Editing Eva Cassidy (section)

==Posthumous recognition==
[[File:Top of the pops 2 eva cassidy.jpg|250px|thumb|left|The camcorder recording of "Over the Rainbow" as shown on ''Top of the Pops&nbsp;2'']] 
After Cassidy's death, local folk singer [[Grace Griffith]] introduced the Blues Alley recording to Bill Straw from her label, [[Blix Street Records]].<ref name= grabs /> Straw approached the Cassidy family to put together a new album. In 1998, a compilation of tracks from Cassidy's three released recordings was assembled into the CD ''[[Songbird (Eva Cassidy album)|Songbird]]''. This CD lingered in relative obscurity for two years until being given airplay by [[BBC Radio 2]], firstly by [[Paul Jones (singer)|Paul Jones]] then by [[Mike Harding]] but most famously by [[Terry Wogan]] on his wide-reaching  show ''[[Wake Up to Wogan]]'', following recommendation by his producer [[Paul Walters]]. The album sold more than 100,000&nbsp;copies in the following months.<ref name= wordmag /> ''[[The New York Times]]'' spoke of her "silken soprano voice with a wide and seemingly effortless range, unerring pitch and a gift for phrasing that at times was heart-stoppingly eloquent."<ref name= grabs />

Before Christmas of 2000, BBC's ''[[Top of the Pops 2]]'' aired a video of Cassidy performing "[[Over the Rainbow]]", which resulted in ''Songbird'' climbing steadily up the UK charts over the next few weeks. Just as [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]'s ''[[Tonight with Trevor McDonald]]'' aired a feature on Cassidy, the album topped the chart.<ref>[[#knew|Burley et al.]] p.155.</ref> Shot at Blues Alley by a friend with a camcorder the same night the album was recorded,<ref name= wordmag /> the video became the most requested video ever shown on ''Top Of The Pops 2''.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/southyorkshire/entertainment/music/interviews/2002/eva_cassidy.shtml Eva Cassidy's producer Chris Biondo talks to Toby Foster] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090328201403/http://www.bbc.co.uk/southyorkshire/entertainment/music/interviews/2002/eva_cassidy.shtml |date=March 28, 2009 }} ''BBC Radio'', July 2002. Retrieved on March 6, 2008.</ref> Alexis Petridis in ''[[The Guardian]]'' wrote, "There's an undeniable emotional appeal in hearing an artist who you know died in obscurity singing a song about hope and a mystical world beyond everyday life".<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/music/2002/nov/01/artsfeatures.popandrock "Albums from the crypt"] ''The Guardian'', November 1, 2002. Retrieved on August 21, 2014.</ref>

[[Paul McCartney]] and [[Eric Clapton]] were among her newfound fans. Jazz critic [[Ted Gioia]] writes, "you might be tempted to write off the 'Cassidy sensation' ... as a response to the sad story of the singer's abbreviated life rather than as a measure of her artistry. But don't be mistaken, Cassidy was a huge talent, whose obscurity during her lifetime was almost as much a tragedy as her early death."<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.jazz.com/music/2009/3/10/eva-cassidy-autumn-leaves |title= Eva Cassidy: Autumn Leaves| url-status= dead| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090928075530/http://www.jazz.com/music/2009/3/10/eva-cassidy-autumn-leaves| archive-date= September 28, 2009| first= Ted |last= Gioia| website= Jazz.com| date= March 10, 2009}}</ref> ''Songbird'' has since achieved significant chart success in Europe. It is certified six times [[British Phonographic Industry#Certifications|platinum]] in the UK with 1,840,000 copies sold.<ref name= wordmag /><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5il3LVBbCLE_tMQtpQ6zndog-qt-g|title=Cassidy album six-times platinum|date=November 2, 2009|agency=The Press Association| access-date= November 10, 2009}}{{dead link|date=June 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Although still relatively unknown in the US at that time, the album would eventually be [[RIAA certification|certified gold]] there as well.<ref>[https://www.riaa.com/newsitem.php?news_year_filter=&resultpage=76&id=182519BF-06DB-6DF5-F763-3555CDC1857A RIAA Gives Thanks For Strong Gold and Platinum Numbers In November] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102165248/http://www.riaa.com/newsitem.php?news_year_filter=&resultpage=76&id=182519BF-06DB-6DF5-F763-3555CDC1857A |date=January 2, 2016 }} RIAA News Room. Retrieved on March 6, 2008.</ref>

