Cat Power brings some classics of blues up to date

On 1998's Moon Pix, Chan Marshall, better known as Cat Power, gave us an album that ranked among the decade's best, a shimmering dream of music. Marshall sprinkles her new LP, The Covers Record, with the same magic dusk dust, but this time out her blues style is even more personal (humorous considering the album's title gives away its content: all covers). On The Covers Record, Marshall strips away the backing that fleshed out Moon Pix, using only guitar and piano as her accompaniment, and chooses to highlight specific elements of songs rather than their complete original form.