化名Cat Power的女歌手Chan Marshall，是欧美音乐界低调的异类，她以钢琴、吉他为主要演绎乐器，其歌曲以低调民谣为主要特色，有时也加上吉他失真音色、比较强烈的和弦和伴奏，演绎独立摇滚风格的曲目。

失望，低落，忧伤……情感一点点地在这样的歌曲里渗透出来，滴到体内深处，敲击着灵魂，敲击着心脏。Cat Power倾注了深刻、完整而又丰富的情感，聆听。身体和大脑会很长时间处于一种静止状态，所做的一切只是跟着吉他声、钢琴声和Cat Power的歌声一起小心地演进，久久不息。
Cat Power的音乐含蓄而有味道，适合像喝一杯好茶一般慢慢品味。初听者也许并不会被这表面平实的歌声所打动，但是经过细细品味提炼过后的Cat Power将是你绝佳的心灵良药。最爱在午后温暖的天气里，什么也不乾，只是静静地欣赏 Cat Power 。
人们对那些夹杂在主导原创音乐的男人中间，姿态独立的女音乐人总是格外敬佩。在Janis Joplin、Patti Smith、Alanis Morissette、Polly Jean Harvey、Tori Amos等人逐渐从风口浪尖上退步了以后，我们，或者说时代，依然需要几位傲视群雄的女音乐人。会弹奏乐器是不够的，她要在从事创作的同时张嘴唱歌；无论青睐于哪种音乐风格，她的歌曲得足够主流；她还必须具备风云人物的个人魅力。这样的人中，销量可观，影响力大，顶级制作人和乐手争先与之合作的，Cat Power是不可忽略的一个。
90年代初期，当Chan Marshall化名为Cat Power开始演出时，为她伴奏的是Sonic Youth的乐手。1995年正式发行专辑、1996年签约到美国著名的半独立厂牌Matador的她，一路走得顺利却也平淡。直到1998年她发行了Moon Pix，40万张的销量和评论界极高的评价让她成为与Arab Strap、Mogwai等乐队一样的Matador旗下最重要的艺人。她坐上了美国独立女歌手的头把交椅，同时在欧洲各国窜红，被人们称为"美国独立甜心"。此时，面对记者，Marshall终于可以懒散地说，自己很少听音乐并且最想当画家。5年后，第6张专辑《You Are Free》出炉。前Nirvana鼓手、现Foo Fighters主唱与Pearl Jam主唱都参与其中，而纽约曼哈顿文化中心的顶级录音室更是破天荒地让她免费无限时录音。Marshall彻底摆脱掉之前欲容纳几种风格于一身的念头，着重突出那让人沉迷的嗓音和别具一格的独立摇滚乐，找到自我价值也罢，迎人所好也罢，她如日中天。
去年年末，后摇滚乐团Dirty Three推出了新专辑《Cinder》，一直与他们有合作的Marshall在其中客串演唱了一首歌，这首《Great Waves》不但打破了Dirty Three作品中从未出现过人声的惯例，也让Marshall的歌迷变得急不可耐，已经3年没有专辑问世的她，该有动作了。
Matador旗下的重要团体和艺人纷纷在这段时间发布新专辑，Marshall是其中之一。这张专辑的名字《The Greatest》很容易让人将它误认为一张精选集。实际上，名字取于同名主打歌，她在其中唱到：“曾经我想成为无坚可摧的人，风或是瀑布都无法阻挡我……”作为招牌，她那洁净又如砂纸一般的嗓音总是最迷人的。她与Fiona Apple的音色很像，Fiona有她尖锐、坚定的一面，Marshall则是不变的厚重苍茫——一种天然的介于冷漠与悲情间的气质(因此当看到她在MV中带领人们边跳“健美操”边唱歌时，会觉得有些别扭)。这张专辑再次充分展现了她的嗓音魅力，其他歌曲不在话下，“Where is My Love”这首以钢琴伴奏，编曲简单、毫无新意的歌，若不是以人声为主体，恐怕没人会多听一遍。
正如国外评论所说，她对独立摇滚、Sadcore、民谣有着独到见解。但是，即使掌握了这些，在听到之前我们也无法像对待一些当红年轻乐队那样，八九不离十地猜中她的音乐，这样的singer/songwriter注定是要用浓厚的个人气质将那些代名词包裹融化的。《Moon Pix》的苍茫大气，《You Are Free》的细腻恬宜，都给人留下了鲜明的第一印象。《The Greatest》则是以人声为主体，将分量更重的钢琴伴奏或单听起来嫌土气的美国乡村乐注入到她的一贯做派中。听者的情绪难免会被她所擅长的，“The Greatest”、“Lived in Bars”、“Where Is My Love”、“Hate”中伤感失落的情感沾染，这正是悲核音乐的魅力所在；而“Could We”、“Empty Shell”、“Willie”中却是口哨、口琴、“傻气”的和声和编曲，乡村乐的逍遥自在塑造出前所未有的欢愉气氛；最后一首“Love & Communication”是正宗的马歇尔式独立摇滚乐。
挑剔无从下手，这张专辑仍然非常优秀。如果非要计较的话，相对前两张，《The Greatest》整体气息的鲜明度要弱一些。不论怎样，对于一个不骄不躁、正值创作顶峰时期的歌手来说，一旦他所探索的音乐与歌迷的品味对上了口，剩下的路就好走多了，更何况，她还是“Cat Power”。[此介绍转自网络，感谢原作者

