Chan Marshall stops time. She sits at a piano or lays her guitar across her lap, and whether it’s a noisy club overflowing with drunks or a coffee house full of laptoppers, Chan Marshall draws all the attention in the room and makes the world stop spinning. As Cat Power, Marshall’s music seems to rise from nowhere, envelop the room, then vanish; listeners know they’ve been hit by something but they’re not sure what. [biography]

News

12/05/07 — 'Jukebox' Available For Pre-Order TODAY

''Jukebox' is now available for Pre-Order in the Matador store. The album comes in two versions: 1. Deluxe silver-foil gatefold cover (on both LP and CD) with bonus disc containing extra tracks 2. Regular jewelcase version (CD only)
Get a discount off of the regular price with your preorder.

11/13/07 — Song To Bobby,” Available From the iTunes Music Store TODAY

' Though Jukebox won't be available until January 22 (a day earlier in the UK and Europe), the original Chan Marshall & Matt Sweeney composition "Song To Bobby"” is available starting today from the iTunes Music Store.

11/7/07 — Cat Power ''Jukebox' final sequence

Cat Power photo by Stefano Giovannini

Today we announce the final sequence for Cat Power's upcoming 'Jukebox' album, to be released on January 22. The names below indicate the best known performer of the original songs, who are not necessarily the songwriters:

1. New York (Frank Sinatra)
2. Ramblin' (Wo)man (Hank Williams)
3. Metal Heart (Cat Power *)
4. Silver Stallion (The Highwaymen)
5. Aretha, Sing One For Me (George Jackson)
6. Lost Someone (James Brown)
7. Lord, Help The Poor And Needy (Jessie Mae Hemphill)
8. I Believe In You (Bob Dylan)
9. Song To Bobby (Cat Power, written by Chan Marshall and Matt Sweeney **)
10. Don't Explain (Billie Holiday)
11. Woman Left Lonely (Janis Joplin)
12. Blue (Joni Mitchell)

* original version on the 'Moon Pix' album
** first appearance of this song

In addition, there will be a limited-edition silver foil deluxe package with a bonus disc containing the following 5 songs:

1. I Feel (Hot Boys)
2. Naked, If I Want To (Moby Grape)
3. Breathless (Nick Cave)
4. Angelitos Negros (Roberta Flack)
5. She's Got You (Patsy Cline)

The album cover image, along with full songwriting and publishing information for the original sequence of songs can be found at the original announcement. Here is the information for the songs not on that sequence:

7. Lord, Help The Poor and Needy
Traditional, from Jessie Mae Hemphill, arranged by Chan Marshall, Public Domain
12. Blue
Written by Joni Mitchell, published by Joni Mitchell Publishing Corp./Sony ATV Tunes, LLC (ASCAP)
bonus 1. I Feel
Written by Carter, Dorsey, Gray, Thomas, Virgil, published by Chopper City Music Publishing/Money Mack Music (BMI)
bonus 2. Naked, If I Want To
Written by Jerry Miller, published by Ervenson Publishing Co. (BMI)
bonus 3. Breathless
Written by Nick Cave, published by Songs of Windswept Pacific (BMI)
bonus 4. Angelitos Negros
Written by Andres Eloy Blanco/ Manuel Alvarez Maciste, published by APRS (BMI)
bonus 5. She's Got You
Written by Hank Cochran, published by Sony/ATV Tree Publishing (BMI)

10/16/07 — Coming January 22 '08 : Cat Power - 'Jukebox'

CD/LP - January 22, 2008
1. Theme From 'New York, New York'
Written by Fred Ebb/John Kander, published by EMI Unart Catalog, Inc. (BMI)
2. Metal Heart
Written by Chan Marshall, published by Dormat Music/Mattitude Music (BMI)
3. Ramblin' (Wo)man
Written by Hank Williams, published by SONY/ATV Acuff Rose Music (BMI)
4. Song To Bobby
Written by Chan Marshall and Matt Sweeney, published by Mattitude Music (BMI)
5. Aretha, Sing One For Me
Written by J Harris/Eugene William, published by Happy Hooker Music/Irving Music (BMI)
6. Lost Someone
Written by James Brown/Bobby Byrd/Lloyd Stallworth, published by Jadar Music Corp. (BMI)
7. I Believe In You
Written by Bob Dylan, published by Special Rider Music (SESAC)
8. Fortunate Son
Written by John Fogerty, published by Jondora Music (BMI)
9. Silver Stallion
Written by Lee Clayton, published by Resaca Music Publishing Co. (BMI)
10. Dark End of the Street
Written by Chips Moman/Dan Penn, published by Screen Gems-EMI Music, Inc. (BMI)
11. Don' Explain
Written by Arthur Herzog, Jr./Billie Holiday, published by Songs Of Universal, Inc. (BMI)
12. Woman Left LonelyWritten by Spooner Oldham/Dan Penn, published by Embassy Music Corp./Dan Penn Music (BMI)

NOTE: The track listing has been changed; see new listing, above.

Recorded in New York, Dallas and Miami, 2007, with the Dirty Delta Blues and Stuart Sikes. Full credits and details to follow. Much like real life, everything's subject to change.

