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January 22, 2008
New Album Releases, 1-22-2008: Cat Power, Robin Trower and Jack Bruce The big new album this cold January Tuesday comes from Charlyn Marie Marshall. Under Chan's stage name, Cat Power has Jukebox. This is her second album of covers, but she might reasonably be considered a legitimate interpreter of songs. She's doing something with them. Also, for being covers, they're mostly songs that I am not familiar with, so they might be new songs to you as well.
Among the songs I did know, I was pleased with the spare slinky blues sound as applied to Bob Dylan's classic Christian testimonial "I Believe in You." She seems to have an ethereal blues mama mojo going here that's just the thing for Joni Mitchell's "Blue." She's all misty and such, but she bakes this a pleasing bit more earthy than the classic Joni. But perhaps the most interesting bit I heard comes from a bonus song on the second disc of the deluxe package, "She's Got You." Singer covering Patsy Cline is a bold move right there.
I didn't realize Cat Power was such a big thing, but I note that she's got the #6 album currently at Amazon.
Jack Bruce and Robin Trower have Seven Moons. This is the third collaborative album for these veterans of Cream and Procul Harum.
Here's the listing of this week's new album releases, courtesy AMG:
Cat Power Jukebox Matador Indie Rock
Drive-By Truckers Brighter Than Creation's Dark New West Alternative Country-Rock, Southern Rock, Hard Rock
Liam Finn I'll Be Lightning Yep Roc Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Indie Pop, Indie Rock
North Mississippi Allstars Hernando Songs of the South Retro-Rock, American Trad Rock, Roots Rock, Blues-Rock, Southern Rock
Jason Ringenberg Best Tracks and Side Tracks 1979-2007 Yep Roc Country-Rock, Roots Rock, Alternative Country, Alternative Country-Rock, Americana, Country-Folk
Baby Dee Safe Inside the Day Drag City Experimental Rock
Natasha Bedingfield Pocketful of Sunshine Epic Teen Pop, Dance-Pop, Adult Contemporary
Steven Bernstein Diaspora Suite Tzadik Experimental Big Band, Jewish Music, Avant-Garde Jazz, Jazz-Rock, Fusion, World Fusion, Modern Creative
Black Mountain In the Future Jagjaguwar Neo-Prog, Space Rock, Neo-Psychedelia, Indie Rock, Prog-Rock/Art Rock
Bodies of Water Ears Will Pop & Eyes Will Blink Secretly Canadian Indie Pop
Buzzcocks 30 Cooking Vinyl British Punk, Punk
Sarah Cahill Kyle Gann: Private Dances New Albion Contemporary Keyboard & Chamber Music
Matt Costa Unfamiliar Faces Brushfire Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Rock
Daedelus Live at Low End Theory Alpha Pup IDM, Ambient Techno, Indie Electronic, Experimental Techno
Dead Confederate Dead Confederate Razor & Tie Indie Rock, Roots Rock, Neo-Psychedelia
Destroy All Monsters Live in Tokyo & Osaka Compound Annex Obscuro, Detroit Rock, Proto-Punk, Alternative Pop/Rock
Emerson, Lake & Palmer Works, Vol. 1 Rhino Prog-Rock/Art Rock, Album Rock
Emerson, Lake & Palmer Works, Vol. 2 Rhino Prog-Rock/Art Rock, Album Rock
Evangelicals The Evening Descends Dead Oceans Indie Rock
The Feelies Crazy Rhythms A&M American Underground, College Rock, Jangle Pop, Alternative Pop/Rock
The Fleshtones Take a Good Look Yep Roc Garage Rock Revival
Juan Diego Florez Arias for Rubini Decca Romantic Italian Opera Arias
General Echo Teacher Fe di Class 1979-1980 Blood and Fire DJ, Dancehall
The big new album this cold January Tuesday comes from Charlyn Marie Marshall. Under Chan's stage name, Cat Power has 
Cat Power 
