Essie Jain is an indie singer-songwriter born and raised in London, England, who is now based out of New York City.<br />Her first full length record, "We Made This Ourselves" (2007), drew comparisons to the British folk singers Sandy Denny and Vashti Bunyan. Essie Jain was one of the selected artists to play at SXSW in 2007. The New York Times wrote that "Ms. Jain builds stark miniatures out of a few light strums of guitar and her haunting alto. Wikipedia
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Essie Jain moved to New York City from England two weeks before September 11, 2001. Despite her parents worries, Jain stuck it out and has prospered in her new hometown. The opera-trained singer-songwriter doesn't sound very opera-y, but credits her two y minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2007/03/23/essi_jain/
We Made This Ourselves, the first album by New York-via-London expat Essie Jain , is an insanely spare and sparse work. www.midheaven.com/artists/jain.essie.html