Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Warner/Chappell Music, the publishing arm of Warner Music Group (WMG), has signed British singer and songwriter Birdy to a global ...

NEW YORK (AP) — U.K. singer Birdy burst on the music scene at 15 with a knack for making cover songs sound like her own with her broody, gloomy vocals. Now, she’s finding her own voice — with her own ...

Given that her mother is a concert pianist, it’s not surprise that Jasmine Lucilla Elizabeth Jennifer van den Bogaerde, the singer-songwriter also known as Birdy, found music to be a powerful muse.

At its best, this is the sort of whimsical pop Bat for Lashes might be proud of. Birdy's melodies evoke English scenes hinted at by the actual words – charging horses, mysterious assignations and ...