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MUST HAVE On Vinyl: Margriet Sjoerdsma – A Tribute to Eva Cassidy 
Eva Cassidy (1963 – 1996) didn’t write many songs herself. But the American singer had an excellent nose for good songs, that she treated and interpreted in her own way. She changed the melody of Over the Rainbow, her best-known cover, so that it surpassed the original version. A Tribute to Eva Cassidy is therefore in the first place a tribute to beautiful, sometimes forgotten songs. For Eva the lyrics of a song were as important as its music. If you want to know who Eva Cassidy was, you should study the texts that she sang.
Because Cassidy was such a versatile singer, from tranquil songs, jazz, soul till exuberant rhythm and blues, it is interesting to think about how this talented singer would have developed if she had stayed alive. Her brother Dan thinks she might have played and sang acoustic music with guitar, double bass and violin. That is exactly the cast that Margriet Sjoerdsma has chosen.
At their try-out performance at North Sea Jazz they didn’t play solid pieces like Take Me To The River or Wayfaring Stranger, but ballads Fields of Gold, People Get Ready and a very special arrangement of It Doesn’t Matter Anymore. The most surprising song that the band played at Ahoy Rotterdam was a fast country-version of  I Wish I Was A Single Girl Again in which Dan Cassidy proved his virtuosity on the four violin strings. Eva Cassidy used to change ‘boy’ and ‘man ‘ into ‘girl’ but the boys in Margriet’s band sang without any embarrassment the lyrics about the ‘single girl.’ Unfortunately this up tempo song didn’t make it on the cd. But I Wish I Was A Single Girl Again can be found in of Radio 6’s archives. The moment that Sjoerdsma comes closest to Eva’s impressive vocal belting is in the relatively unknown San Francisco Bay Blues. In this acoustic cast the quality of accompanists guitarist Arie Storm and bassist Cord Heineking has full play.
Dan Cassidy lives alternately in Iceland and Great-Britain where he forms a duo with folksinger and guitarist James Hickman. The violinist has refused to benefit from the posthumous success of his diseased sister. But he is happy that Eva’s music has been recognized in the Netherlands: ‘This project gives me the chance to play on the continent of Europe for an attentively listening audience and that is a good thing.’ Sjoerdsma, Storm and Heineking recorded the album together; Cassidy added his violin parts in Iceland.


Album: Margriet Sjoerdsma ‎– A Tribute To Eva Cassidy Label: STS Analog ‎– 6111197 Format: Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo Country: Netherlands Released: 2020 Genre: Jazz, Blues, Folk, World, & Country
  Tracklist:
A1In The Early Morning Rain Written-By – Gordon Lightfoot A2Fields Of Gold Written-By – Sting A3Wade In The Water Written-By – Traditional A4People Get Ready Written-By – Curtis Mayfield B1San Francisco Bay Blues Written-By – Jesse Fuller B2Penny To My Name Written-By – Roger Henderson B3Time After Time Written-By – Cyndi Lauper, Robert Irving III B4It Doesn't Matter Anymore Written-By – Paul Anka


This Vinyl LP Record Released Under STS Analog Label.
45RPM Audiophile Edition
Note that there is another version of this reissue from the same year and label with slightly different tracklist (B3 is "Won't Be Long" instead of "Time After Time") and a barcode on the rear sleeve.


The Dutch press wrote:
‘Sjoerdsma honours Eva Cassidy beautifully...’ 
‘Sjoerdsma is extravert, charming and a little naughty’ Stentor..'
‘Sjoerdsma is of world class level, her Eva Cassidy Tribute is of a level that resembles Eva Cassidy herself...'
‘A more than worthy tribute’ 
‘Like a reborn Casssidy, Sjoerdsma sings Eva’s songs with a humble heart but with great confidence, while Dan Cassidy plays beautifully on his violin’



Margriet Sjoerdsma: Vocals Dan Cassidy: Violin Side A: on tracks 1.2.and 3 Side B: On tracks 2 and 4 Arie Storm: Guitars and Dobro, Backing Vocals Cord Heineking: Double Bass, Backing Vocals
Produced by: Margriet Sjoerdsma Recorded and Mixed by: Micha de Kanter Remastered and MW Coding by: Fritz de With
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