Eva Cassidy - Blues Alley concert (12 live performances)

[@paulgardner6239]

I'm so glad we the public, have access to this. Who needs mighty stadiums, flashing lights, crowds of 100,000 screaming in the audience to make a perfect gig? This is beyond perfection.

[@logalogalog]

Taylor who?

[@InvestingForTomorrow24]

So absolutely right on, and the planet can take a break from the pollution and the carbon foot print of herding 100,000 to a stadium with their livery.

[@DannyNF4J]

This Young Lady is quite possibly THE most talented singer I have ever heard. I have had the opportunity to play with some Great talents in 44 years as a drummer and Eva has brought more to my heart than any other. She left us far too soon.... GOD Speed Eva, you will forever live in our Hearts!

[@MeneerHerculePoirot]

I agree, Danny Bush. Most of greats have two or three elements in which they can't be touched. Eva had 5 or 6. She could do what they did as well as them. She had no limits of weaknesses as a singer. She could scat as well as Ella, the range of Cleo Laine, the jazz sense and restraint of Lady Day, bluesy as Sarah Vaughn and smokey as Nina Simone. She had it all. It's not hype to say she may have been the best all-around vocalist of the 20th century. Never knew her and listening to her never fails to make me take a sober assessment of myself. A voice so true it was truth. RIP, Eva.

[@scottbrown5316]

What a unique voice. spiritual......

[@rosecummins3609]

Cancer is abastard😢😢😢😢😢

[@kjirstinyoungberg7794]

@@rosecummins3609 I prefer to think the angels just missed their soloist. I fully expect to sit on the front row of one of their concerts sometime, with Eva in the lead. P.S. I know there is a life after death, because I lost my youngest twin at just 42 days old. , Three years later, his co-twin died in surgery, but was brought back to us after about two minutes with no breathing, heart or brain activity. A month later, he told us all about it, and who he saw, and what he did there. We have a lot to look forward to, and once he said, "Oh, Mom, you know everything when you die." I'm looking forward to it...just not too soon. I've got grandkids now.

[@joelwexler]

I can barely listen to her; she just evokes these emotions I'm not always ready for.

[@elizabethlatorre5360]

Heard she had a bad cold at that time and she was disappointed. She sounded perfect

[@ras0906]

I think this is one of the greatest and most beautiful full live concerts ever. Every song is just beautiful, including Eva's vocals, playing, and everyone in the band. It has been a while since I listened to this, and once again, it is stunningly beautiful.

[@brunoespinosa5907]

The greatest female singer I've ever heard. Incredible.

[@hansemannluchter643]

And the young Aretha Franklin..

[@jimimiller366]

Thank God that friend with the camcorder captured this for us to watch.

[@popgoestheweasel95]

Who? The guy by that gave her cancer taking her away far too soon. Sniff-Sniff-Sniff 😰😰😰

[@kilimanjarno]

Yeah, one of the most brilliant captures ever. Like a once in a century sighting of a rare bird.

[@terryrielly1226]

indeed!!!

[@eliecanetti]

Every time Eva Cassidy did a cover, it immediately became the best version ever of that song. Even Sting said her version of Fields of Gold was better than his.

[@wajj1842]

When Eva rearranges a song, that becomes the standard for that song. Wonderful voice and Terrific arranger!! What she did with "Over the Rainbow" and "Autumn Leaves" is "STUNNING"!!

[@nobodyspecial7185]

I didn't know that about sting but I read the author of nightbird say about this autobiographical song that she did it better than he ever could and he didn't know where she drew it from....

[@lee5802]

So true. Her version of Song Bird is soo much better than Fleetwood Mac's. No comparison.

[@wajj1842]

@@lee5802 I don't think you would be out of line to say that about every song that she sings.

[@oneeyedman99]

I have nothing bad to say about her version of Take Me To The River, but I still think that Talking Heads beats it by a little. The two versions are very different.

[@VerizonTesting]

I grew up 34 miles from her and never heard her until after she passed. My loss

[@artompkins7958]

I can’t believe I just found out about Eva Cassidy. A friend gave me a box of random CDs as he was moving out of town; if he hadn’t, I’d still be clueless. Honestly, I really believe she is perhaps the best singer, overall, I have ever heard! And I’m an old musician and listened carefully to countless singers, many of them great. But Eva is the top of the mountain! What a voice - goes from angelic to sultry blues with ease. And her embellishments - always perfect. She can do it all. And damn good on guitar! WOW! Curse the gods for making her so sick and taking her decades too soon! Gods suck - they really do.

