Eva Cassidy – Nightbird Eva Cassidy". Australian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved June 18, 2016.

Her skill also meant she could improvise the tunes at will, as well as bend the notes with a sculptor’s care. “She could change the melody to something the band had not heard before on a gig-by-gig basis,” Biondo said.Live at Blues Alley (Eva Music) was recorded and released. The present Nightbird is the expansion and 20th Anniversary celebration of a life ended too soon and a recording promising so much. Recorded January 3, 1996, Cassidy would be gone by November...a streak of light across the night sky.

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. a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "British certifications – Eva Cassidy". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved May 13, 2023. Type Eva Cassidy in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter. On the other hand, Biondo said Cassidy “thought that was kinda cool,” an attitude that underscores her focus on the performance rather than its reception. “She just liked to go out and sing,” he said. “She didn’t want anybody to jump up and down.” Matrix / Runout (CD1 Variant 2): [SixtySix Productions logo] www.sixtysixproductions.co.uk AF10022-01 manufactured by optimal media GmbH a b c Peaks in Australia: "Australian Charts > Eva Cassidy". australian-charts.com Hung Medien . Retrieved 2011-07-24.Nightbird is a 2-CD plus 1-DVD live album by American singer Eva Cassidy, released posthumously in November 2015, nineteen years after her death. Matrix / Runout (DVD): www.sixtysixproductions.co.uk DF10023-01 manufactured by optimal media GmbH R Matrix / Runout (CD2 Variant 2): [SixtySix Productions logo] www.sixtysixproductions.co.uk AF10022-02 manufactured by optimal media GmbH On the 17th of September 1996 a young woman, accompanied by a few dozen family and friends, attended her own tribute concert in a small club in the Washington, DC area. Transcending the effects of chemo-therapy and morphine in that moment, the singer abandoned her walker and was helped onto the stage for what would be her final performance, What a Wonderful World. A few weeks later Eva Cassidy passed away, having been diagnosed with melanoma months earlier.