Cat Power

See also: Chan

Chan Marshall (born Charlyn Marie Marshall, the January 21st 1972), better known under the name of scene Cat Power , is a singer and American parolière originating in Atlanta.

Music of Cat Power to the characteristic to be relatively minimalist and extremely stripped (this is particularly true for its first albums). Chan (delivery “Shawn”) with the characteristic to sing in an American accent Southerner.

After having left the college, Chan Marshall leaves for New York where one asked him to make the first part of Liz Phair. During the round, it met Steve Shelley Sonic Youth and Tim Foljahn of Two Dollar Guitar. These two last were of agreement to help it to record its music.

Its first album, Dear Sir was recorded at the same time as Myra Lee , its second opus. The two albums were published with one year of variation, on different labels. It signed with Matador Records in 1996 and left its third album, What Would The Community Think. Individual is extracted from this new album, Nude As The News , it will be also turned a video clip to promote it. In 2003 it publishes the album You Are Free , which comprises participations of Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam), whose voice is hardly recognizable, as well as Dave Grohl (Nirvana, Foo Fighters), which exploits of the battery certain songs. This album marks a musical transition in the career from Chan Marshall with a sound more “Rock” that its preceding albums.

The DVD " speaking for trees" leaves into 2004 to the United States, it acts of a melting of personal songs and recoveries (Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan…) filmed out of camera amateur in full forest. Criticisms are very mitigated in connection with this DVD, some speak about artistic genius, a return to the naturalness, Chan only evolves/moves in the middle of the cries of nature (wind, insects…). Others will see a tedious and baclé DVD owing to the fact that the camera amateur (numerical) gives one made often fuzzy, too or enough not lit and where the artist often sings back.

In January 2006 appears The Greatest , album gorged at the same time with drunk person and folk, recorded in Memphis with musicians veterans, who played for Al Green (Leroy and Mabon “Teenie” Hodges) or with Booker T. & The MG' S (Steve Potts).

Following health issues, Chan cancels in March its round in the United States like its concerts of London and Paris.

The original band its of the film V for Vendetta (2006) comprises a title of Chan, I Found has Reason .

It makes its beginning of actresses in film of Wong Kar-Wai, My Blueberry Nights (2007). The song The Greatest appears in the Original soundtrack of this film and in that of the Coeur of men 2 (Marc Esposito, 2007).

Discography

Dear Sir (1995, Lime pit Records)
Myra Lee (1996, Smells Like Records)
What Would The Community Think (1996, Matador Records)
Moon Pix (1998, Matador Records)
The Covers Record (2000, Matador Records)
You Are Free (2003, Matador Records)
The Greatest (2006, Matador records)
The Covers Record 2 (Forecast of exit: January 2008)

Catalog of films

My Blueberry Nights, of Wong Kar-Wai (2007): Katya

A glance on Chan

the father of Chan, Charlie, was a musician of blues and an itinerant pianist.
Chan has origins cherokee, Irish, Dutch and Jewish.
Chan has as a reputation to scuttle good number of concerts while cutting the songs or while singing in an inaudible way, often accentuated by a advanced intoxication.

External bonds

French Site dedicated to Cat Power
Cat Power on Matador Records

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