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Editorial 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
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
I found it disappointing I'm a longtime fan of Eva Cassidy's wonderful voice and style. I think I have all her albums and those albums provide a lot of the background music for my life. Her all-too-soon death took a marvelous talent from this world. That said, though, I found this album a bit disappointing. I think that with every now-deceased beloved artist, there exists a file somewhere of recorded songs that were considered for earlier albums and put aside because they weren't quite good enough. Then, when the artist dies,... more info
Music from the graveyard shift 'The graveyard shift' in radio are those late late hours when all good folk are tucked up in bed and Alan Partridge-esque DJ-s are playing undemanding soulful muzak to factory shift workers and long distance lorry drivers.
Now Radio Norwich listeners whiling away the wee small hours can find a new selection of Eva Cassidy songs bulking out the tired and unimaginative playlists of their tired and unimaginative Djs.
Without wishing to be too unkind to the late Eva Cassidy who certainly had a fine... more info
Breathtaking...and then some! I was introduced to Eva Cassidy in the late 90s and have purchased every CD of her work released since then. This new release caught me by surprise, discovering it in Amazon's New Releases section on the very day it was released. Boy am I glad I didn't miss it! Despite Live At Blues Alley being one of my all-time Top 10 albums, this is in great danger of becoming my favourite Eva album to date. It is certainly better produced than previous works (not over-produced) with the luxury of Eva's own backing... more info
An American Master Crosses All Musical Boundaries 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... more info
