Eva Cassidy - Time After Time

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Free Music Review: The Legend Grows
Hit: 5 Stars

Eva Cassidy has the most compelling voice in "popular" music even though, tragically, she has been dead for almost 4 years.

This is an obvious "must buy" for those of us who know her music. You will not be disappointed at all in these 12 new offerings, pulled from her archives, some reworked and filled out to show off her awesome talent at its finest. If you have never heard her this is a good introduction because of the inclusion of several "pop/rock" titles that are more easily recognized than much of Eva's music. Regardless, her music cannot be recommended highly enough. With each release of posthumous material, Eva Cassidy's legend as one of the greatest singers of all time continues to grow.

Eva's music once again defies categorization into a neat, tidy, marketable "style" that makes it easy to sell millions of CDs to the general public. Pop standards, ballads, blues, folk, rock and gospel are all include in this release. The common thread, or style, in her music has been and always will be her incredible ability to communicate volumes of emotion and feeling in the simplest and briefest of songs with her amazingly expressive, beautifully haunting voice. Eva could have sung the Yellow Pages with just her guitar accompanying her and made it an unforgettable experience. Every tune sounds like she is singing to only one person, opening her soul and letting you look inside at her deepest feelings.

The title cut, a Cyndi Lauper hit from the 80's, much like her version of "Fields of Gold", has been masterfully transformed into Eva's song, totally reworked from the original, and much more powerful and soul searching. The same can be said for "Kathy's Song" by Paul Simon, "Ain't No Sunshine" by Bill Withers and "Woodstock" by Joni Mitchell(most notably performed by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young). All were powerful, beautiful songs when they were on the pop charts, but Eva took them to a new level, pouring her heart and soul into a most personal version of each tune.

"At Last", an old standard, shows us a sultry, smokey Eva, effortlessly singing in a bluesy, soulful style about finally getting her man, but tinged with a bittersweet melancholy that often is found in her ballads, as if she knows that one little victory in life doesn't necessarily erase the pain of past lost loves.

"Penny To My Name" has a country-tinged flavor, the sweet and poignant story of a young girl forced to grow up way too early and wondering "what if...?". "I Wish I Was A Single Girl Again" has a similar theme, but is done in a delta blues style, just Eva and her guitar.

"Easy Street Dream" carries the blues theme along, Eva really opening up and exercising her voice, wailing, shouting, screaming, like only she can.

"Anniversary Song" is another "production number", beautifully utilizing a string quintet , that is going to be played at many, many weddings and anniversary celebrations. This is Eva at her balladic best, "just you and me", making you smile and cry in the same phrase, her warm, tender voice wrapping itself around every note.

My only complaint is that most of the songs are too short! Each song ends with you wishing there were two or three more verses for her to sing. An outstanding CD by an incredible artist.

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