YouTube features a fascinating mini-documentary (or let’s say a podcast with pictures) on Eva Cassidy’s Live At Blues Alley. The recording for this album was hindered by technical setbacks. Consequently, Eva Cassidy initially did not want the album to be released at all. The live album released in 1996 features …
Tag: Eva Cassidy
01
Nov
2023
‘Eva Cassidy was fearless but she didn’t want to play the game’
Twenty-seven years ago, singer Eva Cassidy (2 February 1963 – 2 November 1996) died. She only became famous after her death, but if it had been up to Mick Fleetwood (1947) that would have happened much earlier. In the 1990s, the Fleetwood Mac drummer owned music club Fleetwood’s in Alexandria, …
02
Oct
2023
The comfort of ‘Autumn Leaves’
In October and November many people find comfort in Eva Cassidy’s beautiful rendition of ‘Autumn Leaves.’ When the days got shorter Eva used to tell her mother: “I can’t really enjoy fall, as beautiful as it is, because I know winter is coming.” Eva performed ‘Autumn Leaves’ on her own, …
