, and gone was the nervous stage presence that characterized so many of her early performances during the late ’90s and early ’00s.
In its place was a full-on, down-home diva.
If Marshall is a diva now though, it’s almost to a fault. She spent more time trying to tweak the monitors than working the crowd. I’m all for a good mix, but after a while, you just have to play the show with what you have.
Marshall’s older material, including the fantastic I Don’t Blame You from You Are Free, was reworked and mixed with the newer, more soulful material from her most recent CD of covers, Jukebox, released in January.
Marshall even threw in a new cover of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s classic Fortunate Son, which is said to be featured on Marshall’s upcoming EP, The Dark End of the Street. Dusty Springfield’s landmark Dusty in Memphis record is often mentioned as a touchstone for Marshall’s new work, and while that is a great album, Marshall is doing something more nuanced and inventive than Springfield. Where Springfield might have possessed a more dynamic voice, Marshall’s Southern roots and aching tone delve into a place that a merely good voice cannot.
The folky little ballads might be gone, but Marshall hasn’t stopped throwing herself into the songs. So, even if there’s a new element of divadom evident in Marshall’s performance, it’s different than it used to be. Where once Marshall seemed ill at ease with the spotlight, she’s now making sure the spotlight hits her just right.
That’s an air of professionalism long missing from Cat Power’s live shows, and a welcome addition.
source: star-telegramBy Darren White
Posted on Fri, Oct. 10, 2008
DALLAS — In every sense of the phrase, Cat Power is back.
First off, she returned to the Palladium Ballroom on Thursday night on a quickie tour, making up for a canceled April 19 show attributed to injured vocal chords.
Secondly, she’s back for the first time since her August 2007 three-hour marathon performance at the Granada Theater.
Most importantly, though, Cat Power is back in a brand-new phase of her career.
The Cat Power her fans remember — the one who wrote punky, minimal indie folks songs — seems to be gone forever. Don’t worry, though, it’s not necessarily a bad thing.
Backed by Dirty Delta Blues, a crack little squad of players that includes members of Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and Dirty Three, Cat Power (whose real name is Chan Marshall), ripped through Muscle Shoals-style soul ballads.
Gone were the strummy indie-folk ballads, and gone was the nervous stage presence that characterized so many of her early performances during the late ’90s and early ’00s.
In its place was a full-on, down-home diva.
If Marshall is a diva now though, it’s almost to a fault. She spent more time trying to tweak the monitors than working the crowd. I’m all for a good mix, but after a while, you just have to play the show with what you have.
Marshall’s older material, including the fantastic I Don’t Blame You from You Are Free, was reworked and mixed with the newer, more soulful material from her most recent CD of covers, Jukebox, released in January.
Marshall even threw in a new cover of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s classic Fortunate Son, which is said to be featured on Marshall’s upcoming EP, The Dark End of the Street. Dusty Springfield’s landmark Dusty in Memphis record is often mentioned as a touchstone for Marshall’s new work, and while that is a great album, Marshall is doing something more nuanced and inventive than Springfield. Where Springfield might have possessed a more dynamic voice, Marshall’s Southern roots and aching tone delve into a place that a merely good voice cannot.
The folky little ballads might be gone, but Marshall hasn’t stopped throwing herself into the songs. So, even if there’s a new element of divadom evident in Marshall’s performance, it’s different than it used to be. Where once Marshall seemed ill at ease with the spotlight, she’s now making sure the spotlight hits her just right.
That’s an air of professionalism long missing from Cat Power’s live shows, and a welcome addition.
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Yes! So so happy for her!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ks2j2M-tl4
with NEIL YOUNG! Two of my favorite favorites!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ks2j2M-tl4
with NEIL YOUNG! Two of my favorite favorites!
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