Tag: Songbird

June 2024, Tony Bramwell, one the most important people behind the success of Eva Cassidy’s Songbird album died. Tony’s last post on X (@BeatlesFriend) was not about the Beatles but about Eva Cassidy’s last gig at Jillian’s Sports Bar in Annapolis: ‘When Eva’s final notes evaporated the barman sighed and …

Following the release of Eva Cassidy’s posthumous album Songbird, British music critics outdid each other in superlatives: “Her approach is subtle, but intense at the same time. Her voice is almost superhuman, seemingly descended from a higher place.” “Eva Cassidy is able to bend her notes with a sculptor’s care. …

Eva Cassidy’s success in the UK started when Terry Wogan played songs from her album Songbird on his BBC radio 2 breakfast show in the summer of 1998. Top record promotor Tony Bramwell had given up his retirement to make sure that the Songbird album would get the attention it …