There are few voices more deeply embedded in the iconography and mythology of American indie rock than that of Chan Marshall. Under the musical nom de plume of Cat Power, Marshall has released music for nearly 25 years now and her prowess as a songwriter, a producer, and most notably—as a voice—has only grown more influential with time. Wanderer, Cat Power’s stunning 10th studio album, marks a pivotal moment in both Chan Marshall’s life and her career. In the six years since the release of 2012’s Sun, Marshall has travelled the world, given birth to a child, and parted ways with her previous record label. Even though it was, in many ways, a period of profound upheaval and radical change, those experiences resulted in a record that is arguably the most assured artistic statement of her career. Produced by Marshall and mixed by Rob Schnapf (Elliott Smith, Beck), the album includes appearances by longtime friends and compatriots, as well as guest vocals courtesy of friend and recent tourmate Lana Del Rey. Wanderer is, in many ways, a quintessential Cat Power record, with Marshall’s clarion voice front and center in a set of songs that remarkably stark and straightforward. But, if old Cat Power records might easily have been viewed as repositories for pain, Wanderer is, at its heart, a testament to the transformative nature of songs, an album-length imagining of alternate paths, redemptions, connections, and open-ended possibility.

The second single taken from the universally acclaimed album The Greatest. Features 'Could We?' coupled with an exclusive B-side, 'Dream'. Following the success of the first single, 'Could We' shows a simpler, more innocent side to this amazing songwriter who continues to amaze and impress with her many facets. 2006.

暌违6年之久，Cat Power（原名Chan Marshall）终于带来了她的全新录音室专辑Sun。专辑融合了孟菲斯灵歌和德尔塔蓝调音乐，她全权包揽了写歌、弹唱和录音，连制作都是一人搞定。她签约在贝格Matador厂牌旗下。
Cat Power称这张专辑为“一次重生”，它包含了全部的信心，野心和个性。“比起过去的专辑，这张专辑是说不要回头看，只要信心十足地向往你的未来，实现个人的成就和力量。”它可能是Cat Power迄今以来最个人化的一张专辑了，其中的幽默、愤怒、技术性和带给人的通感都会令人耳朵一振。这张专辑分别在Malibu、Silver Lake、迈阿密和巴黎录制，2012年春天Cat Power和Zdar一起完成了混音。

The Covers Record is the fifth album by Cat Power, the stage name and eponymous band of American singer-songwriter Chan Marshall. It was released in 2000 on Matador Records

