Ok so a couple  of weeks ago I was searching on last.fm for nice music and an artist called Birdy popped up. Now I had never heard of her before but apparently so started off her singing career really young, and wow, she is fantastic! 


She was born in 1996 as Jasmine van den Bogaerde but made her stage name Birdy which makes her probably  around 16 or so now. In 2008 (when she was 12) she won Open Mic UK singing Skinny Love by Bon Iver. Usually I am much more for writing your own stuff but this is honestly one of the most beautiful covers I have heard. I give complete credit for the song writing to Bon Iver but Birdy really did a great job. 


The song starts off really quite and simple and in times you can hear how young she actually was but its just so so pretty! It one of those songs where even though the lyrics are beautiful, you don't have to to have them because they song by itself just with the melody and the music is so pure and absolutely stunning in my opinion. I cant lie and say that I know a lot about Birdy, this is the only song that I know so far but most definitely not the last....it will also be interesting to see some of the stuff that she does a bit older like now....


So really do yourself a favour and listen to it....it is not for everyone but i absolutely love it! 

Oh also....if you want to hear the original (which is always a nice idea) here it is...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUvILO8qNgE&feature=fvst

- Caity xx