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(Now Playing) Chan Marshall - Episode 1 of 7

Mar 05, 2007

Cat Power explains her fierce 90s roots. Ian sits with Chan Marshall (a.k.a. Cat Power) for this edition of Soft Focus. Some people have probably said that Chan “has the soul of an innocent, a real life ingénue whose strange and unworldly art mesmerized the masses and thrust her-ambivalent—into the leering ogleficating of the public arena.” And perhaps, if someone has ever said that, it might possibly be true. Once, like a wood sprite lured by a carny onto a sideshow, she seemed uncomfortable with her role as translator of the soul’s most abstract expectorations. Marshall’s profound compositions and singular singing style were cited on stage with a deconstructive approach that left unprepared audiences equal parts seared to the bone and perplexed.

  • RaySwore

    10 minutes ago

    God she sucks

  • RaySwore

    20 minutes ago

    Not only does her music not impress, she's annoying as a person as well. I thought it was just yo...

  • badtux

    10 days ago

    Oddly enough, I think Chan is trying to make *Svenonius* feel more comfortable, Svenonius seemed ...

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On Soft Focus, Ian Svenonius tenderly interrogates musicians whom we revere and admire. Shot on location in the venerable Guggenheim Museum in New York City.

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