8/22/07 — Cat Power & The Dirty Delta Blues - More US Confirmations

(due to circumstances beyond our control, Karl Lagerfeld will not be appearing on any of the dates below)

10/14 Norfolk VA The NorVa
10/15 Washington DC 9:30 Club
10/16 Carrboro NC Cat's Cradle
10/18 Tallahassee FL Club Downunder / FSU
10/19 Savannah GA Savannah Coll. of Art & Design Trustees Theater
10/20 Orlando FL Club Firestone
10/21 St. Petersburg FL State Theatre
10/22 Miami FL Studio A
11/4 Austin TX Fun Fun Fun Fest

8/14/07 — Cat Power & The Dirty Delta Blues - Supporting Interpol At MSG
How do you get to Madison Square Garden? Practice, practice or the A, E or C train. If you're aspiring blues rocker James Dolan, you wait for your dad to buy the joint. But if you're Chan Marshall and her world class backing ensemble, you accept an invite from friends and ex-labelmates Interpol to lay waste to the World's Most Famous Arena on Friday, September 14.

Tickets are on sale now. And if you think they're expensive, you won't believe what Lombardi and I paid to see the Riddick Bowe/Andrew Golota riot.

8/13/07 — Cat Power & The Dirty Delta Blues - New US and Brazil Dates
Of the confirmed variety, folks. Though none of the below take place in the World's Most Dolan-riffic Arena, it's a pretty exciting list, just the same.

Wednesday 09/19 San Francisco, CA- The Fillmore
Friday 09/21 Los Angeles, CA- Avalon
Saturday 10/13 Atlanta, GA- Echo Project Festival
Sunday 10/14 Norfolk, VA- The Norva
Monday 10/15 Washington, DC- 930 Club
Tuesday 10/16 Carrboro, NC- Cats Cradle
Thursday 10/18 Tallahassee, FL- The Moon @ FSU
Friday 10/19 Savannah, GA- Trustee's Theatre
Saturday 10/20 Orlando, FL- The Club at Firestone
Sunday 10/21 St Petersburg, FL- State Theatre
Thursday 10/25 Sao Paulo, Brazil - Auditório Ibirapuera (TIM Fest)
Friday 10/26 Rio De Janeiro, Brazil - Marina da Glória (TIM Fest)

7/10/0 7 — Cat Power Ringtones Now Available
Matador Records is pleased to announce a new ringtones service. We currently have ringtones available from 11 artists, including Cat Power, and more are coming soon. mobile.matadorrecords.com is the new home for all your Matador ringtones needs.

5/16/07 — Moon Pix reissued on vinyl!
Stop the eBay madness people! We're pleased as punch to announce a new vinyl reissue series, putting Matador classics back on wax 180 grams at a time. Making a win/win situation an even bigger winner, these reissues, like all recent Matador vinyl, will include a free download of the album in mp3 format.

Cat Power's "Moon Pix" is included in the reissue campaign, and is now available for purchase in the Matador Store, and at many other fine retailers.

4/23/07 — New American tour dates for The Dirty Delta Blues Band

Cat Power is bringing the red hot Dirty Delta Blues through a seven date North American tour. Here's the schedule:

7- Brooklyn, NY
8- Boston, MA
9- Northampton, MA or Burlington, VT
10- Toronto, ON
11- Ottawa, ON
13- Detroit, MI
14- Chicago, IL- Union Park- Pitchfork Fest

Find details on these and all other Cat Power shows on the TOUR PAGE

3/29/07 -- Cat Power & Dirty Delta Blues - Because There's More To Life Than Going To Award Shows With Good-Looking Dudes


wed 25th - April: Glasgow The Ferry (actually this is a solo show)
fri 27 - 29th April: All Tomorrow's Parties Festival, Minehead
tue 01 - May: London The Forum
wed 02 - May: Brussels Royal Circus
thu 03 - May: Eindhoven Effenaar
fri 04 - May: Heidelberg Karlstorbahnhof
sat 05 - May: Luzern Boa
sun 06 - May: Milan Magazzini
mon 07 - May: Bologna Estragon
tue 08 - May: Rome Piper
wed 09 - May: Madrid Joy Eslava
thu 10 - May: Dublin Tripod

2/09/07 —Cat Power ranks high in Pazz & Jop '06!
The Village Voice's Pazz and Jop poll for this year has been released, and 3 Matador artists put in top 20 showings:

#11 Cat Power-The Greatest
#14 Belle & Sebastian-The Life Pursuit
#18 Yo La Tengo-I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass

Plus five other Matador releases rank elsewhere on the list, bringing this year's Mata-total to a whopping eight. As this evidence makes clear, they love us in Deadbird, Arizona, or wherever it is the Voice has been outsourced to these days.

1/30/07 —Short notice is better than no notice: Cat Power all over NYC
Not one, not two, but three Cat Power events are planned for this weekend in Manhattan. First up--Friday, February 2nd at the Museum of Modern Art is this shindig:

PopRally presents Doug Aitken's "sleepwalkers" Happening, featuring a performance by Cat Power.

