Monday, April 11, 2011

Birdy

Normally I'm not that big on artists getting fame by releasing cover songs, but when I heard this incredibly beautiful cover version of Bon Iver's "Skinny Love" I had to adjust those views immediately. Loyal readers know I'm a sucker for piano driven music, and this stripped down version with piano instead of guitar managed to grab me from the very first few seconds. It's still a cover, but still sounds very original. Can't wait to hear what her own songs sounds like! Birdy is one Jasmine Van Den Bogaerde, a fourteen-year-old (!!!) singer/songwriter from Lymington, England whose self-released version of Bon Iver's "Skinny Love" has broken through on the U.K. charts. It already reached the 25th place and got her a deal with Atlantic UK records and an beautiful new Sophie Muller-directed musicvideo. Let's just hope that Jasmine stays true to herself. If so, she'll have a bright future in front of her.

@ Lymington, UK
♫ Acoustic, Piano, Pop

11 comments:

Unknown

at 14 Jasmine has got a beuitiful voice i woke up to this playing on the radio and down loaded it straight away. im in love with jasmine's voice.

Anonymous

shoulda left it alone

Day to Day

This is amazing!!!

Le Tortoise

Dropbox appears to be overloaded!

Anonymous

Love it! Free Download?

Yome

the song couldn't be download
could u plz upload again? thx

LetMeLikeIt

Added a new link!

ggarros

best bon iver cover ever

Anonymous

the bon iver song is somewhat sacred to me. Covering it, in my opinion, is like making a cartoon depiction of muhammad.

its a decent version, but its hard to like.

Anonymous

Try this version. Maybe not as hip or indie, but a better cover IMO. Starts at 6:00 in.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVBVQCG2YL8

Anonymous

Where can I download her album??
She's awesome!!!

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