   charlyn marie marshall   (born january 21, 1972), also known as chan marshall () or by her stage name cat power, is an american singer-songwriter, musician, occasional actress and model. cat power was originally the name of marshall's first band, but has come to refer to her musical projects with various backing bands. marshall was discovered opening for liz phair in 1994 by steve shelley of sonic youth and tim foljahn of two dollar guitar, with whom she recorded her first two albums, dear sir (1995) and myra lee (1996), on the same day in 1994. in 1996 she signed with matador records, and released a third album of new material with shelley and foljahn, what would the community think. following this she released the critically acclaimed moon pix (1998), recorded with members of the dirty three, and the covers record (2000), a collection of sparsely recorded cover songs. after a brief hiatus she reemerged in 2003 with you are free, featurin
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