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| Artist: Eva Cassidy
Label: Blix Street
Category: Music
List Price: £16.99
Buy New: £8.98
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 234
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 739341019029
EAN: 0739341019029
ASIN: B001C412JQ
Release Date: August 25, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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| Tracks:
| • | Coat of Many Colours | | • | My Love Is Like A Red Red Rose | | • | Ain't Doin' Too Bad | | • | Chain of Fools | | • | Won't Be Long | | • | Walkin After Midnight | | • | Early One Morning | | • | A Bold Young Farmer | | • | If I Give My Heart | | • | Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain | | • | Summertime | | • | Somewhere |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Ten years after the release of Songbird, an album that has since gone platinum, this new Eva Cassidy collection brings together yet more magical moments from one of America's most lauded singer-songwriter legends. Embracing Cassidy's usual kaleidoscope of styles--from country and folk to Appalachian and Celtic--Somewhere is a set of covers that reminds us of the singer's consummate musicality and all-encompassing vocal skills. Opening with an acoustic version of Dolly Parton's "Coat of Many Colors", the album flows mellifluously through a series of wonderful tunes: a re-arrangement of "My Love is Like a Red Red Rose" (by Robert Burns); a previously unreleased (and studio-enhanced) live version of the bluesy "Ain't Doin' Too Bad"; a take on Aretha Franklin's deeply soulful "Chain of Fools"; and versions of classic country tunes like "Walkin' After Midnight" and "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain". The overall mood fluctuates between hushed intimacy and summery exuberance. Of special mention are the final two songs, a gorgeous acoustic arrangement of Gershwin's "Summertime", and the soaring title track, which carries the listener off towards the horizon in true Cassidy style. --Danny McKenna
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 An American Master Crosses All Musical Boundaries August 28, 2008
S. Peterkin (Lilburn, GA USA)
36 out of 37 found this review helpful
As a long time Eva Cassidy fan this album caught me off guard. It is not the smooth flowing series of ballads one would expect from this singer yet in many ways it just could be something better! The album is a direct response to recording companies who originally tried to limit Eva to one type of music. Eva had the ability to master Standards, Country, R&B and Folk and herein lies the proof.
Fans of Eva's cover of "Fields Of Gold" will be quick to internalize the heartbreak in "A Bold Young Farmer", sung with trademark vocals which attack the nervous system faster than any virus known to man. Another folk selection, "Red Red Rose", is a close second in this emotional breakdown category because it is sung more true to it's origin as a Burns poem than as a bold ballad. This rose is a true love letter sung as if written on parchment.
The award winning album, Live At Blues Alley, might have been even better had it included two songs from this new album. "Ain't Doin' Too Bad" retains her vocals from the historic Jan 3, 1996 appearance while also adding a new backing by original band members plus a horn section. If you ever wondered what Eva would have sounded like accompanied by the full complement of musicians she deserved this is the answer. Fans of the band will applaud the piano introduction by Lenny Williams, Keith Grimes's guitar solo and Raice McLeod's "made to order" drums. Chris Biondo, Eva's long time producer and band member (bass), is superb in his producing of this track.
Eva's country music fans will immediately notice the Dolly Parton song, "Coat Of Many Colors", and an americana version of Don Hecht's "Walkin' After Midnight". In both songs, Keith Grimes offers sublime support on guitar.
Eva sings without the safety net of her regular band in "Early One Morning". The album liner notes contain a photo of Eva's handwritten lyrics offering the first of two songs that indicate her skills progressed far beyond interpretation. Dobro and slide guitar work by Rob Cooper are perfect complements to Eva's vocals.
Reinventing American Popular Song Standards was one of Eva's most unusual skills. Those who applaud her treatment of Irving Berlin's "Cheek To Cheek" on the Blues Alley release will quickly agree that she has pulled another musical rabbit out of a tophat with her version of the Gershwins "Summertime". This take is one that sits so easily under a shade tree that you will spend hours trying to think of similar versions. Don't waste your energy. Eva's folk based interpretation is a true original.
Any discussion of Eva's potential as a songwriter is now closed with the addition of the recording's title song, "Somewhere". Co-written with Chris Biondo (music), Eva's lyrics are far from casual and suggest a longing for love that may also apply to her need to create music..."and I like an arrow straight for love I went again". Fans of Eva Cassidy will only understand her full creative force when they hear this song complete with her own multi-voice background vocals, dynamics that change within verse, and phrasing that always finds the maximum emotion. To borrow from the lyrics, "for a moment or for a lifetime" this is Eva Cassidy.
absolutely incredible!! where did they find this stuff???? August 27, 2008
Mr. S. D. Utting (Colchester)
14 out of 15 found this review helpful
This is an incredible album, I've only had it a few days but it's already one of my absolute favourites. I can't believe these tracks haven't been released before, they are so good! It's also extremely varied, more so than any previous Eva album. Bold Young Farmer and Red Red Rose are just about equal to anything on Songbird and Won't Be Long gives anything on Live At Blues Alley a run for its money. The songs which feature new instrument recordings are also great, especially Chain of Fools which sounds seriously funky and up-to-date. My favourite track has to be Somewhere which finishes the album, it's like nothing I've ever heard before, very powerful and moving. I would strongly recommend this album to all Eva Cassidy fans, enjoy!
YAW DROPPING! August 27, 2008
jazzy jeffrey (Blackburn, UK)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
Is there nothing Eva Cassidy can't sing? I don't think I've heard such a complete vocal masterclass in one album before, simply breathtaking. Anyone into music will LOVE this album.
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