Album: Eva Cassidy, Simply Eva (Blix Street)

Reviewed by Nick Coleman

Sunday 30 January 2011

More exhumations, this time giving insight into how the late virtuoso sounded accompanying herself on acoustic guitar.

There's a pleasing bias towards the gospel canon, as well as Cyndi Lauper (two songs), plus Sandy Denny ("Who Knows...") and Johnny Mercer, all allowing for the ultra-detailed, almost clinically measured approach that was Cassidy's metier. What this adds to what is already known is moot, but you can't argue with the virtuosity.

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