Chan Marshall aka Cat Power shares her takes on “Ballad of a Thin Man” and “She Belongs to Me” ahead of the November 10th release of “Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert”.
Cat Power after announcing her new live album Recorded November 5th, 2022 at London’s Royal Albert Hall, Sings Dylan concert finds Chan Marshall delivering a song-for-song recreation of one of the most celebrated live sets of all time. Dylan’s 1966 concert was the culmination of one of the most consequential tours in the history of rock & roll – when he electrified his songs, and by doing so enraged his devoted audience.
In November 2022, Cat Power took the stage at London’s Royal Albert Hall and delivered a song-for-song recreation of one of the most fabled and transformative live sets of all time. Held at the Manchester Free Trade Hall in May 1966—but long known as the “Royal Albert Hall Concert” due to a mislabeled bootleg—the original performance saw Bob Dylan switching from acoustic to electric midway through the show, drawing ire from an audience of folk purists and forever altering the course of rock-and-roll. In her own rendition of that historic night, the artist otherwise known as Chan Marshall inhabited each song with equal parts conviction and grace and a palpable sense of protectiveness, ultimately transposing the anarchic tension of Dylan’s set with a warm and luminous joy. Now captured on the live album Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert, Marshall’s spellbinding performance both lovingly honours her hero’s imprint on history and brings a stunning new vitality to many of his most revered songs.
Cat Power bring’s those songs to the Hall , performing them in the same order as Dylan himself: the first half of the show being an acoustic set before being joined by her electric band for the second half.
Held at the Manchester Free Trade Hall in May 1966—but long known as the “Royal Albert Hall Concert” due to a mislabeled bootleg—the original performance saw Bob Dylan switching from acoustic to electric midway through the show, which quickly became one of the most infamous moments in the history of popular music .
Cat Power Sings Dylan both honours Dylan’s imprint on history and brings a new perspective to many of his most revered songs, including “She Belongs to Me” and “Ballad of a Thin Man,” both of which are out now.
The upcoming album ‘Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert’ out November 10th on Domino Record Co.
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