Speaking for Trees is a DVD/CD package released by the American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 singer/songwriter Cat Power

Cat Power

Charlyn Marie Marshall , also known as Chan Marshall or by her stage name Cat Power, is an American singer/songwriter and occasional actress and model. Cat Power was originally the name of Marshall's first band, but has come to refer to her musical projects with various backing bands...

 (a.k.a. Chan Marshall) on October 26, 2004. The DVD contains footage of Cat Power singing and playing electric guitar

Electric guitar

An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...

 in the countryside, filmed by Mark Borthwick in essentially a single, nearly 2-hour static shot. It also features three short films by Borthwick, each set to a different song from Cat Power's 2003 album, You Are Free

You Are Free

You Are Free is the sixth album by American singer/songwriter Chan Marshall, a.k.a. Cat Power. It was released in 2003 on Matador Records. Dave Grohl of Nirvana and The Foo Fighters plays the drums and Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam provides backing vocals on two tracks...

. There are also three bonus videos on the DVD: "Maybe Not",
"Free" and "Half of You", all three directed by Mark Borthwick

Mark Borthwick

Mark Borthwick is a British photographer now living in Brooklyn, New York. His photos are often minimal and crisp, yet somewhat 'blown-out' in terms of colour saturation. He has contributed to many publications, including Vogue, Purple, and Index. His wife is fashion designer Maria...

, all set on a beach. The CD contains the single song "Willie Deadwilder," an 18-minute outtake from the You Are Free sessions which features M. Ward

M. Ward

Matthew Stephen Ward, known by his stage name M. Ward, is a singer-songwriter and guitarist who rose to prominence in the Portland, Oregon music scene. In addition to his solo work he is known as a member of She & Him and Monsters of Folk.-Career:...

 on guitar.

DVD

All tracks by Chan Marshall except where noted.

1. "Time Is on My Side
   Time Is on My Side
   "Time Is on My Side" is a song written by Jerry Ragovoy . First recorded by jazz trombonist Kai Winding and his Orchestra in 1963, it was covered by both soul singer Irma Thomas and The Rolling Stones in 1964.-History:Winding session arranger Garry Sherman "Time Is on My Side" is a song written by...
   
   " (Jerry Ragovoy
   Jerry Ragovoy
   Jordan "Jerry" Ragovoy was an American songwriter and record producer.His best-known composition "Time Is on My Side" was made famous by The Rolling Stones, although it had been recorded earlier by Kai Winding and Irma Thomas...
   
    as Norman Meade)
2. "Night Time/ Back of Your Head" (Alex Chilton
   Alex Chilton
   William Alexander "Alex" Chilton was an American songwriter, guitarist, singer and producer, best known as the lead singer of the Box Tops and Big Star...
   
   /Chan Marshall)
3. "Rule the Islands"
4. "You"
5. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" (Bob Dylan
   Bob Dylan
   Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
   
   )
6. "From Fur City"
7. "I Want"
8. "Dream/ Blue Moon/ Try a Little Tenderness" James Campbell
   Irving King
   Jimmy Campbell and Reg Connelly were British music publishers and songwriting team...
   
   /Reginald Connelly/Lorenz Hart
   Lorenz Hart
   Lorenz "Larry" Milton Hart was the lyricist half of the famed Broadway songwriting team Rodgers and Hart...
   
   /Chan Marshall/Richard Rodgers
   Richard Rodgers
   Richard Charles Rodgers was an American composer of music for more than 900 songs and for 43 Broadway musicals. He also composed music for films and television. He is best known for his songwriting partnerships with the lyricists Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II...
   
   / Harry M. Woods
   Harry M. Woods
   Henry MacGregor Woods was a Tin Pan Alley songwriter and pianist. Woods is sometimes credited as Harry Woods.-Early life:...
   
   
9. "You"
10. "From Fur City"
11. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" (Bob Dylan)
12. "Farewell My Enemy"
13. "Sad, Sad, Song" (M. Ward
    M. Ward
    Matthew Stephen Ward, known by his stage name M. Ward, is a singer-songwriter and guitarist who rose to prominence in the Portland, Oregon music scene. In addition to his solo work he is known as a member of She & Him and Monsters of Folk.-Career:...
    
    ))
14. "Rule the Islands"
15. "Evolution"
16. "Night Time/ Back of Your Head" (Alex Chilton/Chan Marshall)
17. "Sophisticated Lady
    Sophisticated Lady
    "Sophisticated Lady" is a jazz standard, composed as an instrumental in 1932 by Duke Ellington and Irving Mills, to which words were added by Mitchell Parish. The words met with approval from Ellington, who described them as "wonderful—but not entirely fitted to my original conception".That...
    
    " (Duke Ellington
    Duke Ellington
    Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American composer, pianist, and big band leader. Ellington wrote over 1,000 compositions...
    
    /Irving Mills
    Irving Mills
    Irving Mills was a jazz music publisher, also known by the name of "Joe Primrose."Mills was born to Jewish parents in the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City. He founded Mills Music with his brother Jack in 1919...
    
    /Mitchell Parish
    Mitchell Parish
    Mitchell Parish was an American lyricist.-Early life:Parish was born Michael Hyman Pashelinsky to a Jewish family in Lithuania. His family emigrated to the United States, arriving on February 3, 1901 on the SS Dresden when he was less than a year old...
    
    )
18. "I Don't Blame You
    I Don't Blame You
    "I Don't Blame You" is a rock song by the American singer/ songwriter, Cat Power . It is the first song on her 2003 album, You Are Free.-Background:"I Don't Blame You" was the last song written for You Are Free...
    
    "
19. "Dream/ Blue Moon/ Try a Little Tenderness" (James Campbell/Reginald Connelly/Lorenz Hart/Chan Marshall/Richard Rodgers/ Harry M. Woods)
20. "The Party"
21. "Funny Things"
22. "Love and Communication"
23. "From Fur City"
24. "Sad, Sad, Song" (M. Ward)
25. "Night Time/ Back of Your Head" (Alex Chilton/Chan Marshall)
26. "Sophisticated Lady" (Duke Ellington/Irving Mills/Mitchell Parish)
27. "I Want"
28. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" (Bob Dylan)
29. "Lord, Help the Poor and Needy" (Traditional
    Traditional music
    Traditional music is the term increasingly used for folk music that is not contemporary folk music. More on this is at the terminology section of the World music article...
    
    )

Recorded and produced by Trevor Kampmann.

External links

• Allmovie
• Pitchfork review
• BBC review