[@CherylBerryl]

I agree to Everything you said, except for "cursing the gods". They did NOT "make her sick!", it's this TOXIC world that we live in!!!

[@artompkins7958]

and who made the world? why the gods of course!

[@RhondaHill-mi7cw]

Never forgotten. A generational talent and gone far too soon and much too young from the scourge that is cancer. She left us such a wonderful legacy of music. Rest in peace and power Eva Cassidy.

[@photobum726]

I think I have just discovered one of the most beautiful voices I have ever heard.

[@patmetheny6482]

Her version of Autumn Leaves is so great that it makes me deeply emotional! So sad to lose her in such a young age. RIP!

[@jmk1962]

Me too. I cry everytime I listen to it. It's so beautiful.

[@mdrone2519]

Once you hear her sing it her way, there is no other

[@4316rodney]

Just her tone alone is incredible let alone her phrasing…easily one of the greatest singers of all time imo. Autumn Leaves just absolutely slays every single time I hear it.

[@SpiritualSpectrum]

Ditto

[@DianeLee999]

Me too…no other version comes close ❤️‍🩹🙏🇺🇸

[@watershedbarbie]

To die for. My daughter is an mezzo soprano with an unbelievable voice that I have seen tears in people's eyes when they hear her. I am always gushing over her, because I am so proud. One day she said: "Mom, I got news for you. You haven't heard Eva Cassidy."

[@DianeLee999]

@@watershedbarbie She’s got great taste! Thank you for sharing this 🙏💜

[@4316rodney]

@@watershedbarbie humble and gifted is a rare combination, well done mom 😉

[@enoughcorruption5975]

So genuine, no pretense and straight forward incredible natural talent❤ She made it look easy and made each song her own 🎉 Extraordinary 👍🇺🇸💯🙏❤️🤍💙

[@barbaraascarino8247]

Nightbird, Songbird, Over The Rainbow, Autumn Leaves.... this woman stole my heart, musically, many years ago. No one else compares.....before her time or after. I only hope and pray that she's aware of her impact on people as she looks down on us. Especially other 'artists'. I was recently diagnosed with NSCLC. I have a few years left, I figure. BUT, once I do get to those Pearly Gates, it's my most fervent wish to meet this beautiful soul.

[@GeorgeCampbell-sz1wu]

Hello Barbara how are you doing today???

[@c0vermusic]

Or Emerald City? 🤔

[@KellK-1975]

❤

[@jessechamp1865]

This is probably the greatest single female vocal artist i've ever heard!

[@jpschwarz]

How is Eva Cassidy this damn good?! Hands down one of the best vocals I have ever heard and her guitar playing is just as good. Not many singers can break me and make me cry just by hearing their voice, but Eva is in a whole other league. I cried twice watching this concert. Once during Time After Time and a second time during Somewhere Over the Rainbow. I have never heard Somewhere Over the Rainbow covered so beautifully. It’s damn near flawless with both the vocals and guitar. I am so proud too that Eva Cassidy is from my state that I am from the great state of Maryland and I am so happy that she shared her voice with us before she left this world. Her voice is just timeless and you know it’s good when it makes you cry and gives you goosebumps. Thanks for posting her final concert so that she gets the credit she rightfully deserves as an artist.

[@gtswann]

Dude! You sound as bad as me! Tears falling . My wife turned me on to Eva because i guess she was tired of my obsession with Linda Ronstadt.Big mistake! Lol! I now have two musical mistresses!

[@ericthespark]

@@gtswann I'm so glad to read these comments and seeing this wonderful artist getting the recognition she truely deserves, such emotion in her voice and her range is unbelievable, a true legend

[@cynthiadavis3749]

❤

[@coletteohaire6270]

She fills your heart with the depth of her vocals. Congrats to the sound technician on this live album, a genius!

[@AndrewBlacker-t1d]

Chris Bianchi. Her "man." He was a good servant to the goddess.

[@reneaikmus2059]

She is the best female singer I have ever heard in my 65 years!!!

[@AndrewBlacker-t1d]

Couple others come to mind... Whitney Houston. Ofra haza.

[@larrybrown1597]

She makes every song her own.

[@lanceb.]

Eva’s rendition of “ You’ve Changed”, says it all about her talent and soul to me. Out of this bloody world.

