Eva Cassidy - Early Morning Rain

The new orchestral Eva Cassidy album I CAN ONLY BE ME is released 3rd March 2023 evacassidy.lnk.to/ICanOnlyBeMe

[@moonshadow3946]

Eva Cassidy has the most beautiful and captivating voice that I have ever heard. Her interpretation of various songs was both phenomenal and beautiful. She left us far too soon. Thank you to Eva's parents who have been kind enough to share her music and her beautiful voice with us.❤️💐⭐

[@angyt1070]

Agreed❤

[@stevestoecklein8806]

This is one of the greatest songs that Lightfoot ever crafted, and he did so many, I am discovering Eva Cassidy for the first time and I am absolutely floored that it took me over 20 years from her passing to discover her, I will cherish her body of work from this day until my days end, a true moment of enlightenment and clarity and thanks to my wife Donna

[@terrymahlon5091]

Some of her covers are better than the originals ! Check out guess it doesn’t matter anymore.

[@PKLindsey]

I totally agree! I discovered Eva’s work a few years ago. I never cease to be amazed at her mastery of her voice and guitar! Finding a new dong of hers is like Christmas morning every time ♥️

[@PKLindsey]

I totally agree! I discovered Eva’s work a few years ago. I never cease to be amazed at her mastery of her voice and guitar! Finding a new dong of hers is like Christmas morning every time ♥️

[@PKLindsey]

I totally agree! I discovered Eva’s work a few years ago. I never cease to be amazed at her mastery of her voice and guitar! Finding a new dong of hers is like Christmas morning every time ♥️

[@PKLindsey]

I totally agree! I discovered Eva’s work a few years ago. I never cease to be amazed at her mastery of her voice and guitar! Finding a new dong of hers is like Christmas morning every time ♥️

[@jwalker5335]

I discovered Eva Cassidy quite a few years ago. What a tragedy that such a talent was ended at such a young age. In my opinion, her voice is so beautiful and almost magical....

[@jeffsilverman6104]

If there was ever anything sweeter than the sound of Eva Cassidy's voice, God kept it for himself.

[@petestronach4949]

jeff silverman what a great sentence.

[@yifanwang7136]

What a beautiful way to put it

[@herimminencethesupremeoneg2523]

There is no "himself," in speaks of GOD. I have never been selfish to keep sweeter things for MYSELF.

[@philipevans1897]

Amen! I'm crying and loving every minute of it.

[@t.l.duncan1021]

amen

[@nikkip6627]

From beyond the grave…your beautiful singing will carry us to better places, over and over again…thank you Eva

[@marikesl]

R.I.P. Eva Cassidy and Gordon Lightfoot!😢🙏

[@ianbennett1491]

😢😢😢.So sad.

[@235buz]

I believe she's one of the most precious souls to ever walk the Earth! I truly believe that!

[@mstyblu2]

I agree Buz!

[@DiscoScottie]

She's THEE most precious soul to ever walk the Earth.😊

[@tryloveydontya]

absolutely!

[@theID2]

LMAO!

[@denniswarren3211]

I didn't know her but her music makes us all better for the experience.

[@bradmcneil4336]

I've talked to Gordon Lightfoot about Eva's version; His words, " I think it's the best interpretation I've heard. 2012

[@sereanaduwai8313]

Eva sang without any effort and her guitar playing was absolutely unbelievable it was that simple. Always will be missed.

[@catherinelynnfraser2001]

She always translated beautifully and with her heart

[@DOYOULOVETROUBLE]

Comparisons are meaningless when you're listening to a beautiful voice and soul. Music is about feelings.

[@lozzabool]

It's the simplistic, clean and pure voice that takes you to another place. Thanks Eva.

[@nicholasmaxim3079]

Eva Cassidy is like chocolate truffles. One is not enough. Neither is all of them. I need to book a whole day off just to glut myself on her. I've got nothing done. And I don't care. I've been following her since 1997. Every time is like the first time.

