Nadine van Kaalboom
About
Kina Grannis is the most warmhearted, lovable and talented musician I've ever met. She sounds great not only on CD but also live. I could listen to her music for hours because every note gives pleasure to my ears and touches my heart. Only by the help of her clear voice and the sound of her guitar, Kina creates music that goes under the skin. You can feel every single word she sings, every single chord she plays -- every single emotion behind her songs! It's rare to hear music that sounds so honest!
THANK YOU, KINA for these magic moments!
This world needs creative people! As a patron I try to help as effectively as possible because I believe in Kina for years! Her music influenced my youth and was a loyal companion through good and bad times. Moreover, she's one of the reasons why I can play the guitar. Now, I'd like to give something back -- my loyalty and support.
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August 12, 2015 00:45:42
July 13, 2015 16:46:03
July 6, 2015 23:40:30
Eric Hofmann This is my jam to get pumped to. I haven't been able to exercise as much recently and so Maryanne's return into my life is a delightful surprise. I have a softball game on the night of the show! :( Correction... I'm missing a softball game on the night of the show! :D
July 6, 2015 23:54:23 · Reply
Graham Noble I am going to be humming this all day! Thank you Kina.
July 7, 2015 04:54:37 · Reply
Jim Nething thank you ❤️ p.s. just bought my ticket and voted :)
July 7, 2015 04:56:05 · Reply
August 3, 2015 21:32:57
Kenny White beautiful.
August 4, 2015 21:28:07 · Reply
Laura Jolly Very lovely!!
August 5, 2015 12:43:10 · Reply
Sidney Heubner I'm a few days late in watching this video but ahhh! The harmonies are so beautiful!!
August 6, 2015 15:05:27 · Reply
June 8, 2015 21:46:57
Jim Nething very emotional song! definitely at least a two-hankie song! very beautiful! :( ❤️
June 9, 2015 01:04:05 · Reply
Graham Noble Great way to start my day here in the UK! Thank you Kina
June 9, 2015 04:47:26 · Reply
Michelle Barry Love this song! I play this song in the evening with a few other selected Kina songs which help me relax and chill but it also gets me thinking about things. Don't worry though, its all good stuff!! :P <3 <3
June 9, 2015 21:56:07 · Reply
June 22, 2015 21:12:06
Michelle Barry This is a perfect cover to end a Monday! Goodnight all! <3 :)
June 22, 2015 22:07:10 · Reply
Bob Cunningham I do so love these covers. Simple, clear and uncluttered. Revealing more of the beauty of the song itself. I can hear and understand every word of the lyrics. Something which is all too rare in much of today's pop music. This is music that makes me lean in to the speaker to hear every nuance. Perhaps this should be a new sub-genre in pop: Call it the "Lean-In" version (especially since the "unplugged" meme seems to have faded). Of course, I like both ways of doing a song: I'd never crank this version up and go crazy on the dance floor...
June 23, 2015 00:21:23 · Reply
Graham Noble That is superb!
June 23, 2015 04:57:35 · Reply
June 29, 2015 22:05:34
Nadine van Kaalboom One of my favourite songs! It means so much to me! Thanks a lot for choosing THIS song! Will try to play it on my guitar when I have more time.
July 4, 2015 07:58:10 · Reply
Chris Derbidge Thanks for the lesson! Katelyn's been using it to fill the learning gap this summer. I hope you're enjoying your summer!
July 24, 2015 01:55:58 · Reply
June 30, 2015 20:22:04
May 11, 2015 23:45:32
Michelle Barry I love this! As I couldn't make Kina's last European tour it was great to get an insight of life on the road! Awesome stuff Kina!! <3 <3
May 12, 2015 10:41:14 · Reply
Thomas Maiorana I love to see you living your dream Kina. I can't think of anyone who deserves it more then you. You were born to do this, your voice was given to you so that you could share it with the world. You're one in a billion <3 /MT
May 12, 2015 21:19:33 · Reply
May 18, 2015 17:55:14
Laura Jolly Thank you for sharing something so raw and heartfelt, you have a gift of always finding just the right way to share yourself with us. <3
May 19, 2015 23:01:20 · Reply
Nadine van Kaalboom As I already told you, a video like THIS is so RARE! I can feel all the feelings even though I'm just watching/listening. This is so SICK! Thanks for sharing and bringing me a moment of silence, amazement, teary eyes, and goosebumps! So good, so beautiful.
May 30, 2015 12:13:02 · Reply
Michelle Barry I totally agree with Nadine on this! Love this video! <3
May 31, 2015 08:53:24 · Reply
May 25, 2015 21:00:14
Jim Nething you were so wonderful and you sounded great! and thank you so much for using my question! :) ❤️❤️❤️
May 25, 2015 21:56:44 · Reply
Eric Hofmann I hope that the more I learn about you the more I will be able to understand your music, and that is very important to me. But even if it doesn't work that way, it is pretty darn pleasant to have these little chats! And that is important too. :)
May 25, 2015 22:44:25 · Reply
Kenny White Good video Kina. I enjoyed hearing you chat about these things.
