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Article: Dead famous; Eva Cassidy has notched up her first Top 20 album ...five years after her death
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- Evening Times
- Article date:
- March 1, 2001
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She has two albums in the charts, one of which is about to go
platinum. It is a rare feat in itself but even more surprising when
one takes into consideration that her work hasn't had the slightest
promotional nudge.
There have been no tabloid pictures of her entwined with Chris
Evans, no jigging up and down wearing next to nothing on Top of the
Pops. Eva Cassidy's enormous success is solely down to talent.
Tragically, Eva died without knowing how big an impact her voice
would make. Cancer killed her five years ago, when, at the age of
33, she was still largely unknown outside her native Washington, DC.
Not everyone fully understands quite what Eva has achieved.
When Loaded magazine ...