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.

Credits

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