Although this is not my favourite in all 9 releases of her albums this one seems to be the best known. This should be classed as her Greatest Hits album as most of the songs can be found on the other albums – Live At Blues Alley and Eva By Heart. Released in 1998 this CD eventually topped the charts. I have just read the Songbird book that I received and you could not belive how long it actually took for the album to get noticed. After being turned down by the BBC radio station several times, the CD was eventually heard by Terry Wogan who played some songs on Radio 2. He was inundated with e-mails asking who it was singing but she still didn't even make it to ...  Read the complete review

Songird is a collection of songs recorded by the late Eva Cassidy, who tragically died of bone cancer back in 1996. Her music has now been brought to British audiences thanks to airplay on Terry Wogans BBC2 radio show, and more recently, an airing of her version of Garland's classic 'Over The Rainbow', on Top Of The Pops 2, accompanied by a simple video of her singing the song. The album features songs taken from three of Eva's albums; 'Live At Blues Alley', 'The Other Side', and the posthumously released 'Eva By Heart'. The album is a testomony to Eva's musicianship, in which she covers the styles of jazz, gospel, ...  Read the complete review

**THE ARTIST** Eva Cassidy was an American singer/song writer from Maryland. Her unique style was mainly based around blues and jazz, producing some amazingly touching, easy listening tracks for everyone to enjoy. Tragically, this talented musicians life and career was cut short when she died of cancer at only 33. After her death was when her music became more well known gaining her music a lot of fans. It's a shame that she didn't get more time because she would have been hugely sucessful given the chance. So far, 11 of Eva Cassidy's albums have been released: The Other Side (1992) Live At Blues Ally (1997) Eva By Heart (1997) Songbird ...  Read the complete review

Eva Marie Cassidy tragically died in 1996 at the age of 33 as the result of cancer. She was a folk, jazz type singer with a soothing soprano voice. She often sang whilst playing her acoustic guitar and was also an accomplished keyboard player. I am going to go against the grain here and say that in my opinion she was a good singer, a very talented artist and pleasant to listen to, but not an all time great. Her death in 1996 created an extra interest in her work that wasn't there to such an extent while she was alive. Notably Terry Wogan played her version of "Over The Rainbow" on his popular BBC2 Radio Show; a show that has a ...  Read the complete review

I popped back into this one to correct my appalling typing! However, I also wanted to add how glad I am that Eva Cassidy's music is now reaching such a wide audience. If you haven't already bought it, you would be doing your ears a favour if you did! ***************************************** I caught the last couple of minutes of TOTP2 the other night and they featured Eva Cassidy singing "Over The Rainbow". Given that I was in the middle of sorting the kids' tea, tripping over toys, falling over christmas tree ornaments etc, it was a miracle that anything could get my attention, but this one song stopped me completely in my tracks. I ...  Read the complete review