i first heard about Eva Cassidy right here on the list last year before her
album Time After Time was released.
she was discussed here because on that album there is a wonderful version of
Woodstock, that and she truly is an artist to be loved.
i think she has five albums. Eva by Heart, Live at Blues Alley, The Other
Side (a duet album with Chuck Brown), Songbird, and Time After Time.
songbird is comprised of songs from the first three albums.
i bought Time After Time last summer in america and absolutely loved it.
her vocals are superb, as are her versions of songs like At Last, Time After
Time, and Kathy's Song. she really makes songs that she covers her own.
i think if i *really* had to choose one it would be FIelds of Gold which is
on SOngbird and Live at Blues Alley, both of which i picked up within two
weeks of buying TAT.
when i came back to Ireland i looked for teh other two albums. the record
shops had never heard of her. only very recently have i noticed Songbird
appearing on the shelves. you'd have more luck in London i'm sure.
i believe she died in 1996 of cancer, and was really only discovered by any
sort of wider audience after her death.
as to which genre she sings in....that's a difficult one. sometimes she
does folk (that's where i found her in Borders), sometimes sort of blues,
and sometimes she would be considered rock/pop (thats where she is in HMV
here).
i'd recommend any of the three albums i've heard Les, but if you're looking
for Somewhere Over the Rainbow it's on Songbird.
GARRET
np- Oh, Had i A Golden Thread by Eva Cassidy
