If you don’t know Eva Cassidy, you should. Sadly, she is much better known now than when she was alive. She left us in 1996 from malignant melanoma.
Had she been able to stay with us, I’m sure she would have been as well known as Nora Jones or, perhaps, even bigger. She had a unique way with a song. Her “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” is so different from the Judy Garland version, you feel you are hearing a different song or a new song for the first time. Her recording of “Autumn Leaves” is amazingly beautiful. She really presents the songs with not just emotion, but obvious thought, behind them. All sung in her uniquely beautiful voice and arranged to suit it. Her last public performance was Louis Armstrong’s “What a Wonderful World”.
I was listening to her again earlier today and thought I would share a couple of videos from Youtube. Lots more video on YouTube of Eva’s performances. For more information about her, you can go to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Cassidy
Lost in the 21st Century 