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Eva Cassidy: Songbird

Eva Cassidy: Songbird Paperback - 2003

by Byrd, Elana Rhodes

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The stirring, full-color oral biography of the singer whose pure, haunting voice came to be loved by millions around the world after her tragically brief life.

Eva Cassidy's albums Songbird, Live at Blues Alley, Eva By Heart, Time After Time, and Imagine have sold over a million and a half copies in the U.S. and millions more worldwide. Her songs have been heard on many television shows and film soundtracks, and the video of her classic performance of "Over the Rainbow" is the most requested in BBC history. Yet she lived to see only one of her solo albums released, a CD she underwrote herself and sold from the trunk of her car before her tragic death.

Capturing Eva's essence and tender life story, Eva Cassidy: Songbird collects the intimate memories of relatives, close friends, and the musicians who collaborated with her. The book tells the story of her too-brief life and enduring music. Featuring candid full-color photos and reproductions of Eva's original artwork, a vivid portrait emerges of a woman who devoted her energies to the things she truly loved-giving encouragement to those around her, tending to plants at the nursery where she worked, and performing her music at clubs in Washington, D.C. She succumbed to cancer at age thirty-three just as the world was starting to notice her arresting voice.

Eva Cassidy's music continues to grow in recognition from critics and legions of fans throughout the world. The rock icon Sting has said her voice possesses "a magical quality. People respond to its purity. It suggests something ethereal-something unattainable." This American edition contains two new chapters about her influences and her posthumous success in her native country. With the publication of Eva Cassidy: Songbird, the woman behind the unforgettable voice will at last be known.

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  • Title Eva Cassidy: Songbird
  • Author Byrd, Elana Rhodes
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1st ed
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 176
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Gotham Books, NY
  • Date September 25, 2003
  • Bookseller's Inventory # GOR006105396
  • ISBN 9781592400355 / 1592400353
  • Weight 0.94 lbs (0.43 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.08 x 7.59 x 0.42 in (23.06 x 19.28 x 1.07 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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There is something about her voice-a quality that you can't really put into words. It's a magical quality. (Sting)I believe she will go on to become one of the all-time greats. (Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac)A voice so pure, so strong, so passionate... should have found a home just about anywhere. (Richard Harrington, The Washington Post)She possessed a silken soprano voice with a wide and seemingly effortless range, unerring pitch and a gift for phrasing that at times was heart-stoppingly eloquent. (Alex Ward, The New York Times)