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Cat Power
Performing at the Theatre of the Living Arts, Philadelphia, 12th June 2006
Performing at the Theatre of the Living Arts, Philadelphia, 12th June 2006
Background information
Birth name Charlyn Marie Marshall
Also known as Cat Power
Born January 21, 1972 (1972-01-21) (age 36)
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Genre(s) Sadcore, Indie rock, Soul, Blues, Funk, Folk
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter, Musician
Instrument(s) Vocals, guitar, piano
Years active 1995–present
Label(s) Runt, Matador, Smells Like, Plain
Website www.catpowermusic.com

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Biography

Early life

The daughter of divorced parents, Chan Marshall was born in Georgia. The State of Georgia ( is a state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against British rule Marshall's father, Charlie, is a blues musician and itinerant pianist[1]. The Blues is a vocal and instrumental form of Music based on the use of the Blue notes It emerged as an accessible form of self-expression A pianist (/'piənɪst/ is a Musician who plays the Piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces play with an ensemble or Orchestra Her childhood involved much upheaval, with Marshall living throughout the Southern United States (Greensboro, North Carolina; Bartlett, Tennessee; and Georgia and South Carolina), back and forth between parents and her grandmother. Bartlett is a city in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, and a suburb of the Memphis metropolitan area. The State of Georgia ( is a state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against British rule South Carolina ( is a state in the southern region ( Deep South) of the United States of America. In interviews she has openly discussed her childhood and stated that the constant traveling prepared her for the touring life of a professional musician.

After dropping out of high school, she started performing under the name Cat Power while in Atlanta, backed by musicians Glen Thrasher, Marc Moore, and others. While in Atlanta, Marshall played her first live shows as support to her friends' bands, including Magic Bone and Opal Foxx Quartet. Due to her close relationships with the various people involved she has stated that her involvement in music at this time was primarily a social interest rather than an artistic one. She also stated in a 2007 interview for Soft Focus that the music itself was more experimental and that playing shows was often an opportunity to get drunk and for her friends to take drugs. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.

1990s (Dear Sir – The Covers Record)

In 1992 she moved to New York City with Glen Thrasher. The City of New York It was Thrasher who introduced her to New York's free-jazz and experimental music scene. For the Ornette Coleman album after which this genre was named see Free Jazz A Collective Improvisation. Experimental music is a term introduced by composer John Cage in 1955 In particular she cites a concert by Anthony Braxton with giving her the confidence to perform in public. Anthony Braxton (born June 4, 1945) is an American Composer, saxophonist, Clarinettist flautist, pianist Her first New York show was at a warehouse in Brooklyn and she has described her early New York shows as "more improvisational". Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. [2] One of her shows during this period was as the support act to Man or Astro-man? and consisted of her playing a two string guitar and singing the word "no" for 15 minutes. Man or Astro-man? is a Surf rock group that formed in Auburn Alabama in the late 1980s and came to prominence in the 1990s [3] Around this time she made the acquaintance of God Is My Co-Pilot, a relationship that resulted in them releasing her first single Headlights in a limited run of 500 copies on their Making of Americans label.

In 1994 she opened for Liz Phair in New York. Liz Phair (born Elizabeth Clark Phair on April 17, 1967 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA) is an American In attendance were Steve Shelley of Sonic Youth and Tim Foljahn of Two Dollar Guitar, who encouraged her to record, and played on her first two albums, 1995's Dear Sir and 1996's Myra Lee, the latter taking its name from Marshall's mother. Steven Jay Shelley (b 23 June 1963, Midland Michigan) is an American Drummer, best known as the drummer of Alternative rock Sonic Youth is an American Alternative rock band formed in New York City in 1981 Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Dear Sir is the debut album by American singer/songwriter Chan Marshall also known as Cat Power. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Myra Lee is the second album by American singer/songwriter Chan Marshall a Both albums were recorded in New York on the same day in December 1994 and display a lack of conventional song structures. In 1996 she was signed to Matador Records, and released her third album, What Would the Community Think, which spawned a single and music video, "Nude as the News". Matador Records is an Independent record label, famous for a roster of highly-respected Indie rock artists and bands What Would the Community Think is the third album by American singer/songwriter Chan Marshall a A music video is a Short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music most commonly a Song with lyrics " Nude as the News " is a song by the American singer/songwriter Cat Power (a

