Eva Cassidy in Take Me To The River video

By Martin Kielty
( Classic Rock )
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View performance from late singer’s 1996 live set

Eva Cassidy’s live performance of Take Me To The River in 1996 has been released on video for the first time.

The track appeared on her album Live At Blues Alley, launched just before her death from melanoma at the age of 33. It later contributed to her posthumous rise to fame.

Blix Street Records have launched the video to mark 20 years since the iconic performance. It appears on 2CD live set Nightbird, out on December 11.

Label boss Bill Straw says: “All of the performances recorded that night are included. I’ve never heard anything that approaches the sheer vocal excellence of these one-night, one-take performances.”

Nightbird is available for pre-order now.

Martin Kielty
Freelance Online News Contributor

Not only is one-time online news editor Martin an established rock journalist and drummer, but he’s also penned several books on music history, including SAHB Story: The Tale of the Sensational Alex Harvey Band, a band he once managed, and the best-selling Apollo Memories about the history of the legendary and infamous Glasgow Apollo. Martin has written for Classic Rock and Prog and at one time had written more articles for Louder than anyone else (we think he's second now). He’s appeared on TV and when not delving intro all things music, can be found travelling along the UK’s vast canal network.