She was so special to the reporter that she became the subject of a Nightline broadcast on 25 May 2001. Eva Cassidy sang everything meaning that record companies could not sign her - they did not understand how to classify and therefore market this person.
The report was titled "Singer has Posthumous Success" at
http://more.abcnews.go.com/sections/...dy_010525.html .
Click on the real audio entitled "Over the Rainbow" or select it from the homepage at:
http://abcnews.go.com/Sections/Nightline/
One month after the episode and I still remember it.