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失望，低落，忧伤……情感一点点地在这样的歌曲里渗透出来，滴到体内深处，敲击着灵魂，敲击着心脏。Cat Power倾注了深刻、完整而又丰富的情感，聆听。身体和大脑会很长时间处于一种静止状态，所做的一切只是跟着吉他声、钢琴声和Cat Power的歌声一起小心地演进，久久不息。
Cat Power的音乐含蓄而有味道，适合像喝一杯好茶一般慢慢品味。初听者也许并不会被这表面平实的歌声所打动，但是经过细细品味提炼过后的Cat Power将是你绝佳的心灵良药。最爱在午后温暖的天气里，什么也不乾，只是静静地欣赏 Cat Power 。
人们对那些夹杂在主导原创音乐的男人中间，姿态独立的女音乐人总是格外敬佩。在Janis Joplin、Patti Smith、Alanis Morissette、Polly Jean Harvey、Tori Amos等人逐渐从风口浪尖上退步了以后，我们，或者说时代，依然需要几位傲视群雄的女音乐人。会弹奏乐器是不够的，她要在从事创作的同时张嘴唱歌；无论青睐于哪种音乐风格，她的歌曲得足够主流；她还必须具备风云人物的个人魅力。这样的人中，销量可观，影响力大，顶级制作人和乐手争先与之合作的，Cat Power是不可忽略的一个。
90年代初期，当Chan Marshall化名为Cat Power开始演出时，为她伴奏的是Sonic Youth的乐手。1995年正式发行专辑、1996年签约到美国著名的半独立厂牌Matador的她，一路走得顺利却也平淡。直到1998年她发行了Moon Pix，40万张的销量和评论界极高的评价让她成为与Arab Strap、Mogwai等乐队一样的Matador旗下最重要的艺人。她坐上了美国独立女歌手的头把交椅，同时在欧洲各国窜红，被人们称为"美国独立甜心"。此时，面对记者，Marshall终于可以懒散地说，自己很少听音乐并且最想当画家。5年后，第6张专辑《You Are Free》出炉。前Nirvana鼓手、现Foo Fighters主唱与Pearl Jam主唱都参与其中，而纽约曼哈顿文化中心的顶级录音室更是破天荒地让她免费无限时录音。Marshall彻底摆脱掉之前欲容纳几种风格于一身的念头，着重突出那让人沉迷的嗓音和别具一格的独立摇滚乐，找到自我价值也罢，迎人所好也罢，她如日中天。
Cat Power原名是Chan Marshall ，她以独立创作的哀伤女歌手和偶尔脱序的现场演出者的身份而出名 ，她有一副如丝绒般慵懒的嗓音,失望、忧伤一点点从她的音乐中渗透出来。 Cat Power的音乐含蓄而有味道,适合像喝一杯好茶一般慢慢品味。初听时也许并不会被这表面平实的歌声所打动,但是经过细细品味提炼过后的Cat Power将是你绝佳的心灵良药
至于她偶尔脱序的演出,则与她一度沉溺于酒精有关。 舞台让她无法适从,她无法控制舞台上的自己,现场演出对她来说变成了一种莫大的折磨。以至于在这张专辑出炉之前的一年时光,Chan Marshall是在精神疗养院里度过的。
还好Chan Marshall走出了抑郁,从崩溃边缘回到了现实,并为我们带来了这张全新的翻唱专辑。在此之前,Chan Marshall还受到王家卫的邀请,在《蓝莓之夜》中扮演了Jude Law前妻这一角色
这是她的第二张正式专辑。这张专辑是献给那些曾经给过她很大影响的伟大歌手。这张专辑分两个版本发行：银箔包装、内有大幅插图的，并附赠了额外的曲目豪华版（包含CD专辑和密纹唱片）和普通盒装版本（仅含CD）。她的最新专辑卖出了218，000多张。这次有Dirty Delta Blues（Judah Bauer, Gregg Foreman, Jim White, Erik Papparazzi）相助，还有Spooner Oldham (Neil Young, Janis Joplin, Bob Dylan), Larry McDonald (Toots & The Maytals, Taj Mahal), Teenie Hodges (Al Green, Memphis Rhythm Band), and Matt Sweeney (Chavez, Will Oldham)的客串，必将是一张不错的专辑！
Her second album of covers; this one a tribute to the great vocalists who've influenced her over the years. The album comes in two versions: deluxe silver-foil gatefold cover (LP and CD) with bonus disc of extra tracks and regular jewelcase version (CD only). Her last album scanned 218K. Backed by Dirty Delta Blues (Judah Bauer, Gregg Foreman, Jim White, Erik Papparazzi). Guest appearances: Spooner Oldham (Neil Young, Janis Joplin, Bob Dylan), Larry McDonald (Toots & The Maytals, Taj Mahal), Teenie Hodges (Al Green, Memphis Rhythm Band), and Matt Sweeney (Chavez, Will Oldham).
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Cat Power是Chan Marshall的化名，她是以哀伤女歌手和偶尔失常的表演者的身份而出名的。
Cat Power的音乐具有“空虚”或极少主义的特质，有时被归类于哥特布鲁斯。她的专辑被形容为悲伤或消沉，她的声音可以净化心灵。温柔、纯洁、木然的悲痛、舒适怡人、顺从等交替组成醉人的乐章，经常给人带来印象深刻的和谐之音。
是这张Moon Pix，40万张的销量和评论界极高的评价让她成为与Arab Strap、Mogwai等乐队一样的Matador旗下最重要的艺人。她坐上了美国独立女歌手的头把交椅。
失望，低落，忧伤……情感一点点地在这样的歌曲里渗透出来，滴到体内深处，敲击着灵魂，敲击着心脏。Cat Power倾注了深刻、完整而又丰富的情感，聆听。身体和大脑会很长时间处于一种静止状态，所做的一切只是跟着吉他声、钢琴声和Cat Power的歌声一起小心地演进，久久不息。
Cat Power的音乐含蓄而有味道，适合像喝一杯好茶一般慢慢品味。初听者也许并不会被这表面平实的歌声所打动，但是经过细细品味提炼过后的Cat Power将是你绝佳的心灵良药。最爱在午后温暖的天气里，什么也不乾，只是静静地欣赏 Cat Power 。
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Cat Power's first full-length album, Dear Sir, spotlights Chan Marshall's demanding but rewarding songwriting. Her distinctive blend of blues, country, folk and punk creates songs like the dark, noisy "Itchyhead" and "Rockets," which mixes tension and hope, and tops it with Marshall's earnest, expressive vocals. Though the album needs the listener's complete attention, Dear Sir more than keeps it with nine of Marshall's searching meditations on life. -Heather Phares, All Music Guide