[@Lette811]

And you are so right! I think PBS did a special about her, upon her demise, I memorized her name and looked her up, my heart mourned her, our, loss. Her biggest friend; sit around@ gigs, talk on breaks, await next show! See ya later Eva,@ night's end! You always gave a good show! 😊😉

[@NinaSofia_]

Amén

[@tonymurray814]

@@NinaSofia_ well done with the fada !,👍

[@jamiepoems]

It's unbelievable that Eva's voice range is a mezzo to a soprano range, yet her voice is so gentle and sweet.

[@jacquelinecleverley5906]

Contralto, I'd say. Her key choices are perfect for me and I'm nowhere near as high as a soprano. It's the way she sings that makes it sound higher.

[@jamiepoems]

@@jacquelinecleverley5906 Oh ok my fiance says sometimes Eva's voice is husky

[@penegile9126]

This song is forever embedded in my memory as it was played at my son's funeral as guests walked into the chapel. Brings me to tears every time. Amazing talent.............. R.I.P.

[@frankhornby6873]

Pene Gile ....beautiful song......beautiful son...✌🏻

[@penegile9126]

@@frankhornby6873 Thank you. Did you know Glenn?

[@NinaSofia_]

Rip 🪦❤️🙏🏽

[@lesleycassie306]

We should not have to bury our children. Bless you.

[@penegile9126]

@@frankhornby6873 🙏💔❤

[@Loganhowlett8019]

2020 still as good , who’s actually listening to real music in 2020

[@davidmaddaford930]

I just did!

[@kaym.h.3583]

🙋‍♀️

[@cumminsman4670]

ME

[@ziziroberts8041]

Written by Gordon Lightfoot. I've been listening to really good music for close to 7 decades. 🕊️❤️🌹

[@n40tom]

James, That is kind of sad that you need to put a statement up like that. Please like me, please please, I'm such a sad individual. Shaking my head

[@Rohlaren]

Eva has helped me through so many difficult times with her sweet voice and haunting sound. I've asked myself, 'how can I miss someone I didn't even know'?. I'm blessed to still have her music to fill me up when my soul is aching!

[@baillar100]

Superb version. Eva Cassidy is the only artist whose cover versions best the originals.

[@cocochanelleke]

When she was not shouting, goodness rest her soul. Decent version indeed, though she puts more feeling into her voice than into the lyrics of this song.

[@griffen9795]

i'm not sure if it bests the original, but this is a wonderful rendition

[@Twilight-cl3zc]

Doesn't best Elvis Aloha from Hawaii. I think Eva is fantastic but her arrangements can sometimes veer a little from the contemporary tune. That's good for her to put her mark or a stamp on a song but particularly with Elvis's voice in Vegas she's up against it imo.

[@ItsWrecker]

I believe all of the artists that Eva Cassidy covered are the better for it! These were great songs to begin with but Eva just takes them to another level. Just beautiful!

[@jonathanisaacs5148]

Absolutely. My own guitar playing has improved since I discovered her music.

[@TrevorDandy.]

This one’s been covered by Elvis, Bob Dylan, Peter Paul & Mary and countless others. I have to say, nothing beats the original, but this is a beautiful cover

[@ccchubby20]

Agree wholeheartedly she has an amazing voice- just so beautiful ❤

[@heydude7568]

eve kills it, she is bathed in unapproachable musical light

[@jamiepoems]

Am back again I just wanted to reiterate that Eva is my all-time best female singer

[@LKre-vi5oq]

Everyone of musical importance that I have ever heard speak of Cassidy are in absolute awe of her. Shattered by her early demise and unhappy with how the music industry treated her. Thankfully we have her works recorded and can slip into the magic at will.

[@tunahelpa5433]

I get chills the moment she starts to sing.