In late 1996, following a three-month tour co-headlining with the band Guv'ner in support of the release of What Would the Community Think, Marshall disappeared from the music scene, initially working as a baby sitter in Portland, Oregon and then moving to a farmhouse in Prosperity, South Carolina with then boyfriend Bill Callahan. Guv'ner was an American Alternative rock band from New York City formed in 1993 following a relationship between members Charles Gansa and Pumpkin Wentzel Babysitting is the practice of temporarily caring for a child on behalf of the child's parents Portland is a city located in the Northwestern United States, near the Confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers Farmhouse is a general term for the main house of a Farm. It is a type of Building or House which serves a Residential purpose in a Prosperity is a town in Newberry County, South Carolina, United States. Bill Callahan (born 1966 also known as Smog and (Smog, is an American Singer-songwriter born in Silver Spring Maryland. The plan was to permanently retire from public performance but during a sleepless night resulting from a nightmare, Marshall wrote several new songs. These songs would make up the bulk of Moon Pix. Moon Pix is the fourth album by American singer/songwriter Cat Power a The record was recorded at Sing Sing Studios in Melbourne in eleven days with backing musicians Mick Turner and Jim White of the Dirty Three. Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 Dirty Three are an instrumental trio consisting of Warren Ellis (violin Mick Turner (electric guitar and Jim White (drums originating from Melbourne [4] The album was well-received by critics, and gained her recognition in the indie rock scene. Indie rock is genre of Alternative rock that primarily exists in the independent Underground music scene However, during subsequent tours Marshall states that she had grown tired of her own material. This resulted in a series of shows during 1999 where Marshall provided musical accompaniment to the silent movie The Passion of Joan of Arc. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) The Passion of Joan of Arc (La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc is a Silent film produced in France in 1928. The shows combined original material and many covers, many of which would later see release on The Covers Record, a collection of cover songs recorded at various sessions in 1998 and 1999. The Covers Record is the fifth album by American singer/songwriter Chan Marshall a In Popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition ( Performance or Recording) of a previously recorded commercially released A selection of covers that didn't make it on to the album were recorded at Peel Acres, home of the British DJ John Peel. John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004 known professionally as John Peel, was an English Disc jockey, radio The session was broadcast on his BBC Radio 1 show and featured Marshall's own interpretations of Bob Dylan's "Hard Times in New York Town" and Oasis's "Wonderwall", amongst others. Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major Oasis are an English rock band that formed in Manchester in 1991

Around this time, Chan collaborated with Mick Collins (of The Dirtbombs) on a recording of Ludwig Rellstab's poem "Auf Dem Strom" for the film Wayne County Ramblin'. This page concerns the musician For other Mick Collinses see Michael Collins. The Dirtbombs are a Garage rock band based in metro Detroit, Michigan, notable for blending diverse influences such as Punk rock and Heinrich Friedrich Ludwig Rellstab ( April 13, 1799 &ndash November 27, 1860) was a German Poet and Music critic [5] Chan sung the poem in German, though she does not speak the language.

2000s (You Are Free – Jukebox)

In 2003 she resumed releasing original material with You Are Free, which featured guest musicians such as Eddie Vedder, Dave Grohl, and the Dirty Three's Warren Ellis. You Are Free is the sixth album by American singer/songwriter Chan Marshall a Eddie Vedder (born December 23 1964 in Evanston, Illinois) is an American singer, Songwriter, Composer, and Guitarist David Eric Grohl (born January 14 1969 is an American rock musician Singer and Songwriter. Warren Ellis (born 1965 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia) is an Australian Multi-instrumentalist and composer most famous for his work A music video directed by Brett Vapnek, was released for the song "He War". A music video is a Short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music most commonly a Song with lyrics " He War " is a song by the American singer/ songwriter Cat Power (the name under which Chan Marshall performs

2004 saw the release of a DVD Speaking for Trees, which featured a single, nearly 2-hour static shot of Marshall performing in a woodland, and was accompanied by an audio CD containing the 18-minute song "Willie Deadwilder", featuring M. Ward on guitar. Speaking for Trees is a DVD/CD package released by the American Singer/songwriter Cat Power (a Matt Ward, known by his Stage name M Ward, is a Singer-songwriter and guitarist who rose to prominence in the Portland Oregon music scene Also this year Marshall lent her vocals to the track "I've Been Thinking" from the Handsome Boy Modelling School album, White People. Handsome Boy Modeling School is a hip hop collaboration between Dan the Automator and Prince Paul, producer of rap trio White People is the second album by Handsome Boy Modeling School. Marshall toured through 2005, including an Australian tour supporting Nick Cave and an appearance at the Patti Smith curated Meltdown festival. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Nicholas Edward Cave (born 22 September 1957 in Warracknabeal, Victoria) is an Australian Musician, Songwriter, Author Patricia Lee Smith ( born December 30 1946 is an American Singer-songwriter and poet The shows largely consisted of material that would appear on her next album. In 2005 Marshall was featured on the song "Great Waves" from Dirty Three's album Cinder. Dirty Three are an instrumental trio consisting of Warren Ellis (violin Mick Turner (electric guitar and Jim White (drums originating from Melbourne Cinder is the seventh major album by Australian trio Dirty Three.