[@LazaroJordan]

Eva Cassidy is one of the few artists who can transport you to a mood that is difficult to achieve elsewhere. It is one of the most musical voices I heard. It is an incomparable, superb, almost out-of-this-world experience.

[@DavidKight-kv1kl]

Just discovered her. Such talent. Hard to listen - so beautiful it hurts.

[@USNAVDC]

A voice than can rip your heart out....one of the greatest voices I've ever heard. I feel blessed and cheated at the same time. The voice of an Angel.

[@AndrewBlacker-t1d]

If you have ever heard her voice, you haven't been cheated.

[@USNAVDC]

@@AndrewBlacker-t1d Cheated because she was taken from us way too soon.

[@Booklook111]

🌹

[@AllegraIra]

1 hour of Eva’s performance gives so much more than the whole musical industry within past 10 years gave... pure delight and such a peace ❤️

[@flannerymonaghan-morris4825]

Oh god, I wished I was born earlier so that I could experience her live, in the flesh. Wow.

[@jphillips4509]

What a gift God gave her. I am so thankful that this showed up on my phone.

[@SvenBjørnevik]

Awe... I would kiss the feet of any one of those 124 souls lucky enough to witness Eva Cassidy's final concert at Blues Alley. What a privilege it must have been to experience such pure magic in person!

[@matthewsteele6666]

Hey look no tats ...She's respectfully dressed...no auto tune...real talented musicians ...Thank You Lord for blessing us with Eva

[@MoChua]

No prob with the others you said, but wtf is it with the tats? Does having one make someone lesser?

[@nycp1969]

@@MoChua I agree. I don't like the look of tattoos for women, but that's my personal esthetic. It's not my business if a woman has them, I don't publicize my opinion and I don't think it bears on the woman's knowledge, skills or talent.

[@AndrewBlacker-t1d]

​@@MoChualosers rely on tats.

[@BobSFox]

I FEEL SO LUCKY TO HAVE DISCOVERED EVA BEFORE SHE PASSED AWAY AND SAW HER PERFORM HERE AT "BLUES ALLEY".@ THE AGE OF 16........WOW.....DID SHE FLOOR ME GOOD.....BOB S. FOX,

[@saltrockshakers4205]

By all means, consider yourself VERY LUCKY!!! If I could, I would trade my Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Allman Brothers, McCartney, Eagles, Black Sabbath, Joni Mitchell, Jethro Tull and Yes concerts to have seen one Eva Cassidy concert at Blues Alley, mainly because no other artist has ever moved me emotionally as much as Eva Cassidy. I've never cried at a musical performance, but I've cried during several of Eva's music videos. It has much to do with her near-perfect vocals, and her upper level guitar skill is the deal breaker. I now know what it is to be a fanatic. Chris Biondo said it this way. He said, if Eva was still alive, he could see her selling-out 500 seat auditoriums at $500 or more a ticket, no problem.

[@rosecummins3609]

Flawless,Eva Cassidy,your family must be so proud of you,such a shame that you never got to the fame you deserved in life but your beautiful voice and face will be here forever and you deserve that,your lovely voice will be shared with my gorgeous granddaughters so you will never be forgotten xxxx

[@GeorgeCampbell-sz1wu]

Hello Rose how are you doing today???

[@dustybookstore2953]

i heard she was shy, she didn't chase fame

[@slowpainful]

As always, stunned to hear Eva Cassidy effortlessly own improv jazz style, when I've been more used to her flawless soul, pop standards, country and folk. Was there nothing she couldn't do? She is total master of her voice, pitch perfect, natural phrasing, perfect diction and she plays guitar. And as always I'm torn between gob-smacked joyful adoration and tearful anger at a god who seems always to take the best first. We need Eva Cassidy now more than ever.

[@willisfarris5091]

so true, brother. Feel so blessed to have been a witness for 20+ years.

[@RO8s]

He took her home, that's all.

[@tWoforgamenot1]

indeed :)

[@horseyhorselips3501]

She has soothed my Pain the past few weeks RIP Angel 👼

[@tWoforgamenot1]

@@horseyhorselips3501 :)

[@stevievaughan6070]

44 years of being a music addict then i hear eric weinstein mention a singer called eva cassidy. music when performed at its best is emotion, three notes from this lady cause shivers and tears. inexplicable

[@GeorgeCampbell-sz1wu]

Hello Stevie how are you doing today???

