I saw Cat Power 'live' tonight, it was awesome, she also waved at me.

A 4 piece band, Cool Keyboard guy, Long Sleeved Guitarist, Huge Hair Drummer and Tall Bassist.

Chan was wearing her usual outfit, green long sleeved shirt unbuttoned at the top, jeans, white loafers and a thin black tie.

Started out with a cover of The Animals 'House of the Rising Sun'. Went on to do a couple including 'Lord, Help the Poor and Needy' segued into 'Metal Heart' and an indescribable rendition of Billie Holiday's "Don't Explain" after a low key break with 'Lost Someone' (James Brown) and 'Rambling (Wo)man'

'Sea of Love' the crowd favorite followed one Jukebox's 'Woman Left Lonely'

After that they straight away went into 3 hits with 'The Greatest', 'Lived in Bars' and 'Where is My Love'.

'Dark End of the Street' came next. Followed by an Italian "Angelitos Negros" The

Can't remember what ended the set, but the band started improvising while Marshall took a bouquet of carnations and started flinging flora into the crowd. No encore was given despite the standing ovation, but she did start looking for things to feed the hungry mob including two of the set lists.

Note - Pic is not from the same night and not the same hair drummer, but she looks like that though. Also I didn't have a notepad, so this is all from memory of course.

It was a pretty decent gig, would have of course liked more of her tunes like 'Maybe Not', 'Colors and the Kids' or 'Cross Bones Style'. An encore would have been nice too if she had gone back to the abandoned piano/guitar. No 'Space Oddity' here, but I will get my Bowie some day Miss Marshall.

PS- On the waving story, it's true and I have a friend who can verify it. She asked for the lights to be turned up and the first friendly face/wave was yours truly. Ha!

Alright, I have officially given up on the whole 'music' business and just turning this into a Cat Power fansite. (no, I'm joking...)
But, here's a really young looking Cat Power (she was 26) and it's way better than 'Lucky Star'.

Cat Power
Jukebox
Well, I have to admit, I find it very hard to review this album objectively. Possibly because I have a crush on Charlyn 'Chan' Marshall. It might be because of my incorrigible weakness for bangs, or it could be because Marshall has an amazingly unique voice and happens to be exceptionally talented.

Anyway, Jukebox is another cover album from CP, I use the term covers very loosely here, the original songs and tunes are little more than extremely vague and blurry guideposts seen in the dark. The first track 'New York' (yes, the Frank Sinatra one) starts out so differently that it took me awhile to recognize. Marshall covers her idols Mitchell, Joplin and Dylan among others and she does a wonderful impersonation of Dylan here in 'I Believe in You' and original 'Song to Bobby'. Not surprisingly, she also holds a contribution on the OST of Dylan biopic "I'm Not There" with 'Stuck in Of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again'.

With 2006's The Greatest, Marshall had found her voice and Jukebox feels like a audio diary for future retrospection. Whatever the case Jukebox is perfect for a lazy rainy afternoon or chilling out in the evening for some easy listening. This is one musician worth looking out for.
-Ed

Listen to: Blue, Lost Someone