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About teenager that will be much talked about in the near future, Jasmine Van Den Bogaerde in art Birdy is one of the most reliable for years to come. You know when you hear and say predestined? Well, this is one of those cases. This is one of those cases that if there Beelzebub sulfur dips its tail and tempting the assumption that two plus two is four is confirmed again and again for the umpteenth time. The ingredients are all there, but everyone: the musical talent is combined with the good looks, the freshness of youth maturity pleasantly unexpected.
Let there by beating about the bush, "Birdy" is a debut of good standing also and above all in the light of only fifteen years (at the time of recording) of the interpreter. A debut with all the trimmings for the size and class with which each song is interpreted. The fact that all the songs (except for "Without a word", signed by the young pianist) are other people's songs does not make the company easier, even the damn complicated. Dealing with the repertoire of others remain credible is never simple. Around the corner, especially when you're very young, lurks the 'mortal' karaoke effect that both found success in television music talent. It is never a simple matter to have the sensitivity to compose a playlist others that is balanced and credible, more if male matrix.
In Italy the general public became aware of its existence - this is the honest truth - for participating as a guest at the recent Festival of Sanremo where he proposed "Skinny Love". Piano and voice, on the stage of the Ariston Theatre. Difficult, between those who saw her perform that night, did not at least exclaimed to himself ... but! For those that do not know "Skinny Love" is one of the best compositions of Bon Iver, one of the most talented indie rock crystal current. The hypothesis that the reference points of the girl should be sought more of the compositions of the young beards among the glitter of pop is corroborated also by the joyful "White Winter Hymnal" drawn from the repertoire of Fleet Foxes and "Terrible Love" at the National . Indeed the latter comes penalized in comparison with the original. There is, in the eleven songs on the album, a decided step back in time to pay tribute to one of the singers to five stars with the revival of the 1970 edition of James Taylor "Fire and Rain".
This first test is far exceeded. It 'came naturally listening to the record, as a comparison, think of Adele (same voice cleaning "People help the people" of Cherry Ghost and identical passport), we are not yet at that level but the statement may not be a curse . At this point the inevitable test will be the second disc when Birdy will call to confirm all the good credit it has earned, perhaps raising the ante with a full album signed by her. The passage of time and experience can only give to Birdy greater depth and intensity to his interpretation in this debut is sometimes still immature and without a touch of warmth in his voice. And maybe it can not be otherwise, at the end has not yet reached the age of majority.
Before closing a curiosity that I can not deny readers: Dirk Bogarde, no less, is a great uncle of Birdy. Who is Dirk Bogarde? A pretty good actor who has made his mark in the history of cinema for some unforgettable performances, for all those worth of "The Night Porter" and "Death in Venice".
