Maryland singer Eva Cassidy died of cancer in 1996 at the age of 33. A new album, "I Can Only Be Me," showcases her voice backed by the London Symphony Orchestra. (Matthew Dols) ...

In April, 1998, Blix Street posthumously released SONGBIRD, a collection chosen primarily from two other Cassidy albums, LIVE AT BLUES ALLEY and EVA BY HEART.

Later in 1998, Blix Street issued the complete LIVE AT BLUES ALLEY and EVA BY HEART, then, two years later, TIME AFTER TIME, which gathered various previously unissued Cassidy performances. It wasn't ...

Lenny Williams never thought he’d be doing interviews about a new Eva Cassidy album in 2023. And yet 27 years after the Bowie native died of cancer at 33, Williams found himself reminiscing ...

Eva Cassidy's SONGBIRD album was initially released by independent label Blix Street Records in April, 1998. The posthumous release, an anthology of recordings by the Washington, DC-based singer ...

“She would also be a little embarrassed.” Would be, because Eva Cassidy died five years ago of cancer at age 33. In life, she shunned the limelight that shines on her work now.

Cassidy’s tragic story is well-known by now. In a nutshell, the unknown D.C.-area singer died from cancer at 33 in 1996; in 1998, her “Songbird” album appeared and became an out-of-nowhere ...

In 1994, Miss Cassidy toured with another band but decided she liked smaller appearances better. Eventually, she recorded and released her second album, “Live at Blues Alley,” in January 1996.

WASHINGTON — Eva Cassidy, the Washington songbird who couldn’t land a record contract during her lifetime, currently has the No. 1 album in England. “Songbird,” a compilation drawn from ...

Eva Cassidy had the kind of voice you fall in love to, and with. Whether it was blues, jazz, folk or pop, her clear and evocative voice and its resonance possessed an ethereal, transcendent ...

New album reviews: Keyshia Cole, Pearl Jam and Eva Cassidy Published: Jan. 24, 2011, 10:33 a.m. By Kevin O'Hare, The Republican Keyshia Cole ...

In Maryland and Washington, where the singer Eva Cassidy lived and performed, her reputation has reached almost mythical proportions. The same is true in Britain, where Songbird, one of several pos… ...