As you may have seen from my various threads today, I'm in a decidely non-Prince mood.

What's the best introduction to Eva Cassidy? I know almost nothing about her, other than that she died young and had a beautiful voice (and has nothing on iTunes).

I only heard a few songs of her , her cover version of Time After Time is amazing

where to start first? how about, "who is she"?

booyah said:

Definitely the first album you should pick up is Songbird, which is essentially a compilation of 3 of her other albums that were locally released (before she died I think).. Doesn't have Time After Time on there, but you get Songbird, Fields Of Gold, Over The Rainbow which are the key Eva Cassidy tracks.

So basically she recorded great cover versions? Did she write any original material?

Yes

Yes to which?

blanket said:

oh my goodness...THAT VOICE...it is so clear and resonant...the 1st time I heard Songbird I swear the ghost of her voice haunted me for 3 days straight:-o

booyah said:

I think she only wrote a few songs ;

http://en.wikipedia.org/w...va_Cassidy

Just trying out Songbird now - she does have an amzing voice. Good call, blanket!

booyah said:

why thankyou