First sight: Birdy

Birdy is the brilliantly named Jasmine van den Bogaerde, a 15-year-old singer and pianistWho is she?Birdy is the brilliantly named Jasmine van den Bogaerde, a 15-year-old singer and pianist (she started playing when she was six) who came to people's attention in January with her scarily accomplished cover of Bon Iver's heartbreakingly sparse Skinny Love. The song was made record of the week on Radio 1 and has since been given the ultimate accolade any ghostly, piano-led torch song can get: sound...

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