[@roberttruesdell3564]

Eva should be in the Hall of Fame where she is the ONLY member. She's in a class all by herself. Eva Cassidy, I was not aware of you when you were alive... and I will regret that for the rest of my life.

[@no1Mariah]

me too

[@kevmullins8208]

Robert Truesdell EVA still Lives in the HALLS OF HEAVEN FOR ETERNITY ❤️🌹❤️

[@tobiasoellers146]

The best voice I ever heard. She had the voice of an Angel. I cry every Time listening to her timeless voice. For sure the best voice to ever praise this earth. And yes I‘ll too regret for the rest of my life that I never heard of her while she was still alive

[@dnmurphy48]

Tripe. She was a good singer but not that special. if she had not died tragically young she would never have been known.

[@quill444]

@@dnmurphy48 I'm not a musician nor am I a singer, and Lord Knows I cannot sing even a single note (on key, anyway), but I find Eva Cassidy's voice to be enchanting. As an engineer, I do understand mathematics and harmonics and just a little bit about Jazz and Blues musical notes and scales, and upon first hearing her, I believed that this woman, Eva Cassidy, indeed had a very special voice. I understand your reaction, in that there are cases in which an artist or musician dies young, or tragically (or both!), and in so doing, seemingly becomes famous. In my own case, I adored Eva Cassidy's voice when I first heard it, and it was over a few years later that she died, at only age thirty-three. And when she died, it was during an autumn in which I was age thirty-eight and in the midst of dealing with the end of a long-distance, whirlwind of a relationship, amidst my own health problems that have existed since I was a teenager, and continue to this day such that, as I look back now at age sixty-three, I think I knew even at the time it would (probably) be my last relationship. I did not 'discover' her after she died, but did her tragic end increase my adoration and appreciation of her voice? I'm guilty as charged, I suppose. Therefore, while I did actually hear and love her voice in what was to be the last few years of her life, before I even knew she was ill, it would be easy for anyone to categorize me as being part of that crowd that only purchases the recording AFTER the tragedy of her early death. But I assure you, I discovered her voice BEFORE the sadness of her early death, and before National Public Radio (Stateside) and BBC-2 (in the UK) and the "Songbird" release (which occurred nearly a full year-and-a-half after she died) later made her "famous." Upon first hearing Cassidy, it took me a while to sense Eva's vocal range and her capability, which she almost seemed to keep deeply hidden, and at first I wasn't even sure whether she was a soprano who could 'dig deep' into the contralto range, or whether she was a mezzo soprano who could occasionally reach both 'up' and 'down' and occasionally do so as necessary. Again, I am not a musician! But it is not her range or classification that gives Cassidy her beautiful sound: I think it is her ability to find those 'in-between' notes, those often-magical frequencies that lie at a special place in what I might call 'within the interstices' of the notes that typically make up usual musical scale. Cassidy also possesses a powerful control over her breathing, and at times, when you are certain she should take another breath, out comes six or seven more notes and another whole verse of music. I don't even know what the musical term is for this, but not many singers have this extra lung power. Also very characteristic I think is the way Eva takes a familiar song and breaks up the syllables in her own unique way, with some use of what I believe is called "rubato," and yet it's this and something more. Other singers who excel at this are Diana Krall, a popular Jazz Singer, as well as Erika Lewis, a phenomenal singer in the New Orleans Jazz Band, "Tuba Skinny." I think this vocal technique was also very well exemplified and used by the late J. J. Cale, as you could never tell how he might dissect or "chop up" the syllables of a verse in classic songs of his such as "After Midnight" or "Call Me the Breeze," and it seemed as though you never knew just when he might begin and end singing each word of each line in a song (even the band members often seemed surprised); but in the end, all of the vocal start-and-stop sequences and timings seem to allow the singer to finally arrive and to do so just in and on time! And I am guessing that, possibly among other things, these are maybe just a few of the things others like myself are hearing, and why we like these singers so much; and yet maybe you aren't hearing these things or you hear them and don't find them quite as mesmerizing as we do. And that's okay, but I would implore you to give her voice a bit more of a chance to reach through to you. The exquisite Eva Cassidy sings what I think is the "definitive version" (at least in English) of Autumn Leaves (English Lyrics by Johnny Mercer and Music by Joseph Kosma) which is probably more Jazz than Blues . . . kzbin.info/www/bejne/romlf593pdybZsU and if Jazz of this nature is to your liking, also perhaps try Diana Krall. Also, before you give up on Eva, listen to her rendition of "Over the Rainbow" a few times, kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKPHaYmhqblrrrs and see if it doesn't move you. I am confident that it will, if you allow it to do so: it may take three or four honest attempts on your part, so give it a try, and see what you think. - j q t -

