Cat Power Sings Dylan: Renowned singer/songwriter Cat Power recently announced that she’s taking this Cat Power Sings Dylan show to Carnegie Hall, NY, in February. Therefore, the chance to see it at the rather more intimate Troubadour should be grabbed. Apparently both nights are sold out, so you might have to know someone to get in if you don’t already have a ticket. The forthcoming album is a live recording of Cat Power reimagining Dylan’s infamous 1966 Manchester Free Trade Hall gig (the night of Judas), at the Royal Albert Hall in London. 

"There are few voices more deeply embedded in the iconography and mythology of American indie rock than that of Chan Marshall," reads the press release. "Under the musical nom de plume of Cat Power, Marshall has released music for nearly 25 years now and her prowess as a songwriter, a producer, and most notably – as a voice – has only grown more influential with time...

Now Cat Power recreates Dylan’s epochal 1966 concert – a 15-song set featuring classics like “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue,” “Mr. Tambourine Man,“ “Like A Rolling Stone” as well as several cuts from Blonde on Blonde including “Just Like A Woman” – with both heartfelt reverence and a deep understanding of the delicate nature of song interpretation. Like the original concert (and all of Dylan’s 1966 world tour), Marshall kept the first half of her set entirely acoustic, then went electric for the second half with the help of a full band including guitarist Arsun Sorrenti, bassist Erik Paparozzi, multi-instrumentalists Aaron Embry (harmonica, piano) and Jordan Summers (organ, Wurlitzer), and drummer Josh Adams. In her own rendition of that historic night, Marshall inhabits 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."

Cat Power Sings Dylan: The event takes place at 7 p.m. on Monday, November 6 and Tuesday, November 7 at the Troubadour.

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