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We remember Eva Cassidy (2 February 1963 – 2 November 1996). She died 25 years ago. ‘Songbirds keep singing’

Pawel Kaminski is an artist who transforms images of famous stars like Leonard Cohen, John Lennon and James Brown into works of art. He decided to add a picture of Eva Cassidy and he must have checked our website. The photograph he found was not Eva Cassidy, though, but Dutch …

2-2-2015: Fan Club Evening in Hilversum! Eva Cassidy’s music will come alive during an impressive show of Jerney Kate and her band during this start evening. Their repertoire is as varied as Eva Cassidy’s was: from refined folk songs like ‘Autumn Leaves’ to the solid Rhythm and blues of ‘Take …

Singer and actress Bette Midler wrote on her FB-page: “The Autumn leaves, drift by my window, The Autumn leaves of red and gold” Get out your old Eva Cassidy record now! 

E.L.James, the successful author of the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy is a huge Eva Cassidy fan. It was a surprise though, that she wrote on her popular Twitter account: ‘You should read Behind the Rainbow, the tragic life of Eva Cassidy (Omnibus Press).’ Thank you Ms James!

Amanda Seyfried has revealed that playing Eva Cassidy would be her dream role. The Lovelace star said portraying the late Songbird songstress on screen would be top of her list: ‘I’d like to play Eva Cassidy,’ she said. The 27-year-old admitted she would be ready to tune up again after …

Fresh talk show host Humberto Tan: Eva Cassidy’s story inspires me. ‘Eva Cassidy was a singer who became famous only years after she died. Why? If you hear her sing, you are stunned by her talent, but Eva Cassidy had one problem: fear of performing. She struggled her entire life …

Eva Cassidy’s ‘Live at Fleetwood’s’ recording being entered into the Rock Hall of Fame museum in Cleveland, Ohio.

Eva Cassidy: Timeless Voice (1 x 60′) – A documentary about singer Eva Cassidy that charts her discovery and posthumous rise to international fame. Eva Cassidy has sold 10 million records worldwide yet she died, in 1996, not knowing her voice would go on to cause a phenomenon in the …

VPRO’s Vrije Geluiden (Dutch national television) paid tribute to Eva Cassidy because of Eva’s 50th birthday: Sunday Febr. 3rd 10.30 Ned. 1. Margriet Sjoerdsma, Cord Heineking , Arie Storm and Dan Cassidy sang and played Eva songs In the Early Morning Rain and Wade in the Water. (Picture Cindy Heijnen)

VPRO´s Vrije Geluiden (Dutch national television) will pay tribute to Eva Cassidy because of Eva’s 50th birthday: Sunday Febr. 3rd 10.30 Ned. 1. Margriet Sjoerdsma and Dan Cassidy will sing and play some Eva songs.

Margriet Sjoerdsma, Arie Storm and Dan Cassidy played some Eva songs live in the radio 1 studio on Friday December 7th. Tijs van den Brink talked with Johan Bakker and Dan Cassidy about the short life of Eva Cassidy in late night talk show ‘Met het oog op morgen’.

Book launch Selexyz / Scheltema book store. Koningsplein 20, Amsterdam, December 8, 1:30PM. With Margriet Sjoerdsma, Dan Cassidy and Leo Blokhuis 

Johan Bakker talked about his book with his old radio hero Felix Meurders http://degidsfm.vara.nl/Fragmenten-detail.9963.0.html?&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=74488&cHash=47bdfb9715accadb5da40f6438ccf982

They sure don’t make them like this anymore. This album is all about beautiful music and pure singing talent, with no frills, bells or whistles!  I find very little fault in this album: from the choice of songs to the way they are covered makes for a great album. It …

Click on ‘View All’ to order the Dutch edition You can order the Dutch edition of the Eva Cassidy biography here: http://www.soemer.nl/eva-cassidy-de-biografie.html  

“Celebrating Life, Remembering Eva Cassidy” at 54 Below  Broadwaystar Eden Espinosa will be performing at New York’s 54 Below cabaret on September 10th and 17th, paying tribute to Eva Cassidy.

Tonight on Acorn TV, we are doing a Special Tribute Webcast dedicated to Eva Cassidy.  Her parents are participating and we have a few others who knew Eva lined up too.  We hope that you will all join us and participate in the show… we will be taking live calls …

Watch the summary of the Award Ceremony! You can watch here the thrilling summary of the Award Ceremony of The People´s Book Prize at Stationers Hall, May 30th 2012.

Listen to the interview that Jellie Brouwer had with Johan Bakker http://www.radio1.nl/items/56595-de-cultuurzomer-jellie-brouwer

Omnibus Press editor Chris Charlesworth presented the People’s Book Prize Award to Johan Bakker 

Chuck Brown 1936 – 2012

Performance of Margriet Sjoerdsma at booklaunch Behind the Rainbow’. Selexyz/Donner Rotterdam March 24th 2012: Early Morning Rain http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_tHpFtfFkc

Saturday March 24th, 3 pm: Dutch Book launch Behind the Rainbow at Selexyz Donner, Lijnbaan 150, Rotterdam. Readings (Johan Bakker) and Eva songs (Margriet Sjoerdsma, Andreas Suntrop & Rein Godefroy).

The biography is prominently displayed in London bookstores! 

Behind The Rainbow: The Story of Eva Cassidy by @JohanBakker14 will be available tomorrow from @OmnibusPress – #pickitup for a good read!

Eva Cassidy Sings – DVDBlix Street Records By Johan Bakker Eva Cassidy demanded a lot from herself and she refused a recordcontract with Blue Note. Recordings that she made, circulated in small circles after her death. The way in which she made well-known songs her own, drew the attention, though. …

Eva Cassidy – Imagine Blix Street Records By Johan Bakker April last year Eva Cassidy surprised with the cd Songbird. The American singer who died some years before, left several music tapes, which comforted her relatives and friends after this tragic event. Eva, who shunned publicity, had shown her musical …