The amazing voice of Eva Cassidy

How wonderful that we have the opportunity to make new discoveries of musicians, artists and writers any time of our life. I can't think how it is that I've never heard of Eva Cassidy before.  My painting instructor played a CD of her songs yesterday and I was blown away by her amazing voice and delivery.

Eva was a shy young woman who never gained the fame she deserved and sadly she died of cancer in 1996 at age 33.

Just listen to this song and I bet, like me, you'll run to the nearest source to get some of her music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGwDYBWEDSc

Here's a brief excerpt from Wikipedia. If you click on the blue song titles you can see videos of the songs:

Eva Cassidy

Vocalist

Eva Marie Cassidy was an American vocalist and guitarist known for her interpretations of jazz, blues, folk, gospel, country and pop classics. Wikipedia

Born: February 2, 1963, Washington, D.C. Died: November 2, 1996, Bowie Last album: Simply Eva Music group: Method Actor

Songs

Fields of Gold	1997	Live at Blues Alley
Songbird	1997	Eva by Heart
Somewhere Over the Rainbow	2001	Now That's What I Call Music! Vol 48
Time After Time	2000	Time After Time
Autumn Leaves	1997	Live at Blues Alley
Over the Rainbow	1998	Songbird
What a Wonderful World	1997	Live at Blues Alley
At Last	2000	Time After Time
Wade in the Water	1997	Eva by Heart
Danny Boy	2002	Imagine
True Colors	2003	American Tune
Imagine	2002	Imagine
Ain't No Sunshine	2000	Time After Time
The Water Is Wide	2003	American Tune
Kathy's Song	2000	Time After Time