Few singers have recorded as many cover albums as her.
Cat Power, which has just celebrated its fiftieth anniversary, is now releasing a third, simply titled
Covers
, twenty-two years after
The Covers Record
, and fourteen years after
Jukebox
.
Of this trio,
Covers
is undoubtedly the strongest, the power of the artist's interpretation now at its zenith.
For this seasoned singer-songwriter, the pleasure of singing is the most fundamental.
This is no doubt why
Covers
is such a personal record as an album of original compositions.
“I often listen to standards.
In jazz and classical, listening to reinterpreted pieces is an integral part of the experience.
I've always loved singing other people's repertoire, even before writing my own songs
,” she told us during her last visit to Paris.
80 year old genius
Cat Power, whose real name is Chan Marshall, was recognized with us in 1997, thanks to the song
Nude as the News
.
It is also…
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