[@dwightlwilson]

Once you've heard her Autumn Leaves no other rendition will satisfy you. And that person you loved and lost will come alive as the very present ghost who defies time.

[@thereverendmattyf]

Right on! My sentiments exactly.

[@elvis2445]

She sang from the depths of her being. Part of her allure is she didn't know just how good she was.

[@coloradream]

Thank God that Eva shared her magnificent voice with us, what a legacy and gift she has left us.

[@SDD3204]

and Chris Biondo, musicians, her family and supporters too.

[@msudlp]

thank god this got recorded!

[@marilynmantis5409]

@@msudlp Yes, no kidding. This woman's talent brings me to tears every time I listen to her.

[@barshiantonio5358]

Yes she left us with her bloody awesome voice, she is a star

[@brendae.bradley3108]

couldn't have said it better, and what a gift.

[@BOC-s3t]

Imagine how the talent show hosts and audience would react if they had been around in her time and she got up on stage and sang!

[@hansemannluchter643]

Eva Cassidy would NEVER have sold her Soul to that garbage!! EVER!!!

[@elizabethannmisel9002]

What a loss to music when she left us.

[@BorsosGabor2023]

She will return to us...

[@torhildulvestad4599]

Her music.. her voice..and the shy girl with this incredible God given talent is gone live forever.... Love from Norway....

[@rustybolts8953]

@@BorsosGabor2023 Your wish is granted.

[@donnavorbach215]

@@BorsosGabor2023 So true.

[@murraypeat2871]

She is the Van Gogh of Jazz xx

[@fadguru]

Call me biased but she's among the elite singers of all time...She seems to own every cover she ever performed. What a feat!

[@spmoran4703]

Your not biased your telling the truth.

[@jamesrielly-zc5ju]

She makes me feel new feelings

[@hitdjtito]

I cry almost every time I hear Eva sing "Over the rainbow". Her version is one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever made. So talanted and equipped with a voice that only a god can have made. I'm so sad that I've never heard of her when she was alive. RIP Eva!

[@peterstickland5166]

still listening to this regularly. Beautiful Eva

[@Babbs-y5y]

And I. ❤

[@DreamingInTechnicolor]

She is the definition of “music to my ears.”

[@robwasnj]

I just found this today, I've listened to many of her shows and truly agree there could not be a more perfect enveloping emotional voice, this truly speaks to me. Good quality restoration, loving this.

[@claudiamielke1568]

S.D. stated it best...Eva is the definition of “music to my ears”! Thank you for this!

[@Stratster68]

She was a very special lady-Just so good!

[@firemedic5100]

As long as Eva's music lives, Eva lives in our minds. Never to be forgotten.

[@geezergonewile]

One of the greatest voices of my lifetime. A pure child of Nature ... with sincerity, innocence and integrity.

[@johnmadden3681]

Amen to that! 👍🏻

[@marilynmantis5409]

Killer jazz pianist and band as well. They were all such an amazingly talented group of musicians.

[@gardenlady73]

I so agree

[@philhemenway3503]

They knew they were in audience of supreme talent.

[@howbigisyourlove]

so glad this was posted.. if people stumble onto this .. they'll have a new favorite singer in the universe,, Eva was a global treasure , she never knew . :)

[@oldhippie2110]

YEP, IM ONE OF THEM. SHE IS AN INSTANT FAVORITE OF MINE . WHAT A UNIQUE VOICE. AND HER BAND AINT NO SLOUCH. GREAT MUSIC

[@locomover]

I am also a new fan of Eva Cassidy!

[@josephgello955]

Yes big fan she makes today singers look sick. Have told djs I know to give her a listen.

[@musicsavant1079]

@@oldhippie2110 Absolutely LOVE her band!

[@readonnawilson9600]

Such a true statement

[@garyedmondson2998]

The world failed Eva, but she didn't fail us. The integrity she brings to her art still provides us a beacon of inspiration.

[@merle92592]

Eva’s story is the very definition of integrity to her artistry.

[@MikeM275]

How did the world fail Eva? I love her...but a terminal condition has happened to 10's of millions of humans. People are still dying of cancer even today. Those who hear her love her....the world loves her. The world has not failed her. The evil of cancer took her. The world still loves her.

