Esthero | |
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 Esthero in 2008 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Jenny-Bea Englishman |
| Born | December 23, 1978 Stratford, Ontario, Canada |
| 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.
- ^ Richard Harrington. October 28, 2005. "Esthero, Mixing It Up Again". The Washington Post.
- ^ a b "Esthero – Dictionary definition". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
- ^ Urella, Matteo. "We Need More Female Producers, But a Select Few Are Currently Making Noise". Djbooth. Retrieved November 21, 2016.
- ^ Boboltz, Sara (May 3, 2016). "There Are So Few Women In Music Production, No One Bothers To Count". Huffington Post. Retrieved November 21, 2016.
- ^ Parker, Lyndsey. "Exclusive LAUNCH Artist Chat". Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on December 17, 2006. Retrieved November 17, 2016.
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