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Jukebox : Cat Power
Interview, Feb, 2008 by Jonathan Durbin
Cat Power, a.k.a. Chan Marshall, achieved widespread acclaim as a performer of other people's songs with The Covers Record in 2000. There she imbued cuts like "Sea of Love" and "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" with a visceral melancholy. Her latest is another collection of favorites made popular by a variety of pop-music all-stars, from her laconic supper-club version of "New York, New York," first made popular by Frank Sinatra, to the early-'70s rave-up "Aretha, Sing One for Me," originally sung by George Jackson.
Marshall proves adept at commuting a wide range of material to her own private canon: a dirty down-low version of Billie Holiday's "Don't Explain"; "A Woman Left Lonely," the Janis Joplin hit; and "Metal Heart," a new version of a song Marshall wrote for her 1998 album, Moon Pix.
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