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List Price: $16.98 | | Label: Blix Street
Salesrank: 414
Released: May 19, 1998 |
| Our Price: $11.85 |
| Used Price: $5.67 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Songbird Track Listing:
1. Fields of Gold
2. Wade in the Water
3. Autumn Leaves
4. Wayfaring Stranger
5. Songbird
6. Time Is a Healer
7. I Know You By Heart
8. People Get Ready
9. Oh, Had I a Golden Thread
10. Over the Rainbow
Editorial Review:
Songbird is a posthumous anthology culled from the album Live At Blues Alley and her other solo release, Eva By Heart, along with one track from her 1992 duet album with Chuck Brown titled The Other Side. Blix label.
Description of Songbird:
Songbird cherry-picks tracks from the three locally released albums of Eva Cassidy, whose hauntingly beautiful vocals went virtually unheard outside her native Washington, D.C., during her short 33 years with us. Lost to melanoma in 1996, Cassidy sang with an unaffected purity and an astonishing ability to make both classic and contemporary songs sound like they were written just for her. Sting's "Fields of Gold" finally lives up to its title through the alchemy of Cassidy's transcendent rendition, while other tracks on this anthology showcase her ease in the realms of pop (Christine McVie's "Songbird"), soul ("People Get Ready"), gospel ("Wade on the Water"), and traditional standards ("Autumn Leaves" and "Over the Rainbow"). Framed by understated jazz and pop arrangements, Cassidy's clear, soulful voice and exquisite phrasing make her that rarest of vocalists whose interpretations are a complement to any song. A fine introduction to a true talent. --Billy Grenier
Songbird Reviews:
Songbird by Eva Cassidy 
2009-11-15 - Very easy ordering process. Received product on time and in excellent condition. Always a pleasure doing business with Amazon.
Songbird
2009-11-14 - I'm really satisfied with the CD " Songbird " I received it in just a couple of days..it's flawless. I thank you for wonderful customer service and I will continue to use Amazon.com in the future.
Best Album Overall
2009-10-29 - I don't buy a lot of music. But songs of Eva Cassidy always make me fill good and relaxed.
Her music and voice brings together unbelievable charm. It's not your average songs. They bring best in you and at the same time keep you going next day; day after day.
This especially true for this album. It's name should be " Best of Eva Cassidy". That's how good this album is.
Only God Could Create this Voice
2009-08-29 - Eva, you were truly an angel sent by God. You bring tears to me when I hear you sing some songs. Like no other, Eva's voice has touched my heart.
Beautiful beyond words.....
Eva Cassidy, Songbird
2009-07-30 - This is one of the best albums I have ever heard. Eva has a delightful way of enhancing her performance through voice and instuments that bring out the full meaning of the piece she is performing. I feel very lucky indeed that these recordings were made before her untimely passing.