[@garyedmondson2998]

The greatest vocalist of her generation supported herself working at a plant nursery because record executives did not know how to package her, refused to see her as the talent we love and appreciate. Did she contract the melanoma that killed her from chemicals at the nursery or from exposure to the sun, both hazards for people in ag-related businesses? She was working there to make ends meet, not reaping any of the royalties (much less the acclaim) that have come her way since her death. Properly remunerated at the time for her genius -- or even living in a country with a decent national health system -- she might have gone to the doctor before the melanoma had spread throughout her body. Medical costs discourage many people from doctor appointments. Massive failure of the world we have created on several fronts. Those who knew Eva STILL love her, or love her still. We latecomers were denied that opportunity. We love her NOW.

[@virghammer1]

@@MikeM275 Mike M: by "the world:" I'm sure Gary Edmondson, above, meant: the music industry failed her. - Alas. - The exec. who was going to sign her, but wanted to put her too much "into a box" - 1 or 2 limited genres only - has now roundly admitted he make a terrible mistake. -- Ahhhh ... Live and Learn. THANK YOU ALWAYS, EVA, for what you so tirelessly gave us.

[@virghammer1]

@@garyedmondson2998 EXACTLY, GARY. Thank you for elucidating. 'The More People, the more Greed." - We have over-evolved as a species -- a Super-Consumer species, alas, alas, ALAS; -- only natural, one supposes ... on a Cosmic level ... but so, so tragic ... ... Climate Change. TIMING. -- The terrifying consequences are now taking their toll. -- Be well, sir -- Be safe and well: ALL. xo VCH & Midlantic TheatreCo., NEWARK, NJ. -- Social Justice and ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS.

[@joshuahamon5946]

Thank you Bryan McCulley for recording this and sharing it.

[@GriffinDuyThespian]

She was SUPER LOYAL to DC & the fact she was from there & family from Maryland. Blues Alley has been legendary for live music in DC (Georgetown). She will never be forgotten, love always Eva 🕊💞

[@philhipe6549]

Love this lady's voice. A few years ago we were stationed in the DC area and I rode my bike to Blues Alley, they weren't open that day yet but I peeked inside the empty venue and imagined her being there up on the stage.

[@guyinoregon1]

I made the same pilgrimage about 5 years ago. Also learned her wonderful A minor fingering for autumn leaves. What a talent.

[@gazzaboy2531977]

I’ll Give a mention to the band..

[@richardn7486]

What a voice. My teenage daughter is an aspiring vocalist and I encourage her to listen to Eva Cassidy and soak it all in. Wonderful.

[@horseyhorselips3501]

I have a Daughter I’ve never been allowed to know she is 47 years old now and I’ve been told by a detective 🕵️‍♂️ if I go anywhere near my daughter I’ll be arrested for stalking my own child believe it or not her Song Enter from the East is about Me. My family had me put in restraints for trying to go to an unknown location in Alaska Christmas 1973 & Spring 1974 her first CD 💿 pieces of you I’m sure is dedicated to brake my heart 💔 all over again. Her mom was the game player along with a girl Lanedra Carroll calls Laura Gold on Jewel’s credits of her second CD 💿 called Spirit and the very last song on that CD is called This little Bird 🐦 and Nedra held me in her arms and sang that song to Me after we consummated our marriage see that guy Jewel calls her father in public gave Me His Sister’s hand in marriage at an LRY Conference in Toronto Canada September 1,1973 because I had a Draft Card for the Vietnam War and My Random # was 027

[@readonnawilson9600]

I would love to hear some of your daughter's music

[@LeonardAaronCaplan]

@@readonnawilson9600 you most likely have. He's saying he's Jewel's father.

[@patriciagyorfi7758]

Eva was and still is a one woman Master Class to any aspiring singer.

[@paulinowerdan1943]

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[@rondalee2451]

Not only do I love, love, love Eva...her band is GREAT!

[@karlchristianhansen2540]

Eva havde en stemme fra himlen, helt uforlignelig god og smuk!!!

[@hansemannluchter643]

Hørt!!

[@chrispaul6290]

So nice that the audience let her finish singing before applauding, allowing her to put all of that fine nuance into the whole song. What a stellar singer, and gone at only 33.

[@juliebeutel9919]

Autumn Leaves. Takes my breath away and moves my heart

[@candybanks8717]

The crown jewel of this concert, IMHO. Get sucked ALLLLLL the way in every single time!

[@dt3434]

Absolutely. My most loved song exquisitely rendered, none better.

[@jipsitree9758]

Absolutely - it tears at my heart.

[@jimreyna]

Her voice is as expansive as the Universe and as intimate as a lover's kiss. Oh my gosh. We've been robbed.

