On the Tube: Kiersten Holine

 Posted by at 1:00 pm
Dec 212010
 

YouTube is filled with amateur cover “artists.” Most stink. On the ‘Tube extracts the exceptions.

Our series continues today with college student Kiersten Holine, who has an addictive set of covers on her YouTube channel. You come for her impressive repertoire of songs, but you stay for her poignant and impassioned vocals. Holine decided to post her first video in 2007 and was overwhelmed by the great feedback she received from her online fans. 600,000 viewers can’t be wrong, can they? [Editor’s note: Ke$ha’s newest video has 1,500,000 views. ‘Nuff said.] Holine will let you in to the privacy of her room to get caught up in the emotion of her covers.

Holine bares her heart and soul on covers of folks like The Beatles, Bon Iver, and Wilco. “If a song hits me hard emotionally and melodically, I have to try to play it,” she tells Cover Me. “Every song I’ve chosen has meant quite a bit to me.” Her favorite cover to play is Feist’s “The Park,” and while watching her play it you can’t help but notice her connection to it.

So step into Kiersten’s room and let her serenade you. It’s personal. It’s real. It’s emotional. And it’s okay…You can cry.

Kiersten Holine – Jolene (Ray LaMontagne cover)

Kiersten Holine – Girl (The Beatles cover)

Kiersten Holine – The Park (Feist cover)

Check out more from Kiersten Holine at her website, MySpace, or, naturally, YouTube.

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  1. Kiersten’s fantastic – one of my all time Youtube faves. Her cover of Eisley’s “Ten Cent Blues” is fantastic.

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