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Esthero (born Jenny-Bea Englishman, December 23, 1978 in Stratford, Ontario<ref>Richard Harrington. October 28, 2005. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?node=cityguide/profile&id=1113871 "Esthero, Mixing It Up Again"]. Washington Post.</ref>) is a Canada|Canadian singer-songwriter who hails originally from Toronto, Ontario, but has recently moved to Los Angeles. The name ''Esthero'', {{pronounced|ɛsˈtɛroʊ ''es-TAIR-oh,'' refers both to the singer and formerly to the two-person team of herself and producer, Doc (musician)|Doc. She claims to have gotten the name from an old film character named Esther, whose last line in a movie (''The Bell Jar'', based on the Sylvia Plath novel of the same name) is, "If I am to be the hero, then I cannot fly from darkness."
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 and Sade . Later artists who count Esthero among their influences include Res, Fergie (singer)|Fergie and fellow Canadian Nelly Furtado.
Esthero's brother, Jason Englishman, is also a musician.
Career
At the age of sixteen, Esthero moved from small town Harriston, Ontario on her own to Toronto, where she began singing at open-mic nights while supporting herself by working at variou... read all
Esthero At The Docks Toronto Summer 2006
Esthero At The Docks Toronto Summer 2006
Esthero At The Docks Toronto Summer 2006
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