perfectmidnightworld : “Good Woman” by Eddie Vedder // Originally by Cat Power (2012) The original version of “Good Woman” by Cat Power (and featured on her stunning 2003 album, “You Are Free”) is a crushing, heartbreaking song about coming to terms with a poison relationship despite loving the other person. It’s Chan Marshall at her most powerful and poignant. The song features haunting backing vocals from Eddie Vedder (and drums from Dave Grohl ), and now Vedder [...]

As we've previously mentioned , 2012 marks the 15th anniversary of venerable indie-rock label Yep Roc, who will mark this milestone with a three-night celebration at the Cat’s Cradle in Carrboro from October 11 – 13, aptly dubbed Yep Roc 15 . The label-centric fest is set to feature performances from Nick Lowe, John Wesley Harding, Fountains of Wayne, Josh Rouse, Jukebox The Ghost, The Sadies and more. Yesterday the Haw River, North Carolina-based label announced the YR15 Minutes of Fame contest, where they are asking fans to submit cover [...]
No mês passado, em um show solo na cidade de Amsterdã, Eddie Vedder apresentou uma versão da música Good Woman , da musa Cat Power . Uma gravação, feita por um fã que teve a sorte de conferir essa maravilha ao vivo, foi divulgada hoje no SoundCloud. Em boa qualidade, podemos ouvir uma reprodução fiel à versão presente no disco "You Are Free" , de 2003. Fato curioso é que na ocasião da gravação do disco, o líder do Pearl Jam contribuiu com os backing vocals dessa faixa e também de Evolution [...]

Durante una presentación en Amsterdam, Eddie Vedder hizo un cover del tema Good Woman de la cantante estadounidense Chan Marshall , más conocida como Cat Power . El frontman de Pearl Jam ya era cercano a la interprete y a la canción, tras haber colaborado en este tema y otro más en su álbum de 2003, You Are Free , para el cual [...]

Last month, Eddie Vedder surprised his Amsterdam fanbase with a live cover of Cat Power 's "Good Woman" , and now a fan recording has surfaced. The Pearl Jam frontman is no stranger to the track, as it's one of two cuts he appeared on for her 2003 album, You Are Free . Fun fact: Fellow grunge veteran Dave Grohl contributed drums to that same album. The more you know! In related news, Cat Power's forthcoming ninth studio album, [...]
After a reader sent in this clip of She & Him’s Zooey Deschanel taking on the timelessly indelible tune “Tonight You Belong to Me” tonight, it recalled the many endearing ukulele-backed covers of Billy Rose and Lee David’s 1926 duet to reach these ears of late (e.g. Eddie Vedder with Cat Power’s Chan Marshall , Fiona Apple with Jon Brion , Steve Martin with Bernadette Peters ). Apropos of nothing, let’s revisit the lot below: Zooey Deschanel & Ben Schwartz [...]

Pearl Jam's frontman releases a solo album of material some of which was written well over a decade ago where he is backed only by vocals and Ukulele. Is it any good? Of course not! This album was going to be a 2 X fourforty4 review but it was decided that a conversation between two reviewers slating an album from an artist who is normally is given 'Hero' status wouldn't be worth reading. I however feel that I should get some return for the [...]

Pearl Jam 's Eddie Vedder is set to release his latest solo album, ' Ukulele Songs ' later this month. One track off the forthcoming album is a cover of " Tonight You Belong to Me " which Vedder teamed up with Cat Power to record. Stream the duet below. 'Ukulele Songs' is set for release May 31.
Eddie Vedder est por estrenar un disco en solitario, sin sus compaeros que lo largo de 20 aos han gozado de mucho xito bajo el nombre de Pearl Jam. A das del estreno, a travs del sitio NPR, podemos escuchar ya el disco completo. Cabe destacar el track en el que participa Cat Power, deliciosa [...]

Admittedly, it's pretty sweet of NPR to provide us with streams of the latest efforts by Death Cab for Cutie and My Morning Jacket . But showing that they've got the ability to make an entire week amazing, the broadcasting giant is once again offering a must-hear stream: Eddie Vedder 's Ukulele Songs . His second solo effort , which features contributions from Glen Hansard to Cat Power, is now available in full until it hits stores on May 31st via Universal Music . What are you waiting for? Head here to [...]

There’s still no word on when those new Cat Power songs we heard in February will arrive in studio form, but in the meantime, the latest recording with vocals from Chan Marshall just arrived: “Tonight You Belong to Me,” an old standard from the 1920s that was famously performed as a duet in The Jerk by Steve Martin and Bernadette Peters, not to mention Fiona Apple and Jon Brion , among others. For this take, Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder invoked Navin Johnson ’s ukulele-backed take for a cut off his new solo [...]

Hace poco escuchamos el primer single del próximo disco solista del líder de Pearl Jam , Eddie Vedder , y ahora el músico acaba de revelar nuevos detalles del inminente álbum, cuyo nombre es Ukelele Songs y estará a la venta a partir del 31 de mayo. El álbum contiene 16 temas y cuenta con la colaboración de Cat Power y Swell Season , cantante de Glen Hansard . Según [...]

Chan Marshall quizá no sea tan conocida por este nombre si tenemos que hablar de su trabajo artístico. En todo caso, para hacer referencia a ese rótulo que lleva su trabajo tendríamos que invocar el seudónimo que con el tiempo la ha hecho trascender en el mercado de la música: hablamos, claro está, de Cat Power , quien participará en el venidero disco solista de Eddie Vedder, Ukelele Songs . La canción en la que participará sumando su voz es "Tonight You Belong To Me", por lo que tendremos en ese [...]
Eddie Vedder is set to release a solo album of covers and original songs as performed on ukulele with the descriptive title of Ukulele Songs . The Pearl Jam front man is joined by Glen Hansard on 'Sleepless Nights' and Cat Power , aka Chan Marshall, guests on 'Tonight You Belong to Me' - Vedder sang on Cat Power's 2003 You Are Free record. Ukulele Songs will be released on Pearl Jam's label Monkeywrench Records at the end of May, the lead single 'Longing to [...]

Petit tour d'horizon des disques dont je n'ai pas fait la chronique en ce début d'année et qui demandaient tout de même un peu d'attention (les pauvres...), à commencer par Syd Matters et son troisième album Ghost Days , tellement beau et simple que je n'ai pas trouvé quoi que ce soit d'intéressant à en dire. Suivent Cat Power et son Jukebox assez décevant malgré quelques merveilles, les anglais de British Sea Power et leurs singles assez efficaces, The Mountain Goats avec Annie Clark en guest sur ce titre, [...]

PLAYLIST : Blanche - A Year From Now Little Amber Bottles ( loose - 2007) www.blanchemusic.com Bonnie Prince Billy - The Wolrd's Greatest Ask Forgiveness ( Domino - 2007) www.bonnieprincebilly.com Eddie Vedder - Society "Into The Wild" Original Soundtrack ( J-Records - 2007) [...]

Regular readers know the drill: November is the month where I strive to post 2 songs for every day in the month. That doesn't mean I'll be on here on a daily basis, but I will be holding to that rule, regardless of whether I post 2 times or 20 times this month (looking at my post history, let's just be honest and say it'll probably be closer to 2 than 20). I might focus on one artist one day, and a whole assemblage of tracks the next. There's not really a lot of rhyme or reason [...]