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Article: Cat power: at times she has seemed like the second coming of Bob Dylan--at others. Fit for scratching post. And no matter how far Chan Marshall falls, she always seem to land on her feet.(Interview)
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- August 1, 2007
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There's a quietness, a slowness in the music made by Chan Marshall--who performs alone or with others as Cat Power. You can feel her feel herself into a song, into the idea or the impulse behind the song, so that the song itself--whether hers or that of someone else-becomes a kind of scrim, a veil held over an emotion or an event that will never come completely into focus. That's where the always-building suspense in Marshall's music lies--because whatever lurks behind that curtain might come into focus--and it's where the drama is, when Marshall breaks out, chanting, yelling, whispering, blowing up her own tempos like a kid hiding firecrackers in her jeans.
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Article: FILM REVIEW: Soundtrack depicts life of Bob Dylan
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... ... of the many faces of Bob Dylan, with two discs spanning ... Memphis Blues Again" by Cat Power; and "Simple Twist ... There" performed by Bob Dylan with The Band. The real ... there is really only one Bob Dylan. With "I'm Not There ...
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