《诺拉琼丝：蓝莓之夜电影原声》专辑特别收录格莱美奖爵士女伶诺拉·琼丝全新创作“The Story”。奥斯卡最佳电影音乐《断背山》配乐大师古斯塔沃·桑托拉拉、《巴黎德州》著名吉他手、《乐士浮生录》专辑制作人莱·库德及《花样年华》作曲大师梅林茂携手打造难忘音乐旅程。



01 故事 The Story
02 见证 Living Proof
03 伊利，内华达州 Ely Nevada
04 试着温柔点 Try A Little Tenderness
05 回顾 Looking Back
06 长途旅行 Long Ride
07 注意目标 Eyes On The Prize
08 梦二之歌（口琴版） Yumeji's Theme（Harmonica version）
09 小人物 Skipping Stone
10 巴士之旅 Bus Ride
11 丰收之月 Harvest Moon
12 罪恶公路 Devil's Highway
13 帕哈楼 Pajaros
14 最好的 The Greatest

诺拉琼丝：
Norah Jones出生于音乐世家，父亲是着名的印度席塔琴演奏家Ravi Shankar。5岁进入具有“灵魂美声”之称的艾瑞卡巴度的母校Booker T.Washington中学主修表演及视觉艺术。在连续获得1996年Down Beat学生音乐奖及1997年“最佳爵士歌手”音乐奖后，1999年夏天前往纽约，2000年秋，签入美国著名的爵士乐加工厂Blue Note，成为Blue Note音乐大厂中最年轻的爵士女歌手。2002年2月26日发行的首张专辑《远走高飞》，揭开了Norah Jones音乐生涯的序幕，专辑在全球创下六百万张的销售量，在台湾也有接近白金唱片（三万张）的销售数字，格莱美奖入围公布后，她的专辑更打败众多流行音乐，登上告示牌专辑榜的冠军。最终，凭借这张带着些微感官、悲伤色彩的成人抒情人声爵士专辑，她获得了五项格莱美奖，其中包括年度唱片及最佳新人两项大奖。2004年，发行了第二章专辑《回家》，2007年发行了第三张专辑《诺言》。她在美国、全球分别拥有超过1600万与3600万的专辑销售量。

