Earworm of the Day: Cat Power - "Cherokee"

Chan Marshall, aka Cat Power, has been making smoky, folk-inspired rock more than a decade now. Also she's gained widespread critical acclaim, she's never achieved the kind of stadium-filling audiences that other artists (with perhaps better publicists) have. I hate rolling out the old trope that "she's the real deal" if it means someone else is less genuine (and what is authenticity in something as transient as pop music anyway?), but I think it fits here.

"Cherokee" is from her latest album, Sun.

One Song(writer), Many Voices: Dylan

A while back I wrote about freeing myself from Bob Dylan. I mean, freeing myself of the idea that I absolutely must love someone so critically adored. It was, um, freeing. Anyway, I realized that I actually do like quite a few Dylan covers, particularly covers done by female artists. It doesn't make his misogyny any more palatable, but it does add another dimension to some of those songs I professed to "hate." Here are a few that I think stand out for various reasons. Some border on camp, some self-serious, but I'm drawn to all of them:

Cover of the Day: Cat Power - Dark End of the Street

My all-time favorite version of "Dark End of the Street" is the Gram Parson's, but Chan's doesn't disappoint.