This event, hosted by Doug Aitken and PopRally, includes a reception, musical performances by Cat Power and street drummers Ryan Donowho and Hishan Bharoocha, storytelling by Melissa Plaut, and other surprise guests. A unique commissioned poster, created for the event by the Chicago artist Mat Daly in collaboration with Doug Aitken, will be distributed to guests who attend.Attendees are encouraged to visit Doug Aitken: sleepwalkers before the event. Presented by MoMA and the New York-based public art organization Creative Time, sleepwalkers is a major public artwork comprising eight large-scale moving images projected onto six of the Museum's exterior walls, enlivening the building's architecture with the nocturnal journeys of five city dwellers played by Tilda Swinton, Donald Sutherland, Chan Marshall (Cat Power), Seu Jorge, and Ryan Donowho. The exhibition is on view nightly, January 16-February 12, from 5:00 until 10:00 p.m., and is visible from various vantage points around the Museum, on Fifty-third and Fifty-fourth streets, and in The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden. The Sculpture Garden is open to the public free of charge during these nightly projections.Tickets are $10 and are available via TicketWeb. A small number of tickets are also available at the lobby information desk at MoMA. Tickets and photo identification will be required for admittance. Tickets are limited and will not be sold at the door.

As if hobnobbing with the art intelligentsia weren't enough for one weekend, Chan is following it up with a two night solo stand at the Hiro Ballroom on February 4th and 5th. The 4th is sold out, but at last check there are still tickets for Monday's show, so if you get a move on, you can score some HERE.

1/17/07 —Cat Power vs. the divas at the Brit Awards
That's right, peoples. Cat Power has been nominated for a BRIT Award in the Best International Female category. For our US readers, the BRIT awards are kinda like the UK version of the Grammys. Traditionally the domain of millions-selling pop stars, Cat Power has manged to get onto the nomination list by…..well, we're not sure. We're not in the habit of assuming that artists deserving awards might actually get them. We're dumbfounded, in fact, given her competition.

She's up against: Beyonce, Christina Aguilera, Pink and Nelly Furtado.

Surely it can't be that industry bigwigs have finally realised that they should give awards to, y'know, really great artists? I mean, what are the chances of that? The only explanation I can think of is voodoo. Practised by members of the Cat Power bulletin board. We salute you, harbringers of dark magick. Well played.

11/29/06 —Cat Power & Dirty Delta Blues
We loved the Memphis Rhythm Band, and the fact that that period of Cat Power history is winding down has left us disconsolate. We'd say unconsolable, but the truth is we're so thrilled with her new group, The Dirty Delta Blues Band, that we've taken an emotional round trip right back to the blissfull Chan-loving state we began in. The new group is a four piece combo made up of Jim White on drums, Judah Bauer guitar, Greg Foreman on keys, and Eric Papparozzi on bass. Jim White, from The Dirty Three, goes way back with Chan--he recorded Moon Pix with her in 1998. Judah Bauer you should know from his long service in the line of rock & roll with The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. (We've heard it said that he plays guitar with such firey passion that it makes grown men weep, and, in some cases, makes their hair fall out) Greg Foreman is from The Delta '72, and you may have heard of Eric Papparozzi, but I haven't. In any case, this is a group that looks great on paper, and starting this December you can check them out in person. They'll be playing a few festival dates in Europe before ending the year with a one-two punch in San Francisco and LA on the 30th and 31st. They'll be joined on the California dates by the Flaming Lips and Gnarls Barkley. In further Cat Power news: Chan was just booked for the All Tomorrow's Parties festival in Minehead, UK. The festival takes place over the weekend of 27th-29th April 2007, and the event is being curated by The Dirty Three - other acts confirmed to play are Nick Cave, Low, Bill Callaghan, Spritualized, A Silver Mt Zion..... basically it's going to be awesome. Details on this and any future show can be found on the TOUR PAGE

And yes, that is Chan you hear singing the Cat Stevens song "How Can I Tell You" in the new DeBeers ad. No plans to release it as far as we know, so quit asking.

11/20/06 —NPR is broadcasting an entire Cat Power concert tonight!
Cat Power's recent performance at Washington, DC's 9:30 Club will be aired in it's entirety tonight at 7 PM by NPR.org. Listen online at THIS LINK.

11/17/06 —Cat Power in Memphis
(old Philly flyer art by The Heads of State)
Cat Power played a very special show in Memphis earlier this week and our buddies at Loudersoft were there. It's an exceptionally well written piece …thanks guys! Read: Loudersoft in Memphis.

10/30/06 —Cat Power & The Memphis Rhythm Band on Conan O'Brien
Cat Power and the Memphis Rhythm Band are visiting NBC's Late Night with Conan O'Brien tonight (or is it tomorrow morning?) along with fellow guests Charles Barkley and Kristin Chenowith. Catch it beginning at 12:35 on your local NBC affiliate.

10/27/06 — Cat Power 'The Greatest: Slipcase Edition' still available at low price with 3 different covers; performing on Conan O'Brien
Cat Power's new album with the Memphis Rhythm Band, 'The Greatest,' is still available in the special Slipcase Edition at a very low price from your favorite store or from the Matador Store here on the website. Or get it from iTunes (that's a direct link), also at a special price.

