The result is a set that one imagines the singer intended – one that allows a deeper window into her music than a quick listen on Spotify might offer, where admirable piano lines and vocals are given their true context. Of particular note is the work of cellist Barney Morse-Brown, whose expert musicianship emphasises the depth added by Birdy’s orchestra, through hits like Not About Angels and People Help the People. What follows is an expertly curated and musically clever set that gradually builds throughout its runtime. ![]() Opening with her popular cover of The xx’s Shelter, she instantly captures the attention of even the listeners who could be programmed to take against its hippyish presentation. Yet with her livestream from London’s Wilton’s Music Hall she shows she is far more than that, and well worth a listen for any discerning music fan. First drawing attention as a teenager at the start of the last decade, the singer-songwriter (real name Jasmine van den Bogaerde) is perhaps easily dismissed, another inexplicably popular doe-eyed, bedraggled ruminator in want of a John Lewis advert. ![]() ![]() It seems like a moment in the distant past that one could see musicians live, as intended – almost as long as it seems like Birdy has been around.
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