Cat Power names new covers album

Why don’t more artists release cover albums? It seems like the perfect parenthetical, the suitable stopgap, the healthy halfway point between albums. Putting alliteration aside, Chan Marshall (sole proprietor of Cat Power) is one artist who made her dedication to the cover well-known. So much so, that she’s releasing her second album of reworked songs by other people, Jukebox, on Jan. 22, via Matador.

Just as on 2000’s The Covers Record, Marshall will also have a couple of her own songs in the mix, including “Metal Heart” and “Song to Bobby.” Though the track list remains elusive, you can catch Cat Power on tour this fall. Perhaps she’ll play some of her new takes on old classics.

Cat Power tour dates:

October
13 - Fairburn, Ga. @ Bouckaert Farm (The Echo Project)
14 - Norfolk, Va. @ The NorVa
15 - Washington, D.C. @ 9:30 Club (DAM! Festival)
16 - Carrboro, N.C. @ Cat’s Cradle
18 - Tallahassee, Fla. @ The Moon at Florida State University
19 - Savannah, Ga. @ Trustee’s Theatre
20 - Orlando, Fla. @ The Club at Firestone
21 - St. Petersburg, Fla. @ State Theatre
22 - Miami, Fla. @ Studio A
25 - São Paulo, Brazil @ Auditório Ibirapuera (TIM Festival) %
26 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil @ Marina da Glória (TIM Festival) (with Dirty Delta Blues band) &