NEW 10/29: Spin.com reviews Cat Power's performance at the Vegoose Festival in Las Vegas yesterday.

Also, don't miss Chan Marshall when she performs with members of the Memphis Rhythm Band and members of the Max Weinberg 7 on 'Late Night With Conan O'Brien' this coming Monday, October 30, on NBC.

After that, catch Cat Power with the full Memphis Rhythm Band in England, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany and Switzerland from November 1 through November 7, Cat Power solo at the Dylan tribute show at Lincoln Center in New York on November 9 with an all-star cast, or touring through the South, Canada, the Northwest and the West Coast with the full Memphis Rhythm Band from November 16 through November 29.

In early December Cat Power returns to Europe with a stripped-down band to play festivals -- keep your eye on the tours page for confirmed dates.

10/03/06 — Last chance to catch the Memphis Rhythm Band in the USA
Cat Power and the Memphis Rhythm Band are taking one last swing through the US this November. If you're the kind of procrastinator who always puts off until tomorrow the show they could see today, well, tomorrow is here! This will be the last US tour Chan does with the Memphis Rhythm Band. Get your travel agent on the phone and check out the full details on the tour page.

09/27/06 — eMusic exclusive EP coming soon
Proving Cat Power is not a partisan in the digital download wars, a new ep will be released exclusively through eMusic. Featuring 4 songs from Chan's recent KCRW session, the "street date" is October 3. But really, who downloads in the street?

09/25/06 — New video posted
The video for "Lived In Bars," directed by Robert Gordon, and featuring members of the Memphis Rhythm Band, is now posted on Cat Power's music and video page

09/05/06 — Relaunch Edition next Tuesday; iTunes Session live now
Dear Friends,

On September 12, Matador is re-releasing the most recent Cat Power album, 'The Greatest'. The reissued version of the album, which you might've already learned via our print advertisements, feature 3 different slipcase covers. The album also carries a reduced list price of $9.98. We'd like to stress the following points:

a) there are no additional songs on this version of the album

b) though we will not try to stop you from purchasing the new slipcase edition if you already own 'The Greatest', this endeavor is really directed at persons who've not checked out the album yet.

c) said scheme and accompanying fancy art were prepared with the full cooperation of Chan Marshall.

If you're of the opinion that dropping the list price on 'The Greatest' is a curious way to reward the serious Cat Power fans that bought the album the day it came out, well, you're right. Except we did acknowledge that portion of the audience with a bonus track on release. And they got to hear this terrific album for months and months, which isn't a bad deal, either.

Anyhow, we know this is a sensitive subject for some of you. We're not intent on gouging Cat Power fans, but we are trying to be creative and competitive in a marketplace where it is becoming increasing hard to maintain the shelf life of a title for more than a couple of months. We really believe in Chan and are of the opinion that 'The Greatest' is one of those life affirming records that we have to get into the hands and heads of as many people as possible.

For those of you already down with the program, thank you. Seriously. We hope you'll be as excited as we are by the contents of the new Cat Power Live Session, an iTunes Music Store exclusive, available today.

track listing:

1. Love and Communication (Acoustic Version)
2. House Of The Rising Sun
3. Wild Is The Wind
4. Who Knows Where The Time Goes

08/22/06 —iTunes Session Coming Soon
All the cool kids were doing it. Interpol, The New Pornographers, Laura Cantrell, and now Pretty Girls Make Graves too. "Come on," they said. "Anybody who's anybody is recording exlusive iTunes EPs." But Cat Power wasn't just anybody. Cat Power had the strength and confidence to think for herself and make her own decisions. Cat Power was also really fucking cool, so September 5th, iTunes will post a Cat Power exclusive live session. It's going to knock your socks off.

07/26/06 —Mass demonstrations of Cat Power leave all agog
Chan's recent shows in the US and UK with the Memphis Rhythm Band have left audiences agog. And we don't use the word "agog" very often, mostly because we're accused of making it up. Along with blowing away a largish crowd at Bonnaroo (other participants: Radiohead, Sonic Youth, Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks, J.D. & The Straight Shot), Cat Power has recently Made The Scene On The Small Screen with knockout performances on "The Late Show With David Letterman" () and the BBC's "Later With Jools Holland." If you move fast, you can see Chan playing solo tomorrow night:

McCabe's Guitar Shop this Thursday (July 27):

1st show: 8pm doors, 9pm set
2nd show: 10:30 doors, 11pm set

An exclusive Cat Power session for the iTunes Music Store will be available on September 5. Following that, Cat Power & The Memphis Rhythm Band are playing the Austin City Limits Festival on September 15, with a studio taping for PBS' ACL TV program a few days later. Along with further US dates with and without the Band, Chan is amongst the participants in a Bob Dylan tribute at Avery Fisher Hall on November 9, taking part along with Patti Smith and Phillip Glass.

The new video for 'The Greatest's "Lived In Bars" (directed by Robert Gordon) is available here.

