The SONGBIRD compilation, released by independent Blix Street Records 18 months after her untimely passing from melanoma at age 33 in November of 1996, turned Eva Cassidy into an unlikely superstar.

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 Cassidy's first three ...

2001 would see Eva Cassidy become an "overnight sensation" as SONGBIRD reached #1 on the British charts, setting off a feeding frenzy among the media on both sides of the Atlantic.

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 ...

Songbird takes tracks from those two albums as well as the posthumous release Eva by Heart, and shows Cassidy off as a one-woman catalog of American popular music. She reinterprets traditional ...

‘Songbird’ takes tracks from those two albums as well as the posthumous release Eva by Heart and shows Cassidy off as a one-woman catalog of American popular music. She reinterprets ...

The late Eva Cassidy of Bowie, whose life was cut short by melanoma at age 33 in 1996, had a presence and a sound even as a teenager that stopped people in their tracks. “The first time I ever ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Eva Cassidy may be the most famous musical artist to ever live in Annapolis, but it took 26 years and a mural dedication for the city to mount a tribute concert in her honor.

Eva Cassidy left a lasting legacy, despite dying far too early at the age of 33. As part of Women's History Month, we paid tribute to the late singer-songwriter ...

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) ...