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DATE
13 JAN 2010, WED
TIME
9pm
(90mins, no intermission)
(90mins, no intermission)
VENUE
Concert Hall
PRICE
$40*, $60**, $80
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Concessions:Limited concessions for students and NSF: $25* , $40**
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Concessions:
Concession tickets SOLD OUT Mosaic Friends Special
Buy the top-priced ticket at $70 (U.P. $80). Present your Mosaic Friend card at Esplanade Box Office and all SISTIC’s authorised agents. Online booking is also available. To sign up to be a Mosaic Friend, click here.
SYNOPSIS
Proud Supporting Sponsors of Mosaic Music Festival 2010: Häagen-Dazs, Harry's, Heineken and Pioneer Electronics.
“The sound was rich and full, and Chan's voice resonated throughout the venue. It was powerful, undoubtedly blues-infused. Her voice was deep and longing, coming from a place within, of real feeling.” – Filter Magazine
When her bruised, smoky voice breathes languorous ballads and folksy anthems about “ramblin’ men”, “vagabond shoes” and other anti-heroes living in bars or riding off into nowhere, audiences fall into a hush. For sure, there is something about American singer/songwriter Charlyn "Chan" Marshall a.k.a. Cat Power that makes her a cult heroine for the drifters (at heart) of the world.
Her undeniable talent, her slow-burning vocal delivery, her sparse guitar and piano playing, the intimacy and subtle tension of her songs, her country and blues references, and the very thoughtfulness and yet urgent recklessness of her recall such artists as Bob Dylan, Patti Smith and Kurt Cobain.
Yet, Cat Power’s brand of poignant, pensive and sometimes self-consciously fragile, Southern-accented nouveau folk blues is all her own. She writes her own music and when she covers someone else’s songs (which she often does) – be it Bob Dylan, the Velvets, Oasis, Hank Williams or the Rolling Stones – she reworks them into something completely new.
Yet, Cat Power’s brand of poignant, pensive and sometimes self-consciously fragile, Southern-accented nouveau folk blues is all her own. She writes her own music and when she covers someone else’s songs (which she often does) – be it Bob Dylan, the Velvets, Oasis, Hank Williams or the Rolling Stones – she reworks them into something completely new.
Not many folk-rock singers today exude the sort of raw emotion that Cat Power does. And whether sardonic, joyful, angry or remorseful, her songs, with their hinted worlds of joys and hurts, always get under the listener’s skin.
Chan Marshall began performing as Cat Power after dropping out of high school in Atlanta. In 1992, she moved to New York and, with God Is My Co-Pilot and Sonic Youth drummer Steve Shelley and Tim Foljahn of Two Dollar Guitar, recorded punk, country and blues-influenced albums Dear Sir (1995), Myra Lee (1996) and the critically acclaimed What Would the Community Think (1996). After a short hiatus, she recorded Moon Pix (1998) with members of Dirty Three, in Australia; an album that blew critics away. 2000’s The Covers Album and 2003’s You Are Free cemented her reputation as one of America’s leading artists. Then in 2006, Cat Power released The Greatest, recorded in a week with a group of Memphis soul veterans.
Since then Cat Power has performed some of the most critically acclaimed shows of her career; with the Memphis Rhythm Band, as a solo performer and most recently with her new band Dirty Delta Blues who comprise drummer Jim White (Dirty Three), keyboard player Gregg Foreman (Delta 72), Judah Bauer (Blues Explosion) and bassist Eric Paparozzi all of whom performed with Chan on her most recent Cat Power release, Jukebox, in 2008. Cat Power also became the first female ever to win the Shortlist Music Prize and been nominated in the Best International Female category at the annual Brit Awards.
Recent concerts have revealed a new energy to Cat Power and have received rave reviews from critics and fans alike. At her live shows, Cat Power often performs unreleased covers, incorporating artists as diverse as Gnarls Barkley, the White Stripes, Bob Dylan and Nina Simone. Come unprepared.
Recent concerts have revealed a new energy to Cat Power and have received rave reviews from critics and fans alike. At her live shows, Cat Power often performs unreleased covers, incorporating artists as diverse as Gnarls Barkley, the White Stripes, Bob Dylan and Nina Simone. Come unprepared.
Proud Supporting Sponsors of Mosaic Music Festival 2010: Häagen-Dazs, Harry's, Heineken and Pioneer Electronics.
