Helloooo :)

Thank you for coming to my website, it's nice to meet you. ;)

I'm Holly Kirby, a singer-songwriter from the Isle of Wight, England. I write and perform songs and produce music videos. You can see some of them on my alpet07 YouTube music channel, which totals over a million views, and has more than ten thousand subscribers. :) One of my earliest videos led to a live appearance on a popular British TV show a few years ago, performing "Orinoco Flow" as Enya -some people still remember me from that!

My music is mainly pop/celtic/folky but it depends on which mood I'm in at the time really. I sing and play the guitar, piano, ukulele and Appalachian Dulcimer. People who have influenced my music include Enya, Loreena McKennitt, Joni Mitchell, k.d.lang, Sandy Denny, Amy MacDonald, Texas/Sharleen Spiteri, Dido. According to one fan on YouTube, I sound like "...a mix of Lily Allen, Dido, Enya and Rachel Luttrell. I think we can throw in a bit of Lisa Kelly while we're at it." Cool, huh? :D

I love writing and performing songs. I've played lots of private functions, gigs, and festivals, including the Isle of Wight Festival (acoustic and Kashmir stages), the Wickham Festival (main stage), and Bestival. You can see videos of some of  these events on my news page. A couple of years ago I also entered and won a UK video competition, the prize of which was to play live on stage with Scottish singer-songwriter Amy MacDonald, which was brilliant

I started studying Creative Music Technology at Surrey University in September 2010, which I intend to use to develop my music further, but I hope to still be available for gigs, festivals and other live music events in the local region (Surrey, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, and Southern England generally).  If you would like me to perform at your live entertainment event, or you would like to use my music for any purpose, please contact me here. :)

I really hope that you like my website. Please feel free to have a look around, view my videos, listen to my songs, have a look at my photos, and join my mailing list! :) If you would like to help me, discuss music with me, be a fan, suggest or vote on a song to cover, and get free advance previews of new songs etc., please join my Members Forum. You might also want to read my blog, check out my art and poetry, find out how I write songs, see some Isle of Wight Music videos, or read about Lady my guitar, and don't forget to leave me a message in my guestbook before you go!

Thankyou again. :)

Love Hollyxxxxx

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