I Can Only Be Me

Description

Eva was an American singer and guitarist known for her interpretations of jazz, folk, and blues with a soprano voice. She died at 33 in 1996 but gained a massive fan base in the years that followed. Thanks to artificial intelligence, this orchestral album includes archived vocal recordings. 'I Can Only Be Me' is a new historic collaborative album with the London Symphony Orchestra. Eva Cassidy’s original vocal parts have been isolated and paired with new arrangements written by Oscar-nominated Christopher Willis and Emmy-winning William Ross. Using recent advances in machine learning technologies, the existing vocal part has been meticulously restored and enhanced to reveal unprecedented levels of clarity and depth. The result is an emotional and atmospheric album, familiar yet different, with lush soundscapes perfectly accompanying immaculate vocals. Eva Cassidy’s original vocal parts have been isolated and paired with new arrangements written by Oscar-nominated Christopher Willis and Grammy-winning William Ross. Originally released in 1998, two years after Eva Cassidy’s tragic death at the age of just 33, the title track from her groundbreaking six-million-selling album features new arrangements by classical composer Christopher Willis and beautifully restored and enhanced vocals. The majestic and immersive accompaniment of the London Symphony Orchestra lifts this song - which became a Christmas staple when it appeared in Richard Curtis’s blockbuster, "Love Actually" in 2003 - to new spectacular heights. Incredibly, Eva seems just as present and hypnotic in the radical orchestration as she did in her original acoustic version of the Fleetwood Mac favorite that she made entirely her own. As painfully intimate as the original, now with the grandeur of the big screen thanks to the London Symphony Orchestra, the new version offers a fresh interpretation of a song beloved around the world.