06/01/06 —Letterman; London; Lived In Bars
After Chan and the Memphis Rhythm Band's series of triumphant gigs at Coachella and the rest of the West Coast, the all-new-super-fine Cat Power revue hits the East Coast next week for a series of sold out shows. Chan and Teenie Hodges will be performing on CBS' "Late Night With David Letterman" on Tuesday, June 13.

UK residents should be thrilled to learn that Chan Marshall and the Memphis Rhythm Band will be performing at London's luxurious Barbican on June 21, followed by a television broadcast of two songs during BBC2's "Later With Jools Holland" on June 23. A download-only single of the "Lived In Bars" will be released on June 26.

05/26/06 — UK show; 2 upcoming TV appearances; Detroit, Montreal
Tons of Cat Power activity: Chan will be playing the Barbican in London (with full band) on Wednesday, June 21st; she will also be appearing on TV in the US on June 13th (The Late Show With David Letterman) and in the UK (airing) on June 23rd (Later With Jools Holland); the former date with the Paul Shaffer Orchestra, and the latter with the Memphis Rhythm Band.

She will also be playing festival dates in Detroit (with full band) and Montreal (solo) in early July.

For all this, see the tours page.

03/27/06 — New Shows Announced
New late-April / early-May dates have been announced for Cat Power with The Memphis Rhythm Band. Visit our tours page for all the details and stay tuned as more shows may be announced.

02/06/06 — US tour canceled
We regret to announce that Cat Power's entire US tour has been canceled due to health reasons. Out of respect for Chan's privacy, we can't give more detailed information, but we hope and assume that you'll respect her privacy during this time as well.

There will be information about refunds available imminently, and the tour will be rescheduled as soon as possible.

Chan is a good friend and a dear member of the Matador family, and when we have news about future performances, we'll be certain to share it with you here.

01/31/06 — New video directed by Harmony Korine posted; new tour dates

The dreamy, sizzuppy multi-faith video to Cat Power's "Living Proof," directed by Harmony Korine (who wrote 'Kids' and directed 'Gummo' and 'julien donkey-boy') is up on Cat Power's music and video page.

Furthermore, Memphis and Austin have been added to the tour:

Feb 11 - Memphis TN - Gibson Lounge
On sale

Mar 15 - Austin TX - Stubbs BBQ - Matador SXSW show

The latter show also features Belle and Sebastian, The New Pornographers, Mogwai, Brightblack Morning Light, plus special guest Jennifer O'Connor.

12/19/05 — Tour with the Memphis Rhythm Band
Confirmed dates with the Memphis Rhythm Band, including Teenie and Flick Hodges, Steve Potts and others from the new album, plus ticket info where available:

Feb 14 - NYC - Town Hall
On sale

Feb 18 - Boston - Berklee Performance Center
On sale

Feb 20 - Seattle - Moore Theatre
On sale

Feb 22- Los Angeles - Wilshire Ebell
On sale

Feb 23 - San Francisco- Palace of Fine Arts
On sale

Feb 24 - San Francisco- Palace of Fine Arts
On sale

Feb 26 - Chicago - The Vic
On sale

Mar 04 - London - The Barbican

Mar 08 - Paris - Grand Rex

11/13/05 — New biography
The new bio is up.

11/12/05 — Istanbul, MP3, 7" single, Cingular commercial
Though we don't have much news to share other than last month's major announcement about the January release of 'The Greatest', Chan did make her Instanbul debut this past week, in addition to sorting out some of the requisite promo stuff for the forthcoming album. An MP3 of "The Greatest" is still available for your previewing pleasure.

Additionally, on December 6, we will be releasing a 7" vinyl single of "The Greatest" b/w "Hate", available at good retailers everywhere for only 99 cents. Or preorder it on the Matador Store.

....and yes, that is the unique sound of Ms. Marshall's voice, covering the Nerves' "Hanging On The Telephone" is a widely seen television advertisement for Cingular Wireless. Though people keep asking us how they can obtain their own copy of this cover, at present, the only thing we can suggest is that you purchase a very large TV set, a digital video recorder...and check out "The Colbert Report". It won't help you with the Nerves cover, but at least you'll be entertained.

10/11/05 — New (accurate!) album details revealed
On January 24, 2006, Matador will be releasing the long-awaited new studio album from Cat Power, 'The Greatest' on CD and LP in most major industrial countries.

Recorded at Memphis, TN's Ardent Studios over the summer by Stuart Sikes, 'The Greatest' while the most confident and life-affirming work of Chan Marshall's career, is as intensely personal, haunting and provocative as any of its predecessors. The album's players are a bona fide All-Star team of Memphis musicians, including Al Green sideman Teenie Hodges on guitar, Leroy "Flick" Hodges and David Smith on bass, Rick Steff on keys, Jim Spake on sax and trumpteer Scott Thompson amongst others.

The album's sequence is as follows:

The Greatest
Could We
Lived In Bars
Islands
After It All
The Moon
Living Proof
Empty Shell
Willie
Where Is My Love
Hate
Love & Communication

An MP3 of "The Greatest" is available now for your consideration.

