Biography
Charlyn Marie "Chan" Marshall ( SHAWN; born January 21, 1972), better known by her stage name Cat Power, is an American singer-songwriter, musician and model. Cat Power was originally the name of her first band, but has become her stage name as a solo artist.
Born in Atlanta, Marshall was raised throughout the southern United States, and began performing in local bands in Atlanta in the early 1990s. After opening for Liz Phair in 1993, she worked with Steve Shelley of Sonic Youth and Tim Foljahn of Two Dollar Guitar, with whom she recorded her first two albums, Dear Sir (1995) and Myra Lee (1996), on the same day in 1994. In 1996, she signed with Matador Records, and released a third album of new material with Shelley and Foljahn, What Would the Community Think. Following this, she released the critically acclaimed Moon Pix (1998), recorded with members of Dirty Three, and The Covers Record (2000), a collection of sparsely arranged cover songs.
After a brief hiatus she released You Are Free (2003), featuring guest musicians Dave Grohl and Eddie Vedder, followed by the soul-influenced The Greatest (2006), recorded with numerous Memphis studio musicians. A second album of cover tracks, Jukebox, was released in 2008. In 2012 she released the self-produced Sun, which debuted at number 10 on the Billboard 200, the highest-charting album of her career to date.Critics have noted the constant evolution of Cat Power's sound, with a mix of punk, folk and blues on her earliest albums, and elements of soul and other genres more prevalent in her later material.
Filmography
all 18
Movies 12
TV Shows 6
self 5
Voice 2
Director 1
The Story of Lee Ping (2021)
ECCW 23rd Anniversary Show (2019)
Echo in the Canyon (2019)
Janis: Little Girl Blue (2015)
Major Lazer (2015)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
China, IL (2011)
42 One Dream Rush (2010)
American Widow (2009)
My Blueberry Nights (2007)
The Dirty Three (2007)
Sleepwalkers (2007)
MYURBANEYES (2005)
Speaking for Trees (2004)
Sea of Love (2003)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
Austin City Limits (1975)
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GenderFemale
Birthday1972-01-21 (52 years old)
Birth PlaceAtlanta, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
AwardsShortlist Music Prize
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