After stopping in at a Starbuck's yesterday, I noticed instantly the words to "Woodstock" coming over the stereo. I couldn't ID the female singer, though, and asked the counter person (oh, excuse me, barista -- ha!) While he was making the coffee and then checking, the man next to me and some others offered up these guesses: Jewel, Sheryl Crow, and Judy Collins to which I hissed, "No! It's Joni Mitchell's song!" (Hmm, pretty testy for a decaf drinker.) Turns out it was Eva Cassidy. Beautiful guitar work as well as voice. I'd never heard her before. Perhaps I'll go seek her out with my Valentine's Day gift certificate to Borders from my lovely husband.
It just strikes me as odd (because I am odd) that people don't take in the specific qualities of a person's voice, just throw out any singer's name. Kind of an 'oh, some female' attitude. Whereas I can ID people's voice-overs on commercials in 10 words or less. It's peculiar, I know. Lindsay
