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February 7, 2008

Soul Kitten

Chan Marshall has written some of the saddest, most beautiful songs in rock. But she's no longer living them.
February 7, 2006

Cat Power Cancels U.S. Tour

Singer-songwriter cites unspecified health issues
August 19, 2005

Cat Power's the Greatest

Al Green and Booker T. alums back Chan Marshall on dark new CD
May 4, 2003

Are You Mad at Me?

Chan Marshall has been known to break down in tears onstage and claim her music isn't good enough. She's wrong

Recordings and Reviews

Dark End of the Street

Like the jukebox on her last covers comp, Cat Power's Chan Marshall is a storehouse of great songs. This EP leads off with a trembling take on "Dark End of the Street," a classic cheating song that epitomizes the simmering Seventies Southern soul Marshall has explored since 2006's The Greatest....

2008 RS: 4of 5 Stars

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Chan Marshall began playing and singing her haunting, musically spare avant-folk songs as Cat Power in the early 1990s, sometimes performing entire sets with her back to the audience. By 2006, she was recording with legendary Memphis soul musicians and had transformed from a whispering indie-rock shy curiosity into a husky-voiced folk-soul singer with the musical and emotional dynamics of a vetera...

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