On Tour
Cat Power
Alternative
The next Cat Power concert is scheduled for Friday, May 30, 2025 at Floyd Live Venue in Athens, Greece. See all 21 upcoming concerts
Upcoming Concerts for Cat Power
See All Concerts
More albums from Cat Power
Artist Playlists
About Cat Power
Hometown
Atlanta, GA, United States
Born
January 21, 1972
Genre
Alternative
Growing up in the South, Charlyn “Chan” Marshall was influenced by church hymns, country music, the blues played by her musician father, and her stepfather’s rock ’n’ roll records.
∙ After a seeing a man wearing a trucker cap emblazoned with the words “Cat Diesel Power,” she named her first band Cat Power, before adopting the moniker for herself.
∙ Sonic Youth drummer Steve Shelley and Two Dollar Guitar’s Tim Foljahn were so impressed by her live performances that they became her bandmates during the mid-’90s.
∙ Eddie Vedder and Dave Grohl contributed to 2003’s You Are Free, the first Cat Power album to make the Billboard 200 chart.
∙ While she was recording her album The Greatest with renowned Memphis musicians, Al Green’s longtime guitarist Teenie Hodges praised her playing, saying, “It’s so simple, it’s difficult.”
∙ The Greatest was honored with the 2007 Shortlist Music Prize, awarded to the best US album with sales under 500,000 copies.
∙ After helping Marshall through a time of self-doubt, Lana Del Rey collaborated with her on the feminist anthem “Woman,” which became one of Cat Power’s biggest hits.
Similar to: Cat Power
Discover more music and artists similar to Cat Power, like Feist, Sharon Van Etten, PJ Harvey
