Cat Power
Cat Power Shares Cover of Billie Holiday’s ‘I’ll Be Seeing You’ and New Version of ‘Hate’
Cat Power unveiled a pair of new songs from her upcoming Covers album. One, is a proper cover of Billie Holiday’s “I’ll Be Seeing You” and the other sees Cat Power covering…Cat Power. The updated version of “Hate,” from 2006’s The Greatest is now titled “Unhate.” The version of “I’ll Be Seeing You” was inspired by recent losses in Chan Marshall’s inner circle of life, which included Sun collaborator Philippe Zdar, who died in 2019. “When people who you love have been taken from you, there’s always a song that holds their memory in your mind,” Marshall said in a statement. “It’s a conversation with those on the other side, and it’s really important for me to reach out to people that way.” The 1940s-inspired video for “I’ll Be Seeing You” sees Marshal performing in a caba...
Cat Power Shares Dead Man’s Bones Cover, Announces 2022 Tour Dates
Cat Power’s shared another offering off her upcoming Covers album, revealing her rendition of Dead Man’s Bones’ “Pa Pa Power.” “I started playing this solo in 2012 (originally more dissonant and trance-y), when the Occupy Wall street protests were going on,” the singer-songwriter explained about her song choice. “Occupy was bunkering down and saying, ‘This shit’s fucking fucked up.’ And helping citizens be a voice in their local government. They got a lot of good things done, but the American media killed the movement. I felt like this song was relative to that. The American media has always penalized any sort of social progressiveness and is always the first to express conservative rhetoric against something that is beneficial to the nation. I’d open with this song on the 2013 ...
Cat Power Pays Homage to Cassius’ Philippe Zdar with ‘Toop Toop’
Cat Power paid homage to her late friend, French producer and collaborator Phillpe Zdar of Cassius with a special cover the French duo’s 2006 hit song, “Troop Troop.” Zdar died on June 19, 2019 after “an accidental fall, through the window of a high floor of a Parisian building.” Cat Power, born Chan Marshall, performaned “Troop Troop” with -M-, aka French rocker Matthieu Chedid, at Zdar’s funeral. Marshall and Zdar have collaborated on a number of projects including Cassius’ 2016 album, Ibifornia as well as Marshall’s 2012 LP, Sun. “We were standing by the entrance, not daring to enter the studio room as the events were too recent and surrealistic,” Dyane de Serigny, Zdar’s widow, said in a statement. “It felt unreal to be there without him. Cat Power and -M- started humming ‘Toop Toop’… ...