[@steatipygous]

When I want to relax and chill out, I close my eyes and listen to Eva sing Autumn Leaves.

[@dianedubois4439]

Dito!

[@djr63]

Autumn Leaves is my very very favorite too!

[@blissfulbaboon]

Ditto

[@josephrosenfeld3156]

Man. Just listen to that guitar. It’s beautiful.

[@hwbierce6548]

The world is so fortunate to have these recordings.

[@jrfan0388p]

I'm so glad that I have found her music. She gets right down in your Soul. Love it.

[@Geoff_G]

Someone please invent a time machine so I can go back and hear her sing live in concert.

[@Treebard]

Also, someone invent a cure for cancer and take it back there with you and cure Eva, so she'll still be here with us now. 🌹

[@michaelhampton9493]

Yet another brilliant cover by Eva. A beautiful unspoilt voice . Pitch perfect ,word perfect. What a loss to the world

[@kerreysimpson9392]

I found Eva Cassidy on a Wednsday, in the early morning rain....I thank you God for giving her to us for awhile...It is no wonder that You had to have her back ...such a sweet pure soul .

[@rochelleworden8689]

OMG me too today may 4 2022

[@peoplehavetherights]

God rest her lovely soul. September 8, 2022.

[@andycross8385]

Sadly passed away ,but her music lives on ,Rest in Peace Eva Cassidy

[@muffa9125]

Gordon Lightfoot put the words on paper , Eva Cassidy took them to the moon , and beyond

[@wareidav]

Eva took the words added her heart and soul then left to teach the angels to sing.

[@MarkJohnson-zy4fd]

Gordon would love this version.

[@stevemattatall6757]

Eva forever.love.

[@harrystuut5817]

MUFFA 912 👌

[@bradhuskers]

Elvis's interpretation is also amazing

[@TerlinguaTalkeetna]

What a gift of light and soul too a tired old world.

[@stustig9430]

Eva was an angel on earth - heaven will be a wonderful place

[@susanpulliam7587]

She was a fantastic singer 😢

[@normamartin8755]

Just found her in 2021, have a lot to catch up on. Love her originality.

[@johanwass9709]

She is soo good😀rip. You can listen en too Angelina Jordan. If you dont do that allredy. She can sing whit emotions also. Five own song and 130 covers😀she is the best for me now i think

[@roxannewheelan8877]

she surly sang songs from the heart...RIP you angel....

[@lisahall9226]

No one can fill her shoes...sadly missed.

[@cries4hawk706]

Thank you Eva Cassidy.

[@keithseverance278]

Eva’s jazz background is evident in her unsurpassed phrasing in her work

[@RvHauler1]

The only thing I know about music is whether I like it or not . I love hers !

[@webdevworksgmail8070]

This is simply and clearly the voice of an angel...

[@rhondadaum8657]

Come back to this song that stirs my soul, over and over. God rest you precious Eva.

[@TomTirabasso]

It's in my top 5 fave songs that she does. I never tire of hearing it.

[@copperbeagle1]

What an amazing voice. Love Eva and every song she sang.

