Inspiring, Mesmerizing! Unmatched Interpretive Skills!
These tracks were recorded in the studio over a period of several years. Thisalbum was released posthumously by Eva’s family. Five tracks are also found onthe Songbird album.
“An album both haunting and inspiring, tragic and mesmerizing, Eva by Heartwas the singer’s only true studio album, and hints at the promise which wasnever to materialize due to her early demise from cancer. Five of the songs onthis set (“I Know You by Heart,” “Time Is a Healer,” “Wayfaring Stranger,” “Wadein the Water,” and “Songbird”) appear on her Songbird collection… The stylesrange from folksy (the sweet “I Know You by Heart”), to soulful (“Time Is aHealer”), to introspective (“Say Goodbye,” “Waly Waly”), to downright rousing(“Wayfaring Stranger,” “How Can I Keep From Singing?”) and bluesy (“Blues in theNight.”). Eva’s voice always sounds crystalline, and her interpretive skills areunmatched (as evidenced on her lovely take of Christine McVie’s “Songbird”). Thewoman had the power to transform a standard or a traditional into her own song,and she could belt out the blues just as good as anybody else (take one listento “Blues in the Night” or her duet with Chuck Brown, “Need Your Love So Bad”).This disc, as with any of her works, and the posthumous fame she achieved butnever sought, stand as testimony as to how true artistry, despite whatevercircumstances, has the capacity to transcend, and her story should proveinspiring to any truly talented and struggling musician out in the world.” -allmusic.com
Features:
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Selections:
1. I Know You By Heart
2. Time Is A Healer
3. Wayfaring Stranger
4. Wade In the Water
5. Blues In the Night
6. Songbird
7. Need Your Love So Bad (duet with Chuck Brown)
8. Say Goodbye
9. Nightbird
10. Waly Waly
11. How Can I Keep From Singing?