The Greatest, was released in January, 2006. The Greatest is the seventh studio album by Indie rock artist Chan Marshall a This was not a greatest hits record but rather the Matador Records-arranged collaboration with Al Green's guitarist Teenie Hodges and other musicians. A greatest hits album (sometimes referred to as a " best of " album is a Compilation album of successful previously released Songs by a particular Matador Records is an Independent record label, famous for a roster of highly-respected Indie rock artists and bands Albert Greene (born April 13 1946 better known as Al Green, is an American gospel and Soul music singer who received great acclaim in Mabon "Teenie" Hodges is a Memphis musician best known for his work as lead guitarist and songwriter on many of Al Green 's popular soul hits of Following its release, Marshall cancelled previously arranged live shows in North America and Europe. Marshall used the hiatus to recover from what she described as a "psychotic break" that had left her feeling suicidal and was brought on by mental exhaustion and alcohol abuse. As part of her recovery she was admitted to the Psychiatric ward at Miami's Mount Sinai Medical Center but left after a week, stating "being in there wasn't me. " She gave a first person account of her breakdown in an interview for the November 2006 issue of Spin. Spin is a Music Magazine that reports on Music for Life Founded in 1985 by publisher Bob Guccione Jr [6]

She returned to live performance in April 2006, playing with the Memphis Rhythm Band and as a solo performer, including a performance at a Bob Dylan tribute concert in New York (a fund raiser for the charity "Music for Youth"). Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major

Since returning to the stage Marshall has contributed guest vocals to several albums. She performed a duet with model Karen Elson on an English cover of Serge Gainsbourg's "Je t'aime... moi non plus" for the tribute album Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited. Karen Elson (born January 14, 1979 in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England) is a British model. Serge Gainsbourg ɡɛ̃'zbuʁ (2 April 1928 &ndash 2 March 1991 was a French Poet, Singer-songwriter, Actor and For the film see Je t'aime moi non plus (film. For the album see Jane Birkin Serge Gainsbourg. She also sang lead vocal on the Ensemble track "Disown, Delete" and reworked "Revelations" with Yoko Ono for Ono's 2007 album Yes, I'm a Witch. Olivier Alary is a musician who is known under the title of his musical project ' Ensemble ' born in Tokyo on February 18 1933 is a Japanese Artist and Musician. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Yes I'm a Witch is a remix album by Yoko Ono released on February 6, 2007. She also performed guest vocals for Faithless and El-P. Faithless is a British Electronica band While they are mostly famous for their dance songs (" Insomnia " " God Is A DJ " and

In October 2006 she became the celebrity spokesperson for a line of jewelry from Chanel, beginning a series of non musical activities that continued into the following year during downtime between touring and recording commitments. Chanel SA ʃəˈnɛɫ) is a Parisian fashion house created by Coco Chanel. In 2007 her voice could be heard in commercials for Cingular[7] and De Beers[8] in the United States and Garnier in the United Kingdom. AT&T Mobility LLC (usually branded AT&T, and formerly named Cingular Wireless LLC) is the wholly owned wireless subsidiary of AT&T Inc De Beers and the various companies within the De Beers Family of Companies engage in exploration for diamonds, diamond mining diamond trading and industrial diamond manufacture Garnier is a division of L'Oréal that produces Hair care products including the Fructis line and most recently skin care products under the name Nutritioniste Previously Marshall had done advertisements for GAP. The Gap Incorporated ( is an American clothing and accessories retailer based in San Francisco California, and founded in 1969 by Donald Fisher She appeared Doug Aitken's MOMA installation Sleepwalkers[9] as a postal worker living in New York. Doug Aitken is an American multimedia artist Life and work Doug Aitken was born in Redondo Beach California in 1968 and currently lives and works The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, USA, on 53rd Street between Fifth Her 2007 big screen debut came in My Blueberry Nights, starring as Jude Law's girlfriend. My Blueberry Nights is a 2007 film directed by Wong Kar-wai, starring Norah Jones and Jude Law. Jude Law (born 29 December 1972 is an English Actor. He began acting with the National Youth Music Theatre in 1987 and had his first TV role in 1989 [10] IMDB also lists her in the cast of a five hour odyssey titled American Widow, which might have a 2008 release. [11]

