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Neko Case is a lovely and enigmatic performer. It's remarkable how true her voice is to the recordings which is a testament to her singing as well as her recording skills.

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[edit] Featured article status?

Anyone else feel like trying to polish this into featured article status? Anyone have any suggestions about what we'd need to do to get it there? -- Scarequotes 16:15, August 16, 2005 (UTC)

Someone should address the fact that she has filmed at least one video--- "Timber" off of her debut CD.

Needs references. - Jmabel | Talk 00:16, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
User:TUF-KAT has developed a guide to help music-related article like this achieve FA standards: User:TUF-KAT/Featured Music Project --maclean25 01:33, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Question

Since I've never heard her name said out loud, and it's been bugging me: How the heck do you pronounce her first name? Since I'm into Japanese things, I'm wanting to pronounce it like the Japanese word for cat, kinda rhymes with "wreck-o"; but I can see how it might be pronounced more like "knee-koh" as well. But there could be some other way I'm not thinking of.

Incidentally, the name thing makes me get her confused with Cat Power (though I like what I have heard of both) Kyou 07:45, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

NEE-koh. At least, that's the way her bandmates and radio djs pronounce it, so I assume it's right. (And the other name she gets confused with is Nikka Costa.) -- Scarequotes 17:50, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
Thanks! Kyou 21:30, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Strangely enough, Cat Power was on The Late Show with David Letterman last night. At the end of the show, he stated that Neko would be on the next night. He pronounced it like "knee"-"ko". It'll be interesting to see if he pronounces it that way tonight.

Grant Lawrence of CBC Radio 3 pronounced it "NEE-ko" on the weekly podcast show. 207.171.180.101 22:50, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Neko covering Scott Walker

"Duchess" on The Virginian is an old Scott Walker song. But that doesn't mean I think he should be added to the second paragraph. That list is already long enough, I think. -Veronique 21:19, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

Agreed. That list is supposed to be a short sampling, not a complete list of everyone she's covered. -- Scarequotes 22:31, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Neko as Canadian?

Despite there being no reference which shows that US news consider Case a 'Canadian musician, it is irrelevant considering that in most interviews with Case she calls Tacoma Washington her 'home town', and she currently resides in New York. So basically, because Neko Case went to college in Vancouver we are calling her a signifigant figure in Canadian music? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.183.113.31 (talk) 03:28, 6 December 2006 (UTC).


[edit] Move info to album pages?

Should a LOT of the information on this page be moved to the individual Wikipedia pages on the albums? Some album pages such as the one for "Blacklisted" have very little data.

I think so. Add my vote. 72.69.101.250 14:36, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Crack-whore

Why was my edit that Neko Case's parents wanted her to become a crack-whore removed? My source is Neko Case herself on her biography on her webpage:

"My parents very much wanted me to become a crack-whore, but I gravely disappointed them by graduating from college. Though they did not notice until years after the event, they still take my failings personally."

http://www.nekocase.com/news/2006/03/_hello_readerswelcome_to_my_we_1.html

It's a bit heavy on the irony, you can see how someone would think that's vandalism. Also the way it's worded right now seems strange. It's obviously a feciscious comment, but when put in the context of this article it does not come across with the same humor. Lil' Dice (yeah, I said it!) - talk 20:25, 5 August 2007 (UTC)


"Feciscious is hardcore not a word, just saying. It's "facetious." And I think it should be put in to showcase Case's humor.

[edit] What type of guitar?

Does she only play the 4-string tenor guitar, or does she also play 6-string guitar? Badagnani (talk) 05:02, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

I have seen her play a six-string acoustic guitar in concert. --anon.70.23.178.7 (talk) 07:04, 8 February 2008 (UTC)