EVA CASSIDY
Genres: Vocal Jazz, Pop, Art Song, Folk • United States

Eva Cassidy (born February 2nd, 1963, in Washington, DC - died November 2nd, 1996, in Bowie, Maryland) was an American singer-songwriter. She died of melanoma aged only 33. from discogs Folk/soul/blues singer with a crystalline, tremendously powerful soprano voice, sadly only garnered huge following after tragic early death. The heart-tugging story of Eva Cassidy reads almost like the plot of a "Movie of the Week" tearjerker. A native of the Washington, D.C., area, the painfully shy Cassidy earned a local reputation as a masterful interpreter of standards from virtually any genre, blessed with technical agility and a searching passion that cut straight to the emotional core of her material. Despite the evocative instrument that was Cassidy's voice, record companies shied away from her, unsure of how to market her eclectic repertoire; for her part, Cassidy adamantly refused to allow herself to be pigeonholed, prizing the music above any potential fame. In 1996, just when read more...