Cat Power is tagged as: indie, female vocalists, singer-songwriter, folk, alternative
Charlyn Marie Marshall, also known as Chan (pronounced "Shawn" was born) Marshall in Atlanta, Georgia, USA January 21, 1972 After dropping out of high school, she began performing under the name Cat Power while Atlanta is backed by musicians Glen Thrasher Mark Moore and others . She soon moved to New York New York USA 1992, when after opening for Liz Phair in 1994, she met Steve Shelley of Sonic Youth and Tim Foljahn of Two Dollar Guitar, who encouraged her to record and played in her first two albums in 1995's Dear Sir and 1996's Myra Lee In 1996, she was signed to Matador Records and released their third album What Would the Community Think, which gave rise to a single and music video, "Nude as news"
Shortly after the launch of what would the Community Think Marshall defunnit from the musical scene, first working as a baby sitter in Portland Oregon and then moved to a farmhouse in Prosperity South Carolina with boyfriend Bill Callahan (who performs under the name Smog) The plan was to permanently withdraw from the music, but during a sleepless night due of a nightmare Marshall wrote several new songs These songs would make the most of Moon Pix The album was recorded at Sing Sing Studios in Melbourne in eleven days, support musicians Mick Turner and Jim White from ... Read More About Cat Power Biography...