May 26, 2015 04:29:24 · Reply
May 27, 2015 18:30:14
April 27, 2015 14:50:17
Adam (loves you Kina) I don't know why, but I just love videos where she is just playing a guitar or piano, and singing. I mean, I love all her videos, but I love these too. They're simple, but watching Kina perform makes them magical for me, as well. Like they're a little more personal, and therefor special.
April 27, 2015 23:51:56 · Reply
Michelle Barry Love the song & perfect location for it! Positive vibes from this all round & I love it!!
April 28, 2015 09:16:17 · Reply
Kina Grannis Thanks all!! :D
April 30, 2015 00:57:52 · Reply
April 23, 2015 21:35:43
April 7, 2015 01:30:05
Eric Hofmann I've been going over and over this video in my head and now that I'm going to sleep it became clear, which usually just means I should go to sleep and reflect on the apparent clarity in the sober light of day, but I'm feeling lucky. Kina is the most genuine person in the world. This isn't a revelation to anyone. Keeping that in mind, we all have different modes of expression. Think of how we express with our faces depending on whether we're in a room with someone or over the computer. I have thought a great deal about that in the past and best describe it as being "switched on". Again, a person can be genuine (or not!) no matter which position the switch is in, and Kina is always genuine. This is the only official video where she is never singing, and it's the only official video of Jesse's that is also uploaded on her channel, and it's the only official video of Jesse's that she (or he!) appears in visually. I don't think these are coincidences! And I think this is what Kina is like when she's switched OFF. The way she carries herself, the way she expresses herself, it seems different here. Kina invites us into communion with her singing, with her face, with her friendly chatting. This time we are invited instead to observe, or more precisely NOT FORBIDDEN from doing so. Kina has said many times before how important and treasured connection is to her, and there can be no disputing that. For once in three hundred videos, it just so happens that the connection here is primarily with Jesse and we are along for the quite enjoyable ride. I just remembered the My Dear official video which hits a lot of the same notes. So... sort of never mind. But sort of still! It just took me a second dose to realize.
April 8, 2015 03:49:53 · Reply
Eric Hofmann I've been puzzled about the My Dear lyrics for a long time too, because for example Jesse doesn't have a scar on his forehead and Kina does. The very last thing I thought last night was "oh! I must look at both lyrics together, that will solve the puzzle, hooray!" Wrong again. But there is a nice connection anyway! Check it out: "If I hold on to you and don't let you go, will you feel me? need me? don't let me go?" "If we're a hundred feet beneath the deepest sea or at the mercy of the tide, no matter where we are, whether you're near or far, I'll be forever on your side." So that's pretty!
April 8, 2015 19:15:19 · Reply
Kina Grannis <3 <3 <3 :)
April 23, 2015 19:38:44 · Reply
Eric Hofmann :D
April 23, 2015 20:26:55 · Reply
Adam (loves you Kina) I agree with you completely Eric, about feeling Kina always being genuine and honest. That's are ally big part of why I am so adamant of supporting her. Her music and beautiful lyrics and voice have helped me in severe times of loss, heartbreak, and pain in general, and they still do, on a daily basis. That was what got me first interested in her as a musician, but her devotion to staying true to herself and her beautiful music abilities push her one step further, to me at least, as a true musical artist. I'm not usually a fan of a lot of musicians, usually because it's an image being pushed by a label, and not the true artist anymore. I've seen this multiple times over the years with artists such as Jewel, Michelle Branch, and more recently Demi Lovato. They changed themselves and their music to suit what the labels wanted, and while some fans followed the changes, I didn't because it's not the same person that attracted me in the first place. And they say they promote girls and young women to be themselves, that they don't need to change for someone else, then they wear skimpy outfits. If that was who they were before, I would have passed. From her music, to her interviews, to her meet-and-greets, to her fundraising for the LLS and through Run Team Kina, and especially her amazing, beautiful, yet traditional clothing styles, which I love unconditionally, because she let's relies on her music and genuinely wonderful singing, song-writing, and guitar and piano-playing talents promote her music, without trying to rely on her sexuality and using skimpy outfits while pretending to promote healthy role-model attributes. We love Kina and her music because of how she is now, and not how someone else would want her to be. Sorry for my novel.
April 8, 2015 20:35:21 · Reply
Jim Nething ❤️
May 9, 2015 07:17:42 · Reply
September 1, 2014 15:17:58
Hayley Harris That was awesome!!
September 1, 2014 23:49:36 · Reply
Laura Jolly Awesome! The songs went together so well. :)
September 6, 2014 21:02:53 · Reply
Marthinus Theunissen Wonderful harmonics...
September 24, 2014 08:47:50 · Reply
December 2, 2014 04:37:55
Rikard Holmqvist Your hair is getting shorter and shorter... ^^ Very christmasy cover, love it! The hedgehog shirt is too cute haha Also, regarding touring, will there possibly, maybe be more gigs in Europe for 2015..? just wondering :))
December 2, 2014 16:59:12 · Reply
Eric Hofmann The song and presentation and sweater were so good, and then the jumping...! Time to recalibrate the Endearing Meter again.
