EVA CASSIDY

Also try Elusive Disc and Acoustic Sounds for some of the lesser known artists and CDs.

tom and Dtc,

thanks so much for the recommendations.

definitely will check them.

CHEERS!!!

I have to agree she is "the one". Other female singers with gorgeous voices are Sara Brightman and of course the best jazz singer of all time Ella Fitzgerald. A singer you may not be aware of that has a drop dead beautiful voice is Queen Latifah. Early on she sang mostly hip-hop but lately has expanded her repertoire to include ballads. Her album Traveling Light shows off her wonderful voice to great effect.

I have listened high & low to find a vocalist who moved me like Eva Cassidy. After many explorations, there is a not-well known Italian singer, trained in opera, who has done it. Her name is: Maria Pia De Vito.

More info at wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Pia_De_Vito

You can google some youtube samples as well as many European reviews.

Mary Fahl a la early October Project...