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Birth name | Jenny-Bea Englishman |
Born | Stratford, Ontario, Canada | December 23, 1978
Origin | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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Years active | 1997–present |
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Website | www.esthero.net |
Esthero (/ɛsˈtɛroʊ/ es-TERR-oh; born Jenny-Bea Englishman on December 23, 1978 in Stratford, Ontario)[1] is a Canadian singer-songwriter who lives in Los Angeles, California. The name Esthero refers both to the singer and formerly to the two-person team of herself and producer Doc McKinney. Esthero is a portmanteau of "Esther the hero"; she claims to have gotten the name by combining the name of the heroine (Esther) and last line ("If I am to be the hero, then I cannot fly from darkness") of the film from Sylvia Plath's novel The Bell Jar.[2]
Esthero's sound characteristically features her voice over a mix of mellow bass lines, jazzy trumpets, Spanish guitar and hip-hop. She is sometimes compared to artists Björk, Portishead, Billie Holiday, and Sade.[2] She has co-produced the majority of the material she performed.[3][4] Later female artists who count Esthero among their influences include Res, Fergie and fellow Canadian Nelly Furtado.[5]
Esthero's brother, Jason Englishman, is also a musician.
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