Marshall chan

 

portraits by NICO TURNER
interview by OLIVIER ZAHM

OLIVIER ZAHM — What can you tell us about your upcoming 10th studio album, which you announced in July?

CHAN MARSHALL — It is a return to the stripped-down recording and songwriting style of my past.

OLIVIER ZAHM — Your music has allowed you to express your vulnerability and a large emotional range, in the studio and onstage. 

CHAN MARSHALL — I am lucky that my self-escape became the freedom to express myself.

OLIVIER ZAHM — Now that you are more established as a musician, do you still share as much of your emotional life in your music?

CHAN MARSHALL — I have always written from direct truth and experience, and the song can’t find me without this light.

OLIVIER ZAHM — Since the November 2016 election, you have become more and more political in your social media presence. …