Eva Cassidy - Somewhere Over the Rainbow(Video)

http://www.angelfire.com/ak2/intelligencerreport/cassidy_rainbow.html ^

[navysealdad]

In the end, it was "Over the Rainbow" that made Eva Cassidy a star, but it didn't happen until five years after her death in 1993.

[nuconvert]

There are so many wonderful songs on her “Songbird” album. I’ve recommend it to people & bought it as gifts for yrs.

[SeekAndFind]

Like Vincent Van Gogh, the world did not appreciate or discover Eva Cassidy’s music until she died ( too young ).

Her version of SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW is one for the ages. I thought nobody could do better than Judy Garland until I heard her haunting version.

[cubreporter]

Songbird is absolutely beautiful. So tragic she passed at such a young age. A talent lost (almost) as we DO have her Songbird Album.

[Hildy]

ME TOO!! Love that album..first heard of her when Kristi Yamaguchi used her version of FIELDS OF GOLD in some ice dancing exhibition and fell in love with it. Then I heard her story...Taken too young...

[isthisnickcool]

Been a big fan of hers for years and I have turned on a LOT of people to this amazing woman who died way too young.

[CARTOUCHE]

Thank you for sharing this. I had never heard of Eva Cassidy until this evening. I will remember her beauty for
months and years to come.

[CARTOUCHE]

Thank you for sharing this. I had never heard of Eva Cassidy until this evening. I will remember her beauty for
months and years to come.

[nuconvert]

Her “Fields of Gold” is wonderful.

And I can’t listen to “I know you by Heart” without tears in my eyes.

[isthisnickcool]

Check her out singing fields of gold time after time. This amazing woman could sing the phone book....

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=eva+cassidy&search_type=&aq=f

[newfreep]

Eva Cassidy was a wonderful singer who was taken too early. "Songbird" is a great starter album - more a "Greatest Hits" collection. The Steve Hoffman mastered LP version offers the highest sonic quality.

However, her masterpiece album was "Live at Blues Alley"...and VERY HIGHLY recommended! A superb version of "Fields of Gold", "Stormy Monday" & an absolute treasure in "Tall Trees in Georgia"...and so many more!

[pgkdan]

Me too!!! what a beautiful voice she had. She died too.tooyoung.

[Hildy]

See my post #5....weirdly similar!

[steelyourfaith]

Thank you. I had not heard of her before. Beautifully done rendition.

[Bratch]

The first time I heard her sing "Time After Time" was on the Smallville soundtrack. Great stuff.

[nuconvert]

YouTube has several of her Blues Alley performances

[Randy Larsen]

Thanks for the tip!

I found a bunch of her tunes and will play them this weekend on the Music Canteen for the troops!

Simply BEAUTIFUL!

Randy

[higgmeister]

...that made Eva Cassidy a star...???

[steelyourfaith]

Another wonderful version of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" by Hawaiʻian musician Israel Kamakawiwo'Ole who also, sadly, left us in his 30s.

[FelixFelicis]

Eva’s “Fields of Gold” cover blows the original away. Sting who?