I once read Eva's cousin Laura, who runs the evacassidy.org website, say that Eva never would have auditioned for a show like American Idol, that she was far...
The performance of "Imagine" on American Idol has set off a debate on just how much of it was copied from Eva's version, which is available on Youtube: ...
... Our discussion group is just one place generating lots of comment on Ann Power's recent article. If we leave beside the "did he" or "didn't he" remarks,...
Under Eva Cassidy's Wikipedia entry: David Archuleta also performed Cassidy's version of John Lennon's song, Imagine, in season 7 of American Idol to rave...
... on ... Apparently Ann's article really touched a nerve and some responses have now been posted. Many remind me of the reaction by people I've loaned Eva's...
Hey guys I just listened to David's version of the song imagine and must say that personally I dont hear Evas arrangement. The guitar style is totally...
Hi all! My name's Dennis and I just joined this group. I've been an Eva Cassidy fan for a number of years now. Based on some of the posts I've read here, I'm...
... Hi Dennis, Welcome and thanks for your comments on the David "flap" - nicely put. It's very interesting to me that Kim and DJ don't hear Eva's arrangement....
Scott, I totally agree with you. I did an A/B comparison of the 2 versions and the melodic line is nearly identical. The guitar accompaniment was different and...
... Hi Dennis, Your comment about being "effortless" is an important distinction. There are many times when Eva herself makes song passages appear effortless...
I am Henk, Netherlands. New (1 month) Half a year ago i heard a song, driving home. It was announced as Dark eyed Molly by Eva Cassidy. I repeated the name a...
Hi Henk: You shouldn't worry about your english. It is very good. I've noticed that this is usually the case for posters whose native language is not english....
This time it is Scott Collins who must come to the defense of fellow critic Ann Powers. Here is what he says... -- Archuleta seems a cooler customer, but then...
2008 Mar 10 - Morning Has Broken compilation disc from EMI On the Amazon UK product page for this disc, take note of which artist gets first mention in the...
... With all due respect to the opinions posted from some of our very informed members that the arrangements were different, I thought that Dennis had a great...
I wanted to reference a youtube musician for a rendition of "Danny Boy" for St. Patrick's Day in the spirit of Eva's version, one of unadorned beauty and...
... simplicity ... More info on this "tune" can be found here: http://www.jayandmolly.com/ashokanfaq.shtml The tune was written to mark the end of season at a...
All right, here the thing... Regarding American Idol and Eva I hope the next time a song is performed and the style can be attributed to Eva Cassidy, she gets...
... A few more comments about Hallelujah... Here is how the song was used in the movie, Shrek: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlJeS8GDTcI Can we be that far...
--Hi Scott: Re: the song "Hallelujah", I think the definitive reading of this song is by K.D. Lang (who'll I'll be seeing live in concert in a couple of...
Hi Scott: Thanks for your information re the background of this song. The author you spoke of and referenced has a youtube segment about it in which he also...
A couple of Eva's recordings that are generally hard-to-find have been put up on youtube by a poster from the Netherlands: "Oh, Had I a Golden Thread" and...
An artists who calls himeself "CoolJazz" has recorded two arrangements of Eva adopted for the saxaphone. These are really jazz improv's based on Eva's work -...
I can only thank Eva for bringing another artist to this group's attention who deserves to be heard by a wider audience. I have returned to listen to the...
Thanks to Scott for eliciting this wonderfully insightful, thoughtful, and expressive reply from CoolJazzz. I listened to his music on youtube, and I've got to...
... thoughtful, ... Although I had every intention of getting the spelling correct in this artist's name, the subject line slipped by. For the record (pun...
Linda (aka Casa Lucita) will reach an important milestone today with her montage set to Eva's OTR. Sometime today, less than one year from her original post...
One year ago today, I did not know about the existence of Eva Cassidy. Even though I'd spent years listening to good music, hanging out in Georgetown, roaming...
... Weeks late but what a beautiful thing to hear and clearly the message has been heard. To Eva's family, BIG HUGS and a lovely evening for you I hope. Wendy...
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