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On this page you will find a selection of books all about Eva and her music.

 

 

The Eva Cassidy Songbook for Guitar features five pages of full-color photos with an introduction by father Hugh Cassidy, as well as black and white photos and original artwork. Titles include: Ain't No Sunshine * Anniversary Song * At Last * Autumn Leaves * Fields of Gold * I Wandered by a Brookside * Nightbird * Over the Rainbow * Penny to My Name * Say Goodbye * Songbird * Time After Time * Wade in the Water * Way Beyond the Blue * Wayfaring Stranger * What a Wonderful World.

We recommend that books and other Eva Cassidy items are purchased via the Art Website managed by Eva's sisters. Please go to the 'Eva's Art' link on the left.

 

 

Capturing Eva's essence and tender life story, Eva Cassidy: Songbird collects the intimate memories of relatives, close friends, and the musicians who collaborated with her. The book tells the story of her too-brief life and enduring music. Featuring candid full-color photos and reproductions of Eva's original artwork, a vivid portrait emerges of a woman who devoted her energies to the things she truly loved-giving encouragement to those around her, tending to plants at the nursery where she worked, and performing her music at clubs in Washington. There are now two version of this book as at last it has been published in the USA.

                         

This American edition on the left contains two new chapters about her influences and her posthumous success in her native country. With the publication of Eva Cassidy: Songbird, the woman behind the unforgettable voice will at last be known.

The book was written by Rob Burley, Jonathan Maitland and Elana Rhodes Byrd.

British writers Rob Burley and Jonathan Maitland produced a news story about Eva Cassidy for Granada TV in Britain, and did many further in-depth interviews for this book. Elana Rhodes Byrd is an attorney and close friend of the Cassidy family.

In the USA you can obtain this book now from ofcourse Amazon.com and also from Barnes & Noble. In the UK the book is available from all good bookshops and stores. You can also obtain this book from Amazon.co.uk