Eva Cassidy - Songbird
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Free Music Review: excellent
Hit: 5 Stars
apparently, the good do die young....it's a shame she's gone, because eva was full of emotion, with great lungs and tune to boot.Free Music Review: Songbird Rules!!!!!
Hit: 5 Stars
Eva Cassidy was the best singer EVER!!! This is my favorite CD. In my opinion, "Fields of Gold," "Wade in the Water", and "Songbird" are the best songs on this CD. Buy all of her CDs, it's worth it!!!!!!! Free Music Review: Nice Sampler...
Hit: 4 Stars
Very enjoyable collection--all the songs are classics and Eva's twist on them is not contrived. Eva has a pure, measured approach to her singing. To me, she's like a toned-down Christina Aguilerra with a hint of Janis Joplin.
Oh, my first song heard by Eva? -- A version of "Who Knows Where the Time Goes". My favourite Eva-performed song? -- "At Last". I can't seem to find either of these on any of the CDs that Amazon stocks.
Somewhere in heaven Nick Drake is singing a duet with Sandy Denny with Eva singing backup.
Free Music Review: But beautiful
Hit: 5 Stars
I was encouraged to listen to this CD by a friend who owned the vinyl and later the CD versions of this CD.
Eventually I did listen.... and now I find I cannot stop listening.
What talent! Her voice alone is worth every penny spent on this cd. But her arrangements and instrumentation have left me wishing this wonderful singer could still be alive today.
I could go on and on raving about her. Instead I strongly urge anybody who likes beautiful music and a wonderful voice to purchase this Cd.
It would be well worth your while.
Free Music Review: Not What I Expected
Hit: 3 Stars
After mostly glowing reviews I really expected something very different and better. There are times when it seems that Eva has the voice of an angel; other times she seems to sound more like a screeching banshee. Well maybe not that bad, but I agree with many reviewers that she can't hit the high notes very well. This is very evident in "Time is a Healer" and "Oh, Had I a Golden Thread" which are terrible at certain points. "Fields of Gold" is excellent; "Wade in the Water" is good too. For the most part her voice is crystal clear with no hesitation or wavering; very smooth and soothing, until she tries to hit those high notes. "Over the Rainbow" is not bad, but is sung a bit too slow, so it doesn't sound quite "right". There have been several better renditions than the original Garland version; believe it or not Tom T. Hall does it better than Eva. (I am not kidding.) Autumn Leaves is beautifully done, but again a little slower than I like to hear it. The remaining songs on the album are not bad, but nothing overly memorable. I think Eva could have been so much better; perhaps there are better albums she has done. This is my first one. Another thing that I didn't like too much is that she can be singing very, very softly one minute and then suddenly get really loud. A better selection of songs might have helped, as would some coaching on her technique. Sometimes her lovely voice would almost make me shiver with the absolute beauty of it; other times I would almost cringe. Sad she was taken from us so young before she had time to develop. Had she learned how to either avoid or hit the high notes and changed her technique a little, she would have been impossible to beat. I'll keep the album; it has some moments that are just beautiful and wonderful. Before you buy, you might want to listen to the whole album. You may really love it...or not.