{{Quote box|width=29%|align=right|quote="There is something about her voice – a quality – that you really can't put into words. It's a magical quality."|source=—[[Sting (musician)|Sting]] on Cassidy (who had recorded a version of his song "[[Fields of Gold]]" in 1996, the year she died).<ref>{{cite news |title=In death, a songbird is not silenced|url=https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/music/in-death-a-songbird-is-not-silenced-20021006-gduntk.html |date=October 6, 2002|access-date=May 2, 2020 |work=The Age}}</ref>}}
In May 2001, [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s ''[[Nightline (US news program)|Nightline]]'' in the US broadcast a well-received short documentary about Cassidy, a labor of love from ''Nightline'' correspondent [[Dave Marash]] who was a fan of her music.<ref>{{cite web| url= https://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/story?id=128772&page=1 | title= Nightline Daily Email: 7/2| first= Leroy |last= Sievers| website= ABCNews.go.com| access-date= March 6, 2008}}</ref> Over the weekend, all five of Cassidy's albums occupied [[Amazon.com]]'s best sellers list top spots.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.allbusiness.com/retail-trade/miscellaneous-retail-retail-stores-not/4399419-1.html |title= 'Nightline' Boosts Cassidy| first= Bill |last= Holland|work= Billboard Bulletin, allbusiness.com| date= May 30, 2001|access-date= March 6, 2008}}</ref> The ''Nightline'' episode has since been rebroadcast three times due to popular demand<ref>Rebroadcast  [http://abcnewsstore.go.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/DSIProductDisplay?catalogId=11002&storeId=20051&productId=2008174&langId=-1&categoryId=100041 on July 4, 2001] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100104134102/http://abcnewsstore.go.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/DSIProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=20051&catalogId=11002&productId=2008174&categoryId=100041 |date=January 4, 2010 }}, [http://abcnewsstore.go.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/DSIProductDisplay?catalogId=11002&storeId=20051&productId=2007243&langId=-1&categoryId=100041 on August 15, 2002] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090111181110/http://abcnewsstore.go.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/DSIProductDisplay?catalogId=11002&storeId=20051&productId=2007243&langId=-1&categoryId=100041 |date=January 11, 2009 }} and [http://abcnewsstore.go.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/DSIProductDisplay?catalogId=11002&storeId=20051&productId=2005433&langId=-1&categoryId=100030 on January 1, 2004] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090111223651/http://abcnewsstore.go.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/DSIProductDisplay?catalogId=11002&storeId=20051&productId=2005433&langId=-1&categoryId=100030 |date=January 11, 2009 }}; ABCNewsStore.com</ref> and producer [[Leroy Sievers]] has said that it is "probably the most popular Nightline ever".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://abcnewsstore.go.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/DSIProductDisplay?catalogId=11002&storeId=20051&productId=2005433&langId=-1&categoryId=100030 |title=Nightline Daily E-Mail: January 2, 2004 |first1=Leroy |last1=Sievers |author2=Nightline Staff |date=January 2, 2004 |website=ABCNewsStore.com |publisher=ABC News |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090111223651/http://abcnewsstore.go.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/DSIProductDisplay?catalogId=11002&storeId=20051&productId=2005433&langId=-1&categoryId=100030 |archive-date=January 11, 2009 }}</ref> In December, a nine-minute segment on [[NPR]] resulted in a similar sales surge, with five of the top seven spots going to Cassidy.<ref name= washingtonian /> In Britain a rebroadcast of ''[[Tonight with Trevor McDonald]]'' bumped up sales.<ref name= washingtonian>{{cite web| url= http://www.washingtonian.com/articles/people/6595.html|title= Eva Cassidy Was “One of the Greatest Voices of Her Generation”| first= Sherri |last= Dalphonse| work= Washingtonian| date= May 1, 2001| access-date= March 6, 2008}}</ref><ref>[http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-10348539_ITM The Official UK Albums Chart Top 75] ''Music Week'', August 25, 2001. Retrieved on March 6, 2008.</ref>

Since ''Songbird'', several other CDs with original material have been released: ''[[Time After Time (Eva Cassidy album)|Time After Time]]'' (2000), ''[[Imagine (Eva Cassidy album)|Imagine]]'' (2002) and ''[[American Tune (album)|American Tune]]'' (2003). 

