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Esthero
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Toronto, Canada (1997 – present)
Born December 23, 1978 Canadian singer-songwriter and producer Jen-Bea Englishman is better known as Esthero.
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, a journey that in 1997 led to a meeting with the president of EMI Publishing Canada, whom she charmed so well during their first meeting that without hearing her sing a single note he was moved to set up and finance recording sessions with Doc, a guitarist and studio engineer. Their debut album, Breath from Another, was released to critical acclaim in 1998 and is widely seen as one of the more accessible albums of the trip-hop genre.
Though she remained active following the moderate success of the debut album, featuring on tracks by such artists as Nelly Furtado and The Black Eyed Peas, it would take over 7 years for a proper follow-up to be released (due to a confluence of factors that included a lengthy creative process, the closure of the WORK record label and marketing delays) in the form of 2005’s Wikked Lil Grrrls, an album that crossed genre boundaries with its heavy debt to jazz and hip-hop. The album was preceded in 2004 by a pair of EPs, The O.G. Bitch Remixes (with the title song reaching Number 1 on the Billboard Dance Chart) and We R In Need of a Musical Revolution, which served as a preview of the full length album.
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, a journey that in 1997 led to a meeting with the president of EMI Publishing Canada, whom she charmed so well during their first meeting that without hearing her sing a single note he was moved to set up and finance recording sessions with Doc, a guitarist and studio engineer. Their debut album, Breath from Another, was released to critical acclaim in 1998 and is widely seen as one of the more accessible albums of the trip-hop genre.
Though she remained active following the moderate success of the debut album, featuring on tracks by such artists as Nelly Furtado and The Black Eyed Peas, it would take over 7 years for a proper follow-up to be released (due to a confluence of factors that included a lengthy creative process, the closure of the WORK record label and marketing delays) in the form of 2005’s Wikked Lil Grrrls, an album that crossed genre boundaries with its heavy debt to jazz and hip-hop. The album was preceded in 2004 by a pair of EPs, The O.G. Bitch Remixes (with the title song reaching Number 1 on the Billboard Dance Chart) and We R In Need of a Musical Revolution, which served as a preview of the full length album.
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Wikked Lil' Grrrls
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Belovedlife wrote:
Man what a great voice and sings an incredible rendition of 'so broken' also sung by bjork. heh
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HandfulOfDesire wrote:
Such a beautiful voice... Amazing
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Judzhin wrote:
So many good reviews about her album "Wikked Lil' Grrrls". Then I will definitely listen to it later. Never heard of her before, I enjoy her at Timbo's Can You Feel It. Timbaland is good at bringing out new talents.
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justynkowa wrote:
Did you listen Esthero with Timbaland and The Fray? I love Undertow.
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Stef2687 wrote:
@NiceToKnowYou i completely agree... its truely amazing
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NiceToKnovvYou wrote:
can we just talk about how wikked lil girls is one of the best albums of this past decade?
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xMooSpicex wrote:
Can't wait for the new album :)
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Sagune wrote:
Latest obsession: Beautiful Lie.
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WordToBrooklyn wrote:
AMAZING!!
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CarlDowling wrote:
Wikked Lil' Grrrls is used in so many films. I've seen 2 recently, with it in: John Tucker Must Die & Miss Congeniality 2.
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Cleptomanic wrote:
more votes for this one: http://www.last.fm./music/Esthero/+images/30538065
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gavenmx wrote:
Lovely ! ...I love Breath From Another ... =D
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GOTNOTIME4BS wrote:
Love her...wish she had a new album in the works..
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wirrok- wrote:
nice
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Stef2687 wrote:
Many Times, Believer <3 eerrmm my new Esthero jams
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phantom_gahan wrote:
lounge <3
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m-derin wrote:
ovvv the words are not enough
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Oncore wrote:
A True Gem!
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luxdivon wrote:
i love love love it. everytime i listen to esthero i don't want to stop. truly an inspiration.
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mohouno wrote:
I listen to Everydays is a Holiday every morning while i shower. My mother complains about my singing, but i hear her humming it to. It puts a little spring in my step.
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