... Due to the amount of song she had recorder in the studio further albums have been made using these recordings and this one I am reviewing is called Songbird.
This album has been made up using song which have already been released on albums including, The Other Side, Live at the Blues Alley ... Read review
Songbird cherry-picks tracks from the three locally released albums of Eva Cassidy, whose ... more
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 ...
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lyrics and chords, Incl. vocal line, Intermediate level, Songs: Autumn Leaves, Fields Of Gold, I Know You By Heart, Oh Had I A Golden Thread, Over The Rainbow, People Get Ready, Songbird, Time Is A Healer, Wade In The Water, Wayfaring Stranger
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Advantages: A great mix of tracks Disadvantages: None
...by Heart. The track on Songbird include:-
Fields of Gold
Wade in the Water
Autumn Leaves
Wayfaring Stranger
Songbird
Time is a Healer
I Know you by Heart
People Get Ready
Oh, Had I a Golden Thread
Over the Rainbow
All of the songs are from a mixture of ballads to swing sounding tracks and even a gospel sounding song which features the use of a church organ. ... ...any of the tracks seem out of place on this album. I like the fact that this album is not just full of ballads but also shows the range of Eva's talent and vocal ability with the different mix and tempo songs.
I have to admit that there is a few songs on here which I had never heard before listening to them from here but now I have heard them several times they really are growing on me. I was never really a big fan of Eva Cassidy as ... more
Eva Cassidy is a woman who had an amazing voice but it would not be until after her sad death from cancer that she would become world known. She spent years singing in pubs and recording backing vocals for more established singers and finally one of the producers at a studio she had sang at recognised what an amazing voice she had and would record heart every available opportunity. Eva made her first album in 1996, title The Other Side' but it would not become known publicly and outside of her community until after her death. Due to the amount of song she had recorder in the studio further albums have been made using these recordings and this one I am reviewing is called Songbird.
This album has been made up using song which have already been released on albums including, The Other Side, Live at the Blues Alley and Eva by Heart. The track on Songbird include:-
Fields of Gold Wade in the Water Autumn Leaves Wayfaring Stranger Songbird Time is a Healer I Know you by Heart People Get Ready Oh, Had I a Golden Thread Over the Rainbow
All of the songs are from a mixture of ballads to swing sounding tracks and even a gospel sounding song which features the use of a church organ. The mix is great and I do not feel like any of the tracks seem out of place on this album. I like the fact that this album is not just full of ballads but also shows the range of Eva's talent and vocal ability with the different mix and tempo songs.
I have to admit that there is a few songs on here which I had never heard before listening to them from here but now I have heard them several times they really are growing on me. I was never really a big fan of Eva Cassidy as I had never really taken the time to listen to her before buying this but I am so glad I have listened to this as I do like her voice and style.
My personal favourite has to be Over the Rainbow as she sings this with such emotion and her wonderful voice just seems to make the song sound magical. I have to admit I do try to sing along with all the songs, albeit not very well, but I definitely sing this one at the top of my voice and my boys think I am crazy!
It is such a shame that Eva passed away to cancer before she found out how big and successful she had become but I think her parents should definitely be proud of her. She definitely does have the voice of an angel in my ears.
I paid just under £5 for this from Amazon so do shop around as I have seen this still over £10 in certain shops.
This CD was made in 1998 by Blix Street Records.
I recommend this CD to all fans of Eva or people who enjoy nice easy listening music.
Advantages: Slow, soulful, chilled, sublime, beautiful... the list goes on! Disadvantages: For me?.... None!
EvaCassidy ~ "Songbird" £8.99 on Amazon and via iTunes
Used versions of the album can be purchased for less.
I swore to myself about a month ago that I wouldn't review this album, as I had read a review on it on Ciao that I felt I possibly couldn't better, but it is truly a great album that never fails to move me ... not too far, just a couple of feet across the room as if by magic. I haven't trawled back through my "Exceptional" ratings to see who wrote the review and what their comments were, as it would not - in my opinion - allow me to write a review based purely upon my thoughts and feelings if I re-read the piece at this stage. Anyway I thought, it's not about "bettering" someone else's review but more adding additional weight to existing views, which will allow potential consumers to make a more balanced buying decision ...
Advantages: an angels voice, good gospel and jazzy thread to the songs, good feel, emotionful music Disadvantages: not enough songs would be my only complaint
Now I am not too good at writing reviews on albums and musicians, so I tend to avoid doing so. However I HAD to share this one with you, my dearest fellow consumers! This is Songbird, by EvaCassidy, which recently stormed the UK album charts to take the Number 1 spot, and quite deservedly so!
Songbird is almost a greatest hits album as it compiles songs of 3 other CDs Eva had recorded before her death in November 1996 from melanoma. Painfully shy as a singer and public performer, friends and family’s encouragement to take her singing any further than local clubs brought her to the attention of the area where she lived (in D.C., USA) and, after her death, the rest of the world. I listen to a wide variety of music but I have never heard such a beautifully rich, effortless and flawless voice! She is a very soulful singer singing ...
Advantages: This will sort your head out. Just listen. Disadvantages: Sadly Eva wont be recording anymore
, but didnt do it for fame, just simply, because she liked to. It was her freinds who talked her into singing in small clubs and pubs in the Washington area. Rumours have it that she was so quite and timid that she wouldnt lift her head at all when performing to look at the audience. She would just sing.
Just as she was enevitably going to become succesfull, after recording this Album, she was diagnosed with Cancer, and after a short period of time, sadly died. Around the Washington area, she was becoming a house hold name. Thus propeling "songbird", into most local homes.
As for England, it was only after the video was shown on T.O.T.P.2, that people bought the Album, (including myself). H.M.V. and Virgin stores were constantly being asked for anything to do with EvaCassidy. Songbird, eventually made it to number one, and the song that ...
Product Information for "Songbird - Eva Cassidy" »
Product details
Title
Songbird
Performer
Eva Cassidy
Genre
Easy Listening
Release Date
29/08/2006
Recomended Retail Price
12.99 GBP
Label / Distributor
Blix Street / ADA/Cinram Logistics
Pieces in Set
1
Studio / Live
Studio
Format
Performer
EAN
739341014529
Catalogue Number
G 210145
Additional notes
Album Notes
Posthumously-released album by the Washington DC based vocalist who died of cancer in 1996 aged just 33. 'Songbird' combines tracks from the albums 'Live At Blues Alley', 'Eva By Heart' and 'The Other Side', her collaboration with the 'Godfather Of Go-Go', Chuck Brown. The album features her acclaimed cover of Sting's 'Fields Of Gold'.
Titles on disc 1
1.
Fields Of Gold
2.
Wade In The Water
3.
Autumn Leaves
4.
Wayfaring Stranger
5.
Songbird
6.
Time Is A Healer
7.
I Know You By Heart
8.
People Get Ready
9.
Oh Had I A Golden Thread
10.
Over The Rainbow
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