Marshall put together a new band in Winter 2006 with whom she toured and recorded throughout 2007. The Dirty Delta Blues Band features Judah Bauer (from Blues Explosion), Gregg Foreman (Delta 72), Erik Paparazzi (Lizard Music), and Jim White (from Dirty Three). In 2007 Marshall contributed a song to the soundtrack of Ethan Hawke's new movie "The Hottest State", recording with Jesse Harris and Terry Manning. Ethan Green Hawke (born November 6 1970 is an American Actor, Writer and Film director. The Hottest State ( 2006) is a film directed and written by Ethan Hawke, based on Hawke's 1997 novel The Hottest State A Novel. Jesse Harris is a Grammy -winning American Singer, Songwriter, and Guitarist. Terry Manning is a music producer songwriter photographer and recording engineer known for work in rock rhythm and blues and pop music genres

Also in 2007, she became the first female to win the Shortlist Music Prize when The Greatest was voted album of the year in June. The Shortlist Music Prize is a music award given annually to an album released in the United States within the last year as chosen by a panel of musicians producers and journalists Earlier in the year she was nominated in the Best International Female category at the annual Brit Awards. The BRIT Awards, often simply called The BRITs, are the British Phonographic Industry 's annual pop music awards The Dirty Delta Blues band recorded an album of covers called Jukebox which was released on January 22, 2008 on Matador Records. Jukebox is the eighth album by American singer/songwriter Chan Marshall also known by her stage name Cat Power. Matador Records is an Independent record label, famous for a roster of highly-respected Indie rock artists and bands She is scheduled to perform at the 2008 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. The Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival is a four-day annual Music festival, created and produced by Superfly Productions and AC Entertainment, first held in 2002 On April 1, 2008 she was the musical guest on Late Show with David Letterman. The Late Show with David Letterman is an Emmy Award -winning American late-night Talk show hosted by David Letterman on CBS

Performance style

Cat Power 1 May 2006 at the Showbox in Seattle.
Cat Power 1 May 2006 at the Showbox in Seattle. Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.

Marshall’s live shows have been known for their unpolished nature, with songs beginning and ending abruptly or blending into one another without clear transitions. She has also cut short performances without explanation,[12] on some occasions under the influence of alcohol. Marshall has admitted to abusing alcohol in the past; in a 2006 interview with the New York Times, she declared herself to be sober, which she defined as having had "seven drinks in seven months. "[13]

Recently, Marshall's performance style has been said to be much more enthusiastic and professional. An article in Salon magazine[14] called The Greatest "polished and sweetly upbeat", stating that Marshall was "delivering onstage". In the article, Marshall states that her newfound musical collaborators and sobriety are largely responsible for her increased confidence onstage.

She often performs reworked covers at her live shows, of songs old and new such as those by Gnarls Barkley, the White Stripes, Bob Dylan, Nina Simone, and Jessie Mae Hemphill. Gnarls Barkley is an American musical collaboration between Multi-instrumentalist and producer Danger Mouse (Brian Burton from New The White Stripes is an American Garage rock band, formed in 1997 in Detroit, Michigan. Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major Eunice Kathleen Waymon, better known by her Stage name Nina Simone ( IPA: ninɐ sʌmɞnɑ (February 21 1933 – April 21 2003 was a fifteen-time Jessie Mae Hemphill ( October 18, 1923 &ndash July 22, 2006) was a pioneering electric guitarist songwriter and vocalist specializing in

Discography

Main article: Cat Power discography

References in pop culture

References

  1. ^ As of January 2008, he play's Wednesday's night at the Cabaret Piano Bar, formerly Carbo's Cafe, on Roswell Road, in Atlanta.
  2. ^ Pitchfork Media interview
  3. ^ Chickfactor interview
  4. ^ Harp magazine interview
  5. ^ Wayne County Ramblin' Official Site
  6. ^ Spin magazine interview
  7. ^ Cingular Covers the Hits
  8. ^ Video: Cat Power Covers Cat Stevens, Hawks Bling
  9. ^ Doug Aitken exhibition
  10. ^ Bitter-sweet nights
  11. ^ American Widow on IMDB
  12. ^ Irving Plaza gig review
  13. ^ Winter Miller. "9 Lives and Counting: Cat Power Sobers Up", The New York Times, September 20, 2006. Retrieved on 2008-02-07. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 457 - Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire. 1074 - Battle of Montesarchio in which the Prince  
  14. ^ The cat comes back

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