Cat Power is honoring the impending 20th birthday of her beloved album The Greatest with a three-song EP, Redux, which will arrive Jan. 23 digitally and on 10-inch vinyl from Domino. The lead track is a newly recorded cover of James Brown’s “Try Me” featuring the Dirty Delta Blues band from the original tour in support of The Greatest.
Those musicians include Jon Spencer Blues Explosion guitarist Judah Bauer, Delta 72 keyboardist Gregg Foreman, bassist Erik Paparozzi and Dirty Three drummer Jim White. They re-teamed for the Redux sessions with Cat Power’s Chan Marshall at Church House Studios in Austin, Texas, and were joined by The Greatest producer/engineer Stuart Sikes.
The EP is rounded out by a cover of Prince’s “Nothing Compares 2 U” in tribute to legendary late soul guitarist and The Greatest contributor Teenie Hodges, plus an updated take on album track “Could We” that more resembles how it was performed on the supporting tour.
“Marshall once suggested that her sad songs might be seen as triumphant for how their acceptance of sorrow could create strength,” SPIN wrote in its contemporaneous review of The Greatest. “That’s the definition of soul music. Her title track might refer to a boxer (a city? a nation? a singer?) who ‘wanted to be the greatest’ until ‘the rush of the flood’ changed everything. Read it as literally as you like. Either way, the point is that there can be honor in owning up to your failures, your shame. In present-day America, that’s a radical concept.”
Marshall will perform The Greatest in its entirety on an extensive 2006 tour, which begins Feb. 12 in Houston. Presale tickets will be available this week.
Here are Cat Power’s tour dates:
FEBRUARY 2026
12 – Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall (Downstairs)
13 – Austin, TX – ACL Live at The Moody Theater
15 – Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren
16 – San Diego, CA – The Observatory North Park
17 – Los Angeles, CA – Orpheum Theatre Los Angeles
18 – San Francisco, CA – Fox Theatre
20 – Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre
21 – Portland, OR – Revolution Hall
22 – Portland, OR – Revolution Hall
23 – Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom
26 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
27 – Chicago, IL – Riviera Theatre
28 – Detroit, MI – Saint Andrew’s Hall
MARCH 2026
1 – Toronto, ON – History
3 – Kingston, NY – Ulster Performing Arts Center
4 – Boston, MA – Roadrunner
6 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel
7 – New York, NY – Webster Hall
8 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
10 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
12 – Atlanta, GA – The Eastern
13 – Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel
14 – Nashville, TN – Brooklyn Bowl Nashville
OCTOBER 2026
7 – Helsinki, Finland – House of Culture
9 – Stockholm, Sweden – Fållan
10 – Oslo, Norway – Sentrum Scene
11 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Vega
12 – Hamburg, Germany – Docks
14 – Warsaw, Poland – Stodola
15 – Berlin, Germany – Huxleys Neue Welt
17 – Cologne, Germany – Live Music Hall
19 – Vienna, Austria – Wiener Konzerthaus
20 – Munich, Germany – Muffathalle
21 – Strasbourg, France – La Laiterie
23 – Lausanne, Switzerland – Les Docks
24 – Lyon, France – Le Radiant
25 – Toulouse, France – Le Bikini
26 – Rennes, France – Le MeM
28 – Antwerp, Belgium – De Roma
29 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Paradiso
30 – Luxembourg City, Luxembourg – Philharmonie Luxembourg
31 – Paris, France – Salle Pleyel
NOVEMBER 2026
2 – Bristol, UK – Bristol Beacon
3 – London, UK – Roundhouse
4 – Manchester, UK – Albert Hall
5 – Glasgow, UK – Barrowland
7 – Dublin, Ireland – Vicar Street
