I have no idea how I stumbled on this, but I was following some other link to YouTube this morning and ended up here:


http://youtu.be/eTUQy0ijNcc






Oh My Gosh... I just love seeing a plain old fashioned fantastic performance of heart felt songs. I get so inspired by thinking that great music is happening every day in the widest variety of places and I enjoy thinking that much of it is performed like this, at face value, and without the conceit of fashion or novelty.


If I can stumble on music like this on Youtube on any given Sunday...well I'm thinking it's gonna be a great year!


Happy New Year!




best regards,
mike

Nice find Mike. She does have a great voice and great tunes. I would be on cloud-9 if I happened on a nightclub with Eva and the group performing.
 
Best I could find is that "Blues Alley" is located in Georgetown neighborhood of Washington D.C.
 
Yea, there are a lot of great 'unknowns' out there.

Damn. Did a further search on Eva and found that she passed away in 1996. Bummer. Let her music and spirit live on!

Happy New Year Mike!!!

Its going to be a good year, just have that feeling.

Thanks for sharing one of the worlds most gifted, truly talented artist. If it wasn't for Mike I would not have ever heard of Eva.... 

Very sad :( , yet again the powers that be let slip-by a truly great talent; she had lived in obscurity throughout her lifetime; it wasn't until after her death that her talent finally received greater recognition; Platinum (1.5 million sales) 1998.....  

As they say in this ruthless business; "it takes more then talent".... a child only needs to look good on YouTube and sound barely half-good to get signed up to a 360 deal and be molded and then worked like a puppet. Meanwhile; 'truly' naturally gifted, most talented artists such as Eva will be lucky to see the light of day. 

Indeed, I only learned about her life story after posting here and then going off to read more.

I initially imagined the video was contemporary.


I feel lucky to have stumbled on that video.



best,
mike  

Oops, got so carried away with Eva I forgot to add; 

Happy New Year 

Wish you all good health and prosperity! 

Yes...she was a damn goodun.  And gone much too soon.  Lovely person.  Lovely voice.