While world touring with a full band will commence in early '06, the following Cat Power solo dates have been confirmed:

10-12 Oberlin, OH - Dionysus
10-13 Baltimore, MD - Ottobar
10-14 Charlottesville, VA - Satellite Ballroom
10-16 Asheville, NC - The Orange Peel
10-17 Nashville, TN - Mercy Lounge
10-18 Memphis, TN - Hi-Tone
10-20 Springfield, MO - Randy Bacon Gallery
10-21 Columbia, MO - Mojo's
10-22 Urbana, IL - Canopy Club
10-23 Chicago, IL - Park West
10-25 Columbus, OH - Wexner Center for the Arts
10-26 Louisville, KY - Bromhard Theater
11-04 Paris, France - La Cigale *
11-08 Istanbul, Turkey - Babylon
11-14 New York, NY - Tribeca Performing Arts Center

11/16/04 — New album in the works
Work continues on the next Cat Power studio album over the next two weeks in NYC. Chan's contribution to the new Handsome Boy Modeling School album, 'White People,' is available right now on Atlantic Records. We've been waiting years for the eventual Cat Power/Chris Elliot collaboration, and it's about time.

10/05/04 — 2 songs plus video on 'Matador At Fifteen'
The third in our October trio of comps, reissues and side projects is a unusual art piece commissioned by Cat Power in the form of a specially packaged DVD + CD combination. 'Speaking For Trees: A Film by Mark Borthwick' centers a nearly 2-hour long film of Cat Power playing solo outdoors in the countryside. The experimental filmmaker and visual artist shot it from a great distance in gloriously grainy color, and recorded with all the ambient sounds of nature. This cinema verite piece, in the tradition of Warhol and Wiseman, is a fascinating document.

The DVD also includes 3 nature films set to music from 'You Are Free,' as well as a CD including a single 18-minute long unreleased song saga entitled "Willie Deadwilder," an outtake from the 'You Are Free' recording sessions.

The DVD and CD are packaged in a slipcase with foldout digipak and a 64-page perfect-bound book created and illustrated by Mark Borthwick.

Buy it at the Matador Store.

10/01/04 — 2 songs plus video on 'Matador At Fifteen'
There are two Cat Power songs plus a video on the new 'Matador At Fifteen' compilation: "Free" from the 'You Are Free' album, the rare "The Party" from the Japanese version of the album, and the video to "He War," directed by Brett Vapnek.

09/29/04 — DVD release of experimental film by Mark Borthwick
Experimental filmmaker, photographer and visual artist Mark Borthwick has completed an elaborate package including a nearly 2-hour-long film of Cat Power playing solo outdoors in the countryside. Shot from a great distance in gloriously grainy color, and recorded with all the ambient sounds of nature, this film in the tradition of Warhol and Wiseman is a fascinating document.

The DVD also includes 3 nature films set to music from 'You Are Free', and a CD including a single 18-minute long unreleased song saga entitled "Willie Deadwilder," an outtake from the 'You Are Free' recording sessions.

In a slipcase with foldout digipak and 64-page perfect-bound book created and illustrated by Mark Borthwick. Scheduled for October 26 release date.

07/19/04 — Recording new album
We've been informed that recording for the new Cat Power album has commenced at the Atlanta studio Zero Return. Said studio's propreitors are down with the Bio Diesel initiative, which sounds like a great way to reduce our dependency on fuel that isn't vegetable oil.

More recordings are planned for Barcelona, New York and Jamaica.

04/07/04 — Benefit performance in NYC
Chan just got done doing-her-thing at packed concert halls in London, Edinburgh, Paris and Rye (mmmm, Rye). As always, reactions to these performances ranged from the ecstatic to the downright ornery. We remind you once again, that Performing Artists Are People, Too.

As noted below, Chan is playing the Peaceable Kingdom Event in New York this coming Thursday, April 13.

In other benefit news, Chan lends a helping hand in the effort to Fuck Cancer, a very cool endeavor designed to raise loot for a dear friend of the Matador label, Jackie Farry, along with others battling cancer. Chan will be playing solo at the Bowery Ballroom on May 11 on a bill including Har Mar Superstar, Quintron and Miss Pussycat and other special guests.

Cat Power is back on the road later in May:

MAY
18 - Tucson, AZ - Solar Culture (solo)
21 - Pioneertown, CA - Pappy & Harriet's (solo)
22 - San Diego, CA - TBA (w/ band)
23 - Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour (w/ band)
24 - Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour (w/ band)
26 - San Francisco, CA - Great American Hall (w/ band)
27 - San Francisco, CA - Great American Hall (w/ band)
29- George, WA - Sasquatch! Festival at The Gorge Amphitheatre (w/ band)


03/29/04 — Benefit performance in NYC
The Bereaved Israeli and Palestinian Parents' Circle along with The Peaceable Kingdom Event is hosting a benefit in working together on their quest for peace between Israel and Palestine.