[@larryeddings3185]

No one ever did it better than Eva Cassidy.

[@torhildulvestad4599]

Absolutly one of the best voices,... Sorry she went so fast.... Still remember and listen to this fantastic woman....She didnt get the acnowledge she deserved in life ....But she still lives in our minds ... Love from Norway

[@josecosta63]

And I am 100% sure that Heaven is exactly where Eva is!

[@DreamingInTechnicolor]

With everything my family and I have experienced recently, I needed *THIS* more than anyone could possibly know. So so so very grateful that her legacy lives on. Her music (for me) has calmed so many storms. My spirit feels less broken.

[@marilynmantis5409]

It's like the comment above, thank God they recorded this. She is so flawless with this live performance, which is demonstrative of how effing good she was.

[@DreamingInTechnicolor]

@@marilynmantis5409 could not agree with you more.

[@michelesmith899]

What a s absolutely beautiful voice, very can sing both blues and jazz. Lovely! So terribly sad we lost her so young. Reminds me a little of Bonnie Raitt

[@marilynmantis5409]

@@michelesmith899 I was thinking that myself on the blues tunes. She's like Bonnie without the rasp, but better. Oops, sorry Bonnie, I'm still a huge fan and always have been.

[@deewanderingminstrel]

I relate, empathize & my spirit feels less broken too because of her music too S.D. Wishing you all the best & hoping all our lives improve & we thrive together as one! ❤️🙏✌️🌏🌈

[@paulbaker3144]

I’m stunned. Drugged. Sound therapy. Where have I been. I had never heard of Eva. I’ve been to very few live concerts. Thanks to the folks who share these amazing performances.

[@norriscopeland5499]

WOW!!!!! The BEST female vocalist I have EVER heard!!!!!

[@algonte]

Perfect singer, maybe THE BEST

[@gav25x]

Definitely the best

[@torhildulvestad4599]

Yes shes THE ONE... and only EVA.....love from Norway....

[@HypnoticHollywood]

@@gav25x One of the best jazz singers next to Nina Simone and others.

[@HypnoticHollywood]

One of the best jazz singers next to Nina Simone and others.

[@Bob_Neufeld]

She made every song her own without writing a note. Incredible. Tears in my eyes listening to her perfect pitch controlled vibrato. I mourn not knowing of her while she was living, I mourn her death, I mourn all of us missing what she would have grown into with another decade of life and I thank God for having much more than her memory to witness now. Most moving singer perhaps ever.

[@jerrytemeyer8936]

I feel the same , joyful tears, every time I watch the documentary, “Timeless Voice” 😂 and listen to her albums over and over again 😊

[@robertpaul5065]

Sadly she was completely unknown outside the D.C./Delaware area in 1993. We are all forgiven for not noting her brilliance then, but will always worship what she was.

[@ryankelly1853]

Had i a Golden thread & songbird. The best EVER!!!! iam 38 man 😢everytime❤❤❤❤ .

Stunning Nightbird performance. And hats off to original songwriter: Doug Macleod. Doug Macleod had this to say about Cassidy’s rendition during an interview with earlyblues in April, 2009: "One of my favourite versions of the song was by Eva Cassidy. That song is about a prostitute, a prostitute that I used to live with who really watched out for me. I have no idea if Eva Cassidy knew what that song was about and I never heard it until my wife played it for me during a drive to Los Angeles from San Luis Obispo. I’m a huge baseball fan and my team, the Cardinals from St Louis, were playing the Dodgers and I wanted to listen to the game. My wife said “I got something for you to hear”, and I said, “But the Cardinals are on” and she said “This is more important than the Cardinals” and she put this CD on of Eva Cassidy. I tell you, it moved me so much, I pulled over to the side of the road and I was weeping. I have never done that song again. When people ask me to do Nightbird, I tell them that if they want to hear THE version, she is the one to listen to. And then of course she died before I got a chance to meet her to ask her how she interpreted it like that."

[@sixstringedthing]

One of the best things that ever did exist. Thank you Eva and all the musicians/crew who made this. RIP.

[@lifesthehardestgame6863]

Were sad she left so young but she did was she came to do. If I die today I got to know her name her music and her voice.. nobody quite like Eva.. there was only one.. thankyou god 🎉

[@summyb]

She is absolutely mesmerizing.

