Audio CD review:
Eva Cassidy - American Tune

Eva Cassidy - American Tune

Band: Eva Cassidy Title: American Tune Rating: Release Date: 12 August, 2003 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Drowning In The Sea Of Love 2: True Colors 3: The Water Is Wide 4: Hallelujah I Love Him So 5: God Bless The Child 6: Dark Eyed Molly 7: American Tune 8: It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing 9: Yesterday 10: You Take My Breath Away

Editoral Review The singer's 1996 death at the age of 33, after all, rendered her output finite in the saddest and most frustrating way. Eva Cassidy fans surely feel something akin to relief when another cache of tapes is opened for release. American Tune's modus operandi is similar to previous Cassidy CDs in its mix of standard repertoire (here, everything from "Yesterday" to "God Bless the Child" and Ray Charles's "Hallelujah I Love [Him] So" rubs shoulders) and fine, less obvious choices (Joe Simon's early-'70s soul hit "Drowning in the Sea of Love"). The sometimes pedestrian backing does little to spoil the pleasure of Cassidy's pure tone and the surprises she's able to wring from the material--on the Charles tune, she even suggests a distaff Lyle Lovett. She'd no doubt be pleased to know that tracks uncovered at this point now sound like, well, notes from a missed, much-loved friend. --Rickey Wright .. You can see a complete list of all Eva Cassidy discography, or go back to the Eva Cassidy tabs