Tuesday, April 13 at 8:30PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
1047 Amsterdam Avenue at 112th St.
New York, NY

The line-up:

Patti Smith
David Broza with Palestinian Ensemble
The Anonymous 4
The Erotica Trio
Osvaldo Golijov
Cat Power
Conor Oberst

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03/10/04 — Upcoming DVD project

01/28/04 — Solo dates in NYC and London
Check the tours page for details on 3 upcoming solo gigs in NYC (Feb) and 1 in London (March).

12/15/03 — solo dates in the lovely state of Florida, this week
If you've not heard, Chan Marshall has the following solo performances scheduled this week:

11/20/03 — Hear Cat Power perform on World Café
On Wednesday, December 3rd, hear Cat Power perform on the World Café with David Dye. The World Café can be heard on more than 160 stations nationwide. Fans can find their local station by going to the World Café website, or they can listen online Monday to Friday at 2 PM and 1 AM EST via the WXPN website.

11/05/03 — Shortlist results, awards special
Along with Interpol, Ms. Marshall was nominated for this years Shortlist prize. Performances from Chan and Interpol can be seen in a one-hour M2 special this autumn, which should also include some music from the overrated hack that won the damn thing. Go ahead, call me ungracious. Chan might not be a sore loser, but I sure am.

09/18/03 — Shortlist finalist
Cat Power's 'You Are Free' is amongst the 9 finalists for the Shortlist Music Awards. But back in the real world, Chan has been bringing it to the good people of Australia recently in her first tour of that country in many a moon. A European tour with the Dirty Three is planned for later this year.

05/20/03 — European tour; Later with Jools, new MP3
Currently on her longest European tour ever, Chan Marshall will be making her UK TV debut this Friday, May 23 on BBC 2's "Later With Jools Holland". Also appearing that night are the Electric Six, the Pretenders and our favorite member of the Power Station, Robert Palmer. An MP3 of "I Don't Blame You", for those who haven't bought or downloaded the album, is now available on themusic page.

04/14/03 — Miwa Okumura tells the tale of Chan Marshall making her network TV debut, and the New Pornographers visiting NYC:
Carl Newman, Kurt Dahle, and Blaine Thurier of the New Pornographers are in NYC doing press; at the same time, Chan Marshall is coming into town for her performance on CBS's "Late Night With David Letterman" (though since he is afflicted with shingles, Dave stayed home and let Paul Shaffer run the show).

We bring the parties together for an evening of karaoke at our local East Village spot where Takaaki, the manager, now greets us by first name.

Not exactly a Star Search audition here, but we have Blaine on one end belting out traditional Japanese pop songs and on the other end, shock and awe from the audience. "That white guy is...?? Oh, he's good."

Kurt doesn't sing but supplies good sound effects. Chan picks Billie Holiday. Carl is concentrating hard on the song book. It's about 12:40pm and we hear Blaine saying something like this to Takaaki: "sumimasen, kanojo (points to Chan who is sitting low in her chair with her baseball cap covering her eyes), sugu David Letterman (points to TV monitor)... someone's shouting "I Shot the Sheriff" until the bar manager cuts her off and forces everyone to direct their eyes to guest host, Paul Shaffer, who introduces Cat Power. Inside sources say he ran over to console her: "It'll be okay, you'll be alright."

The evening continues and ends with Mr. Newman serenading us all with a lovely rendition of "Love on the Rocks." I've got to hand it to them (the mic, that is), these guys may not be playing the MGM Grand anytime soon, but they sure do it right.

Chan takes the next flight back meet up with her bandmates in Athens and the NP guys get airlifted back to Vancouver.

(Management note: we're slashing the karaoke budget as soon as possible)

03/05/03 — media goes nuts, Chan gets good mileage
As public and press alike continue going ga ga in the ' wake' 'You Are Free''s release, even label management is having trouble keeping pace. I bought an issue of Newsweek's international edition the other day hoping for some definition of which countries are in Donald Rumsfeld's "Old Europe" and which are in "New Europe", and instead I was greeted with a half page on Chan Marshall. Though the article didn't mention anything about the massive first week sales of 'You Are Free', let's just pause for a moment to let it all sink in.

OK, that's enough. The Brett Vapnek directed video of "He War" will be available soon. And the massive Cat Power tour continues --- check the tour dates section for details.

02/14/03 — And more Cat Power news
With all sorts of wild accolades being tossed around concerning Chan's forthcoming album, there's an extended Cat Power tour starting in mid-February (check the tour dates section). We are happy to welcome the following talented players to the 2003 Cat Power touring band :

Will Fratesi - drums
Coleman Lewis - guitar
Margaret White - violin, bass, keyboards.

While in the UK for a promotional visit, Chan recorded a Peel Session at Maida Vale and the results will be heard on John Peel's BBC Radio One show,Wednesday, February 12 (5pm EST). As always, the show can be heard via Real Player. Since we're on the subject, here's a link to a particularly good Cat Power site done by a devoted fan : http://www.moonpix.com. A previously unreleased Cat Power performance, "Some Fur", filmed live at Brooklyn's Warsaw last year, can be found on the DVD version of "Benjamin Smoke".

02/13/03 — Stream the full album starting today

Go to catpowermusic.com to stream the full album of "You Are Free", five days prior to release date! Featuring all 14 tracks in order. This one comes courtesy of our friends at QuickTime. You will need to have the latest version of the QuickTime software and/or plugin.

