Cat Power. Courtesy Eliot Lee Hazel. Photography was not permitted at this show. SAN FRANCISCO — It’s a rare intrigue when an artist can project timidity from within the limelight. Chan Marshall, better known as Cat Power, used her combination of mystique and warmth to create an atmosphere that was…

OAKLAND — When Charlyn Marie “Chan” Marshall, better known as Cat Power, emerged onto the indigo-lit stage at The Fox Theater on Tuesday night, she was almost ghost-like. Her spectral apparition, dressed in a long, flowing black robe seemed to float a little above the stage, lighter than air, as…

There’s nothing scarier to a cat lover than a feline friend gone missing. All those anxious hours spent worrying, walking the neighborhood, leaving a bowl of milk on the doorstep, wondering what happened to that beloved companion. Chan Marshall’s first studio album in six years and her 10th under…