In a new holiday-themed TV commercial for Apple, Chan Marshall aka Cat Power offers a rendition of the Judy Garland/Frank Sinatra classic "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas". In the ad, below, a teen boy captures Christmas footage of his family with an iPhone, and then shows it to his relatives and makes them cry. An extended version of the advertisement is also below, featuring the entire song. This does beg the question of what a full Cat Power Christmas album might sound like.

Review@allmusic
by Heather Phares
Eight years is a long time in almost any artist's career, but in Cat Power's case, it's an even more sizeable gulf, as Chan Marshall's collections of other people's songs reflect. 2000's The Covers Record found her becoming an ever more nuanced performer, tempering the rawness and intensity of her earlier albums with a lighter approach. 2008's Jukebox reaffirms what a polished artist she's become, especially since her Memphis soul homage The Greatest. But where The Greatest sometimes bordered on slick, Jukebox's blend of country, soul, blues, and jazz feels lived-in and natural. Marshall recorded this set with her touring act, the Dirty Delta Blues Band, which includes some of indie rock's finest players, including her longtime drummer, the Dirty Three's Jim White -- who gives even the quietest moments vitality -- as well as Jon Spencer Blues Explosion's Judah Bauer and Chavez's Matt Sweeney, so it's not surprising that the album often plays like an especially well-recorded concert. However, some of the session legends she worked with on The Greatest make guest appearances, including Teenie Hodges and Spooner Oldham. Oldham's song for Janis Joplin, "A Woman Left Lonely," appears here, and the original's sophisticated yet earthy sound is one of the album's biggest influences.
As on The Covers Record, Marshall makes bold choices. She citifies Hank Williams' "Ramblin' Man" (switched to "Ramblin' [Wo]Man" here), turning it slinky and smoky with spacious drums and rippling Rhodes; despite the very different surroundings, the song's desperate loneliness remains. Joni Mitchell's icily beautiful "Blue" gets a thaw and a late-night feel that is completely different but just as compelling. Not all of Jukebox's transformations are this successful: Marshall's penchant for turning formerly brash songs brooding (like The Covers Record's "Satisfaction") sounds too predictable on Frank Sinatra's "New York." And, while the choice to change James Brown's "I Lost Someone" from searing and pleading to languid was brave, the results fall flat. One of the most drastic remakes is Marshall's own Moon Pix track "Metal Heart," which adds more drama and dynamics to one of her prettiest melodies. While the way this version swings from aching verses to cathartic choruses works, the subtlety and simplicity of the original are missed. Indeed, many of Jukebox's best moments are the simplest. Marshall's reworking of the Highwaymen's 1990 hit "Silver Stallion" frees the song from its dated production, replacing it with acoustic guitar and pedal steel that impart a timeless, restless beauty. She pays Bob Dylan homage with a gritty, defiant, yet reverent take on "I Believe in You" from his 1978 Christian album Slow Train Coming and "Song to Bobby," Jukebox's lone new track, dedicated to and inspired by Dylan so thoroughly that she borrows his trademark cadences without sounding like an impersonation. Uneven as it may be, Jukebox is still a worthwhile portrait of Chan Marshall's artistry.

This is not a greatest hits album, despite the title. It contains all-original songs written by Chan Marshal (professionally known as Cat Power), and features the great Memphis session musicians Teenie Hodges on guitar, Leroy Hodges on bass (Al Green, Hi Rhythm Section), drummer Steve Potts, and more. The combination of Marshall's superbly evocative and flexible voice plus some of the greatest Southern soul players, has produced a masterpiece. These songs explore themes of Southern loss, longing, and marginality. The limited first digipak pressing and regular single vinyl contain a bonus track. After the first pressing sells out, the regular jewelcase version will not contain a bonus track.