02/03/03 — Check out the official mini-site for 'You Are Free'!
Check out the new official mini-site, catpowermusic.com, which is streaming "You Are Free" song by song daily starting Monday, February 3rd. This will culminate in a stream of the entire album from Apple on Tuesday, February 11th.

11/13/02 — 'You Are Free' (though we will be charging money)
As mentioned in many respected industry trades and several well-written websites (and, uh, Pitchfork too), the new Cat Power album is called 'You Are Free' and shall be released on CD and double vinyl on 18 February, 2003. Recorded throughout 2002 in Los Angeles with engineer Adam Kaspar (Pearl Jam, Foo Fighters). We think this is the most confident & powerful work of Chan Marshall's musical career, easily the deepest, most varied album she's delivered to date. We'll have more details shortly.

photo courtesy stefano giovannini

04/26/02 —Cat Power — Chan graces us with a word or 2
“hello there,
i met a lady named Ther yesterday,
she was a bartender in a seafod resturant
called Hall’s in Pensacola, Florida.
She was wearing a silver broche pendant,
that of a flower, it had some glitter attatched to it.

met a man named matt ward recently, in san fran,
leading to Tallahasse, he probably is, despite the
leading well known greats to all of us,
he probably is, the best thing going.
he goes under his musicianship name : M.Ward
and he can play and
he can sing like a great big heart

i’m going on and on, let’s see.............
paris france may 3
spanish tour, I think starting may 9 ??
i want quite desperately for M.Ward to accompany me.
then there’s a swiss show june 28
then there’s an atlanta georgia on july 3
but before all of that i’m heading back to the
west to finish the rest
of U R FREE,
cat powder’s new rekkerd
going to joshua tree.

hope yall are swell
love is in the air
not only cuz i’ts spring

we must not let bombs burst into air.”

08/29/01 — “Nude As the News” has been added to the video section; “Cross Bones Style” is also available.

07/21/00 — Yo La Tengo / Cat Power webcasts this weekend
What were the great rock festivals of all time? Woodstock (I, II or III)? The HORDE tour? The US Festival? Monsters Of Rock? The Up In Smoke Tour? Roskilde? A Nice Weekend In Upper Volta? All of the above have their good points and bad, but none of ’em can compare to the ongoing Digital Club Festival, an event that allows fast-talking people we’ve never met to cash in on the notoriety of our more popular bands. Since you, the loyal fans of fill-in-the-blank, get to see these webcasts, everyone is a winner (except perhaps, the people at the gig who can’t see around the roving camera crews).

July 24, 10pm EST, Yo La Tengo @ Maxwell’s, Hoboken NJ
Will be archived for broadcast on demand for 3 months.

July 24, 10pm EST, Cat Power @ 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA
Will be archived for broadcast on demand for 3 months.

07/19/00 — This Thursday night, Cat Power will be in session on the John Peel program on BBC Radio One (97-99 FM), from 10pm UK time to Midnight. Chan Marshall will be performing a selection of covers that didn't quite make it onto 'The Covers Record,' taped at Maida Vale just a few weeks ago. If you're not near a radio or live elsewhere on the planet, you can tune in via Real Audio.

03/27/00 — “Paths Of Victory” from the new Cat Power LP/CD, ’The Covers Record,’ will be available as a free MP3 download, starting tomorrow, March 7. We read a very compelling letter from an intelligent young person who urged us to a) give away more free music, b) revamp the web site and c) pass along a personal message to Sid Fernandez. We are doing the best we can with "a", averaging almost one new MP3 every week (giving or take, uh, a few weeks). "B", is an ongoing project that will come to a skidding halt as soon as we can agree on which shade of fuscia we like best. As far as "c" is concerned, we’re very sorry, but we can’t help you out.

There’s a one-off Cat Power show in London on March 14 (Drill Hall), followed by North American dates that you’ll probably want to attend.

01/21/00 — Chan Marshall will be on the cover of the Feb/March issue of Mean Magazine, out Feb 21. Which will come as thrilling news for those of us who aren’t patient enough for Grand Royal to start publishing again. And don’t even get us started on Popsmear. Non Phixion’s center spread in Martha Stewart Living has been cancelled until further notice.

12/03/99 — Cat Power has a new record for y’all. She’s calling it ‘The Covers Record’ because, yes, it’s all covers. It features Chan’s take on 12 tracks by The Rolling Stones, Michael Hurley, Bob Dylan, Velvet Underground, Nina Simone and Cat Power among others. Covering herself? Yup. That’s how good it’ll be. Due in stores March 21, 2000.

In the meantime, Cat Power will be touring in Australia. Mushroom will be re-releasing ‘Moon Pix’ in anticipation of the tour with these three bonus tracks: "Kingsport Town" - Radio Aligre Sessions France 10/98; "Schizophrenia’s Weighted Me Down" - from the UK CD5 of "Nude As The News"; "Sea Of Love" - from Everything Is Nice. Those of us outside the Southern Pacific archipelago will have to claw our way through the import bins. [...]