[@Calvuslamp]

Just gets better and better with time. Awesome voice sweet lady. I hope to meet her one day.

[@dannyboy2751]

Greatest female singer I ever heard ❤🌹💜🥀💙💐

[@Geoff_G]

There is no superlative that is superlative enough to describe her voice. Truly beyond description.

[@shellyross558]

Eva stirs so much emotion. I just love her singing!

[@glenrobinson1938]

Eva is definitely an angel, her music will live on as will her spirit!

[@dionnedesouza2542]

And still in 2022 ❤️

[@ALEX-fl3sn]

In the early morning rain... with no place to go...

[@MrPerfesser]

Gord. Eva. Perfection.

[@apinnaclemarketing]

Eva is one of a kind . The beauty in her voice and the total dedication to her belief in what she sings in any genre is evident if you hear her music . She makes an original song her own with her style and grace I love this beautiful soul.

[@keithakui7719]

If ever I have a down day, Eva's songs and singing lefts me up like nothing else will! Beautiful!

[@stephenmurray7582]

I have no words, for her beautiful voice.

[@alankenworthy9722]

Beautiful guitar playing too!

[@philpiper]

Just into 2022. Great music is immortal and lives for ever. RIP Eva.

[@scottsummers6357]

I just absolutely love the vocals and guitar work in this song !

[@drmichaelshea]

Her passing at such a young was one of the greatest losses to the world of music. She must have had a beautiful heart.

[@oldspam]

Love her voice so much and hats off to whomever is fingerpicking this.

[@samaria9978]

+Clifton Lowrey HI:) Eva plays the guitar beautifully. I assume this is her playing:)

[@danbogle5848]

+Clifton Lowrey. That's Eva

[@sereanaduwai8313]

Eva is.

[@DruAnnFulk]

Its eva

[@kenrk]

I never heard of this artist until I listened to her on the radio this morning playing this song. Very impressed.

[@GregHalvorson]

What a version... None better.

[@chuckcline9054]

One of the most precious of voices that when it fills the room the warmth of her spirit envelopes everyone around her!

[@ianhutchman5616]

The most pitch perfect angelic voice ever.

[@kevinwillert2860]

Her voice makes my heart cry. She was a beautiful girl with a beautiful voice. Taken to lead the true Angelic Choir. RIP Eva.

[@thegolfnut812]

Every now and then I come back to listen to Eva Cassidy's songs because of her pure voice. She was truly blessed by God. I can't think of another female on the face of this earth that has a voice like hers.

[@poopsienoremac]

It never fails to stagger me the number of know all armchair critics rubbishing Eva's brilliant artistic interpretations of well known songs. Great in all genres,perfect pitch, intuitive timing,as well as being a competent guitarist. So ,if you feel you prefer other versions with less imagination, Just bug off and leave the rest of us to bask in her brilliance

[@cinders302]

+Poopsie Noremac I'm with ya' Poopsie!!

[@poopsienoremac]

+Cindy Robinson Cheers

[@edwardcharles9764]

Well said! Eva Cassidy is a BRILLIANT talent.

[@DisgrntldCurmudgeon]

Yep. I bask thusly every time I play one of her recordings. I love to play guitar along with her and do some lead riffs as an exercise. Instead of just practicing, though, I often end up crying. Everything she did grabs me emotionally.

[@theID2]

well .... wrong on the perfect pitch statement. "i missed my loved one so" ... flat on the word missed (and other parts of the song). this is the problem with 'fans'. full of hyperbole! she was very good. she's not great.

[@Luckylohn]

🥰 i will not forget .................. you are a gift for all of us ........... with a beautifull voice 🥰 💔🙏

[@74Voyeur]

this song was my introduction to Eva Cassidy's talent

[@marlae.hutchinson292]

I can remember on road trip with my cousin late ninety, and pop in a 💿 it was Eva Cassidy her music and 🎸 playing is sublime! Rest well Eva💫✨️

[@Redgolf2]

Haunting beautiful 😊 Eva had a way with chord selection and vocal mood

[@engine22emt]

Her voice

[@karabathesorceress6923]

eva is the one picking of course! she composed the guitar for all the cover songs she did

[@JRobbySh]

Her picking is like mountain picking.

