Cassendre Xavier’s “Nothing Is All I Need”

A featured CD Baby artist, the editors write, “Cassendre Xavier is a soulful singer, songwriter, and guitarist described as ‘a cross between Tracy Chapman, Sade, & Enya’ (Borders Music Expert Steven M. Wilson). The founding director of the Black Women’s Arts Festival (University of Pennsylvania 2003–2006) and the Women’s Writing & Spoken Word Series (Robin’s Bookstore 2002–2006), she is now focusing on a full-time music career. Click on Beautiful, Cassendre’s latest and bestselling CD, to hear why she’s one of Philadelphia's most promising artists, and the recipient of the $15,000 Leeway Foundation’s 2005 Transformation Award.”

 

Our selections of Cassendre Xavier’s work are taken from The Whittenberg Sessions and Live at Café Improv. Please see credits below for details.

Guitar, vocals, composition . . . . . . . Cassendre Xavier

Composer: “Four Women” . . . . . . . Nina Simone

Composer: “Thrill is Gone” . . . . . . . Darnell Hawkins

Composers: “Will You Love Me Tomorrow?” . . . . . . . Gerry Goffin/Carole King

Composers: “Love Is a Battlefield” . . . . . . . Mike Chapman/Holly Knight

Sound Engineer, The Whittenberg Sessions . . . . . . . Rodney Whittenberg

Sound Engineer, Live at Café Improv . . . . . . . Thomas Florek

Interactive and Visual Design by . . . . . . . Bryan Wilhite