[@verafrazier3209]

I'm not too much of a jazz fan, but this goes to show how versatile she was. Jazz is not easy - this much I do know. She's good at singing every type of music. Simply fabulous! A healer of the soul.Hat's off to the guys accompanying her too!! Wow!

[@georgemelvin7187]

Smiles, hi Vera 🌺 😊

[@GeorgeCampbell-sz1wu]

Hello Vera how are you doing today??

[@onefoot7]

Also, totally underrated guitarist

[@kmsongbird]

Absolutely love her singing, her musicianship, her soul, and filled with sorrow she left us too soon. Have all her albums already. Best wishes keeping this music alive in her honor!

[@markdolan9088]

❤️Hello friend how are you doing😊🤗

[@cjtsn466]

Today I was at Barnes and Noble and bought her album but had no idea that she was gone.I felt really sad

[@jean-philippecoince986]

🧡💛🧡Thank you Kristin for this nice testimony, with my best feelings. 🧡💛🧡

[@jean-philippecoince986]

I hear Eva because i'm a fan of Katie Melua who is fan of Eva. @katiemeluaofficial

[@joefrank4969]

I’m grateful for her she brings pease to my mind Xxjf ❤ Jf

[@kajunteddy]

Every song she sings, she makes it her own. Exhilarating. She takes you on a journey.

[@Michael-go6rl]

Never get tired of listening to her sing and play guitar, she was supremely talented!

[@donkeykong5095]

I came across Eva's music by accident. Her voice caught my attention, as she was singing from her soul, so touchy. Thank God this has been recorded...

[@gardenlady73]

I so agree...not sure how I found her here but I am so very glad I did. I listen to her every single night....

[@debrarenteria8167]

I love it when her voice cracks just the tiniest bit at the end of a few songs. That's when I am reminded she is human. Her voice was naturally perfect, RIP beautiful.

[@georgemelvin7187]

Smiles, hello Debra 🌺

[@suriaprabha1231]

I read somewhere that she had a cold that day and not to mention the cancer that would end her life a few months later. Amazing singer 😢

[@judycee4]

I just discovered her today. Her CD is on it’s way to me.

[@edge1289]

Absolutely the most beautiful rendition of “Over the Rainbow” I’ve ever heard, she made it her own and brought a tear to my eye. Such a loss.

[@canersahin]

She is my favorite female vocal with Ella Fitzgerald. Autumn Leaves gives me goosebumps every single time.

[@peterdawe1]

I'm a fan of Ella, too, but when it comes to range, emotion and originality Eva has it all.

[@libertychick3522]

I’ve always thought of Ella as a vocal gymnast - amazing! And Eve is likewise just amazing! I love how she gives new life to old songs…. Just live her!

[@Gruuvin1]

Her Autumn Leaves is the most beautiful I've ever heard.

[@davelegrid2052]

I have no words.... all I know is that Eva is my favorite from this point on until someone else proves me wrong. I can't even think about how much I would have "paid" to see this performance live. Maybe my soul might still be worth enough. ;) sigh.........

[@randymuro9486]

Love you and Miss you Eva.

[@_Sublime_]

The Lord took you away from us way too soon. But it gives me comfort to know you were called back home to be one of His angels. You were one of our angels too. Fly high Eva, we miss you.

[@billanton3645]

Her amazing guitar work combined with Eva's vocal interpretation makes this beyond special!!

[@katjamroczkowski8495]

❤She was a very special lady. Such a talent ❤

[@dewalphneal2811]

Why in the world is this my first time hearing about this lady? Oh my goodness!!!!!

[@vratyadeleon1928]

Don't worry brother ! It does not matter : sooner or later. Now you have found - and you won't loose - her.

[@4orrcountry]

Lose, not "loose". Hate me if u must...

[@vratyadeleon1928]

@@4orrcountry Of course not ! If you help me to improve my English .... but it is "you", not "u" ........

[@she_sings_delightful_things]

Isn't she INCREDIBLE?!??! My fav!! Her and Anita Baker are my favs!

[@RO8s]

@@vratyadeleon1928 You tell him! "Loose" means to set free.

[@oscararmandopinochi4729]

She was, and still is for me, one of the most beautiful singers I have ever listened to. She is still alive through her songs, beautiful gifts that she has left between us. LOVE YOU EVA!!!

[@cassandrathatsme4382]

Her voice! Her arrangements! Her delivery! Flawless!