[@TomTirabasso]

So talented. A very competent visual artist also.

[@lfcfan4557]

My favorite song when I start to roll with my semi on a rainy winter morning. She is just an angel with a heavenly voice. RIP Eva.

[@WIZ-IN-PA]

I will love Eva Cassidy until the day I die. She encompassed everything an exceptional musician should be. She stood so far above all others. Eva was the complete package. World class and incredibly beautiful in so many ways. We can all be thankful that God put this amazingly talented angel on this earth for a very short time. All my love Eva. Thank you so much for all you have done.

[@mikef75]

I just need her sometimes!

Superb as usual. She has a way of weaving the guitar accompaniment into the song like no-one else, except perhaps Simon and Garfunkel.

[@theloniouscoltrane3778]

Eva is a natural singer-arranger-interpreter of songs.

[@karandana3884]

Love love this song

[@Oscarspoem]

Hey, this is so lovely. To all Eva Cassidy fans, you know we are better than everyone else. Obviously :)

[@deepakdunage1255]

2019.... Still listening someone? Are you? 😐😐. 👇

[@DJEZZEL58]

And i'll never ever will stop listening as long as i am able to 💖💝

[@deepakdunage1255]

@@DJEZZEL58 me too☺

[@collinwadham6582]

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[@priscilla3170]

I like this version, but I also like Elvis' version, 'cause I just love the guy, both of them sing with their soul, it stirrs something inside, only the real great ones can do that....

[@deepakdunage1255]

@@priscilla3170 you're right ...

[@stevenkoehler6018]

Beautiful

[@babiesrphotoops]

Such a talent. "I love... to sing."

[@anthonyhopkins646]

ive loved this song for years, but eva,s version makes my heart ache, I miss her so much. god bless.

[@heydude7568]

2020 and this is still my favourite eva rendition

[@drsbrettsavage]

Brilliant .. we miss you Eva.

[@jimfreyler2944]

Eva and Gordon can now sing this as a duet.

[@gurdygurdy]

❤

[@NagoyaHouseHead]

When Eva decides to cover a song it instantly becomes the definitive version

[@allmyfriends159]

Angel......

[@christianhoneyman6779]

Awsome. 😀😃😄😁

[@nightmarereborn2]

Eva captures my heart with every new song I hear that she sang…just amazing!

[@jamesstuart1272]

I first heard Eva in a music shop in York England over 20 years ago visiting a ex girlfriend. It reminds me of good times. Eva will always be awesome in my book.

[@jeffsilverman6104]

Happy Heavenly birthday up there Eva, on what would've been your 60th. We miss you down here.

[@2winlock]

Perfection..

[@eudoreesreo]

Eva flying and playing her guitar while I'm here stuck on the ground ....these American country ladies! wow!

[@patrickhamrock2003]

Learned about her when I was watching a segment on CBS SUNDAY MORNING. Really amazing short career. Wish she was still here.

[@richardschneider5793]

God could only share her with us for a short period of time.

[@papa-ql3xb]

One of the most beautiful voices in all of music. A genius when it comes to phrasing. Does covers as good, OR BETTER than the originals!

[@steffenjonda8283]

She had the "most beautiful" voice of all female singers. Nobody reach her level of beauty. It is amazing - every song she sung was so much better as the original. Fields of gold is one example, "Imagine" make Lennons voice as one of a false singing kid. if you want to understand the message of Imagine, listen to evas version.

[@519djw6]

I have to admit that her angelic beauty makes her also angelic voice all the more enticing.

[@brillianedwin1338]

And it's raining in the morning... I play this song over and over