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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0739341004520 Label: Blix Street Manufacturer: Blix Street Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Blix Street Release Date: May 19, 1998 Sales Rank: 456 Studio: Blix Street
Album Description: Songbird is a posthumous anthology culled from the album Live At Blues Alley and her other solo release, Eva By Heart, along with one track from her 1992 duet album with Chuck Brown titled The Other Side. Blix label.
Amazon.com: Songbird cherry-picks tracks from the three locally released albums of Eva Cassidy, whose hauntingly beautiful vocals went virtually unheard outside her native Washington, D.C., during her short 33 years with us. Lost to melanoma in 1996, Cassidy sang with an unaffected purity and an astonishing ability to make both classic and contemporary songs sound like they were written just for her. Sting's "Fields of Gold" finally lives up to its title through the alchemy of Cassidy's transcendent rendition, while other tracks on this anthology showcase her ease in the realms of pop (Christine McVie's "Songbird"), soul ("People Get Ready"), gospel ("Wade on the Water"), and traditional standards ("Autumn Leaves" and "Over the Rainbow"). Framed by understated jazz and pop arrangements, Cassidy's clear, soulful voice and exquisite phrasing make her that rarest of vocalists whose interpretations are a complement to any song. A fine introduction to a true talent. --Billy Grenier
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - The Best Ever
This album is the best album ever. Her voice is angelic. I love it so much that I've bought multiple copies to give away -- "no reason" gifts -- just because. /cbb
Rating: - WoW...
Wow..
Just picked this album by pure luck... and I thought I was unlucky for entire year!
This is by far the best album I've listened this entire year. I never thought a music can be this moving.. She really sings with her heart and soul. This is must have.
Rating: - The CD is fine, the LP is even more' heavenly..'
An 'audiophile' standard for years. Hearing the beautiful sounds of Eva
brings tears to one's eyes. And the fact that she is no longer with us adds to that pain of knowing that we lost a true talented singer.
With "Autumn Leaves", Eva leaves behind a legacy for the ages.
A humbled singer who didn't 'hit the big-time' with all the pomp,pizazz and awards that accompanies the music industry. In her albums, there is the revelation of her soul, done to the perfection of angelic like quality. As mentioned in the header,by hearing Eva on a great sounding analog rig, the effect ... Read More
Rating: - Dr. Eva's Medicine for the Soul
I first stumbled across Eva Cassidy on a compilation of guitar songs for rainy days, singing "Autumn Leaves." A serviceable old standard to be sure, but I've heard it probably a hundred times by our most acclaimed singers, and wasn't enthused about hearing yet another version. But after listening I realized two things: that I'd never really heard Autumn Leaves before, or more accurately, I had never *felt* it, and that I had to know more about this singer who was able to bring so much new depth out of a familiar song. Why hadn't I heard of her before? Listening to others of her songs showed this ... Read More
Rating: - Don't know how I overlooked this artist before now
This is a great CD. I would highly recommend it to anyone that likes Eva. It is as soulful and beautiful as the artist herself was.