[@georgemelvin7187]

Smiles, hello Cassandra 🌺 😊

[@tonyduffy3303]

Sometimes I despair for the modern world, internet and 24 hour news but at least with you tube we can share moments of total magic that might have been lost like Eva never to be lost now.

[@NinjaSquirrel30]

Amen

[@tclaca]

Her voice is a combination of power, raw and clarity. It is clear like Allison Kruss but not airy. It has the power and rawness of Janis Jopin but have an unique smoky haunting sound.

[@philpiper]

Just want to say that Eva deserves only the best musicians and you most definitely are. Thank you for complementing Eva's amazing voice so sympathetically, please know how much you are appreciated.

[@marylandstemfestival2892]

She was a year behind me at my High School, but I never met her. I'm going to a Concert celebrating what would have been her 60th Birthday this afternoon in Annapolis.

[@suewatts5985]

Her voice is so pure and natural.

[@markdolan9088]

Hello friend how are you doing😊🤗

[@GeorgeCampbell-sz1wu]

Hello Sue how are you doing today???

[@cn3824]

This documentary reveals a great deal about Eva Cassidy, important in understanding her choices, direction (many), and that critical one night at Blues Alley. It is a nod to the guys behind her, especially Chris B. (Thanks, guys. This could not have been easy to do.) This film explains a bit about her musical choices, which have been criticized as too generic. Yet I myself am thrilled that her song choices reflect my own - wonderful songs that I know and love well. Every song is terrific. No filler. As that one night of music defined most of what the greater world would hear from Eva Cassidy, this film fills in much- pondered gaps and adds essential knowledge to her legacy. Without CB and the band, no one ever would have heard this music. Well done all round then.

[@ReneeKnightYogaRani]

I am grateful to all Eva’s friends, fans & band mates who made sure that we could see & hear Eva’s wonderful voice all over the world as she would have loved!

[@willisfarris5091]

Eva is in the pantheon of the seminal Ladies of Song: Ella, the Sparrow (Piaf), Janis ... and a handful of other phenoms. So grateful for whoever posted this live set on video!!!

[@estebalstigopopoluz]

I love her rendition of Field of gold, everytime i hear her sing the oooh oooh part my Heart aches. We played that song on my mothers funeral and she was also named Eva and died of cancer. It seemed fitting somehow

[@loristegner3272]

So grateful to have this live concert of Eva. Such an intimate setting with every song evoking such raw beauty and soul. The band was spectacular as well. Her voice is timeless and I know it will inspire generations to come. ...When I think of how young she was taken from us, it makes me cry. I’m a cancer survivor and understand having faced my own mortality. My only solace is God must have needed her more. Even now, on days when I struggle with life long recovery, her voice helps me face and some how...to heal. ❤️

[@horseyhorselips3501]

Lori Stegner I’m a 33 year survivor from cancer and the radiation treatments fried me so bad I had both shoulders replaced and bone grafts on both hips and all this was from 3 years to 9 years after I got diagnosed in 1990, shoulder 93, hip 96, shoulder 98, hip 99. Then in 2016 had aortic valve replaced one bypass and a pacemaker put in and heart Dr told me everything under my rib cage is fried from radiation treatments long ago and looks like leather. But this is the easy part of my life for believe it or not in 1973 I met a girl from Alaska in Toronto Canada September 1,1973 and her brother gave me his sister’s hand in marriage because I had a Draft Card for the Vietnam War when I was 18 years old that year. Well in my failed attempts to get to an unknown location in Alaska from Niagara Falls NY my family had me put in restraints because they said I had an imaginary wife and daughter Jewelry, long story short in Jewel Kilcher’s Songs Foolish Games and Enter from the East are about Me and the situation I just mentioned and I ended up in the Special Olympics August 25,1974 three months after I heard a whisper the girl in Alaska had a daughter and named her Jewel !!! 😢

[@GeorgeCampbell-sz1wu]

Hello Lori how are you doing today??

[@LScofield1]

Somewhere in heaven Eva Cassidy is singing and the angels are listening.

[@manilla44]

Absolutely brilliant.

[@greyjay9202]

One of the very best voices of the last 100 years. She was a natural. Just stunning.

[@gianinni2002]

“Autumn Leaves” whimsical and enchanting...

[@mixtressr]

Nothing compares to her ! I can listen to each and every breath, and inflection and turn of phrase all the day and night long and never tire! Hear something new each time. God bless her.

[@georgemelvin7187]

Smiles, hi there 🌺 😊

[@elizabethlinsay9193]

Perfection personified.