Cassidy's cover of ''Time After Time'' was featured on the 2003 soundtrack CD of the popular superhero television series [[Smallville]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.cbr.com/elektra-records-to-release-smallville-soundtrack-february-25th| title= Elektra records to release 'Smallville' soundtrack February 25th| agency= CBR.com| date= Feb 4, 2003| access-date= June 25, 2022}}</ref> 

Together with [[word of mouth]] and internet fan sites, [[online shopping|online commerce]] has played a large role in Cassidy's success.<ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.deseret.com/2001/3/11/19574378/internet-fuels-singer-s-posthumous-success/| title= Internet fuels singer's posthumous success| first= Jim| last= Farber| agency= [[New York Daily News]]| newspaper= [[The Deseret News]]| date= March 11, 2001| access-date= November 2, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2002/apr/04/internetnews.onlinesupplement2 |title= Keeping the flame| first= Mike |last= Anderiesz| work= The Guardian| date= April 4, 2002| access-date= March 14, 2008}}</ref> This point was further affirmed when in 2005, [[Amazon.com]] released a list of its top&nbsp;25 best-selling musicians, which placed Cassidy in fifth position, behind [[the Beatles]], [[U2]], [[Norah Jones]] and [[Diana Krall]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2005_July_11/ai_n14731632 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712082341/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2005_July_11/ai_n14731632 |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 12, 2012 |title=Amazon.com Inducts 25 Musicians into Hall of Fame |work=Business Wire |date=July 11, 2005 |access-date=March 6, 2008 }}</ref>

In 2008, another new album, ''[[Somewhere (Eva Cassidy album)|Somewhere]]'', was released. Unlike previous albums, which consisted solely of cover songs, this release contained two original songs co-written by Cassidy. An acoustic album, ''[[Simply Eva]]'', was released in January 2011.

In March 2023, the album ''[[I Can Only Be Me]]'' was released, which featured new orchestrations by the [[London Symphony Orchestra]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/03/06/eva-cassidy-orchestra/|title=Strings attached: A new Eva Cassidy album features an orchestra|newspaper=Washington Post|last=Kelly|first=John|date=6 March 2023|access-date=11 March 2023}}</ref> The album debuted at number 9 on the UK Official Albums Chart.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-lathums-land-second-number-one-album-with-from-nothing-to-a-little-bit-more-3411568|title=The Lathums land second Number One album with 'From Nothing To A Little Bit More'|website=NME|last=Qureshi|first=Arusa|date=10 March 2023|access-date=11 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/|title=Official Albums Chart Top 100 10 March 2023 - 16 March 2023|website=Official Charts|date=10 March 2023|access-date=11 March 2023}}</ref> In an interview with ''[[The Independent]]'', Cassidy's former bandmate and arranger Chris Biondo shared, "Eva had a fantasy of one day having a full orchestra back her up [...] to her, that was the greatest place you could be musically."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/eva-cassidy-new-album-chris-biondo-interview-b2291735.html|title='A séance in song': How a new album fulfils one of Eva Cassidy's musical dreams|website=The Independent|last=Farber|first=Jim|date=1 March 2023|access-date=11 March 2023}}</ref> [[Audio restoration|Audio restoration technology]] developed by filmmaker [[Peter Jackson]] was used to strip Cassidy's voice from her original recordings, with the orchestrations being produced in 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://defector.com/the-never-ending-resurrection-of-eva-cassidy|title=The Never-Ending Resurrection Of Eva Cassidy|website=Defector|last=McKenna|first=Dave|date=15 February 2023|access-date=11 March 2023}}</ref>