December 2, 2014 21:19:35 · Reply
Nadine van Kaalboom I feel the Christmas spirit -- really nice cover! Thanks for sharing with us! Also, cool hedgehog sweater. P.S. Wooah, what a big and cozy armchair! :)
December 4, 2014 21:59:48 · Reply
February 2, 2015 18:43:32
Graham Noble Nice to see busy musicians and audiences having a great time and interacting together!
February 2, 2015 19:33:51 · Reply
Eric Hofmann Jesse has always struck me as a very sensible fellow, I'm glad he appreciates the benefits of stretching!! Concertgiving is quite strenuous.
February 2, 2015 21:49:05 · Reply
Eric Hofmann I happened to watch the Strong Enough Tutorial a few days ago, and here is something Kina said in it that I just thought of: "Maybe I will be coming to an area near you, but most likely not, but maybe! Hopefully soon. Someday I’ll tour. Okay, until then, see you on the computer. Bye!" And look at her now! a tour! a bus! a crew! a husband! a hairdryer! a band! some of these are bigger deals than others, but man! It seems way further away and way closer than seven years at the same time. What a journey! What an artist! What an honor to take part in even a very small way!
February 3, 2015 03:32:52 · Reply
February 17, 2015 07:52:00
Nadine van Kaalboom Thanks for this relaxing sound. It's perfect after a stressful (working) day. You guys are the best! Lots of love and gratitude for videos like this!
February 20, 2015 13:03:15 · Reply
Michelle Barry Brilliant cover! Lovely song to listen to after being on the go for 24hrs straight! Great sound to chill to! <3
February 22, 2015 15:47:23 · Reply
March 10, 2015 01:40:12
Michelle Barry Love it! Would choose this over the original any day! Got in a little trouble for watching the video at work but worth it! <3
March 11, 2015 13:13:53 · Reply
Alec Scott Hardy II Beautifully done.
March 14, 2015 02:06:55 · Reply
March 30, 2015 22:48:29
Bob Cunningham Great music, great location & direction, great camera work, great editing! The only minor issue is lighting: It seems one set of closeups was done just after sunset, during dusk, and the lighting/shadows changed quite a bit when cut together with the other shots. But maybe I'm the only one who noticed...
March 31, 2015 07:27:20 · Reply
Michelle Barry Lovely cover. Nice job Kina & Sam! :D
March 31, 2015 22:00:12 · Reply
March 24, 2015 05:03:46
Adam (loves you Kina) The look on her face as she's saying sorry is priceless.
March 24, 2015 05:20:52 · Reply
Michelle Barry Awww, very sweet! :)
March 24, 2015 22:38:39 · Reply
March 17, 2015 02:53:18
Ryan Keech So authentic, love it :)
March 17, 2015 19:17:53 · Reply
Nadine van Kaalboom Aaawwwww, this picture is so sweet! And "Home" is a fantastic song; I love it since I listened to it for the first time a while back! Also, thanks a lot for the story behind the song. Those personal stories are the best and I absolutely do not take for granted that you share your personal life/family life with all of us. This makes you a special and wonderful human being! THANK YOU!
March 17, 2015 20:53:10 · Reply
Stefan Schumacher Awww,I feel a bit envious now. When I was a child, there was nobody there to share certain feelings with, such as my awe for the starlit sky and its constellations. Also I would have liked to have a more understanding father. -- Then again, it is wonderful to read your memories, and it does not make me feel sad, quite the contrary. And it’s not as if my childhood was all difficulties.
March 18, 2015 19:22:07 · Reply
February 10, 2015 01:16:30
craig warner Such a cute hat. Enjoy the road trip.
February 16, 2015 07:34:28 · Reply
Michelle Barry Lovely video and I love the hat! I hope everyone had a lovely day too! :)
February 17, 2015 00:37:06 · Reply
Ryan O'Connor Love this song... Its my beautiful bride to be's walking down the isle song on the 28th March...
March 10, 2015 09:55:11 · Reply
January 27, 2015 04:15:49
Michelle Barry Awesome video...(I really need to think of a different word! :P) Stress free shift at work when listening to your music! :) Hope you are well & look forward to Spreecast tomorrow. <3
January 28, 2015 00:49:43 · Reply
Michelle Lawrence Cannot wait to see you in Austin, TX! Now I've got to learn to write it backwards ;P
January 30, 2015 00:52:19 · Reply
Kenny White Really good Kina. Sounds wonderful. Enjoy the tour.
January 30, 2015 20:37:31 · Reply
Neetan Kalair Thank you for putting this on!! I just have to remember to wake up at 1 am ... Unlike last when I totally forgot :-/
July 13, 2015 17:08:47 · Reply
Eric Hofmann I have been needling my friends for years to come to a Kina show. This is the one they came to... ...and they all loved it!! It helped that 80% of them got shout-outs from Kina, I'm sure, but they were delighted throughout. Great show! I look forward to attending the next one with them :D
July 14, 2015 22:46:56 · Reply