Eva - The Eva Cassidy Story Starring Clare Bowditch April 29, 2011

Eva Cassidy was born in 1963 and died 33 years later in 1996. Eva left a legacy of extraordinary arrangements of ballads, sung with her hauntingly beautiful voice, described in the Washington Post as “…so pure, so strong and so passionate it should have found a home just about anywhere.”

And find a home it did! When the BBC played Somewhere Over The Rainbow four years after her death, Eva Cassidy’s records shot to the top of the charts and they are still selling to this day.

It is no wonder that one of Australia’s great talents, Clare Bowditch, should have heard this voice and was hooked immediately – nearly running off the road when Fields Of Gold came on her car radio!

The Eva Cassidy story became seared into Clare’s consciousness and it was only a matter of time until Clare decided to write the story of this amazing artist and sing her songs “…just as Eva sang them.”

The result is two hours of pure joy. Clare tells the story as only a fellow artist could – with passion and innate knowledge, sharing many of the same experiences.

Included in the song list is Fields Of Gold, Somewhere Over The Rainbow, Hallelujah I Love Him So and the Gospel hit, Wade In The Water.

Official Website: http://www.thestoryofevacassidy.com.au