Songbird by Eva Cassidy (CD, Mar-1998, Blix Street Records)

A few years ago I awoke in the middle of the night to the sound of Eva Cassidy singing 'Somewhere over the Rainbow' - and thought -- "that's the most beautiful voice". After listening to the rest of the song, the announcer mentioned her name and that Eva had died recently of cancer.

Of course over the next week I bought every Eva Cassidy CD available.

Last year my Mother in law came for a visit and I played her some of Songbird for her. Of course she fell in love with it as well. I promised to copy the song to a CD for her and of course, never did. Finally around the holidays I just decided to send her one through Ebay.

I have the purchasing habits of my grandparents. buy it in a store, dig through the house, find a box, pack the item, wrap it, take it to the PO and mail it. My Ebay shopping experience was fantastic! I like it so much I bought other stuff for family for Christmas -- what a sigh of relief! I loved having someone else do all the work for me.

Reasonably priced, original packaging.

My Mother in law LOVES her gift. (Of course playing it on her bose stereo doesn't hurt the sound.)