Essie Jain

Essie Jain is an English indie singer-songwriter born and raised in London, who is now based out of New York City.

In 2006 she did a Take-Away Show video session shot by Vincent Moon. Her first full length record, We Made This Ourselves (2007), drew comparisons to the British folk singers Sandy Denny and Vashti Bunyan. Her second release «The Inbetween» was released on Leaf Label in 2008 and received much praise in the press. She is currently touring Europe promoting both records.

Her first published work was a single track, Why?, on the album The Sound the Hare Heard, which contains a single track each from a large number of artists.

Ms. Jain performs regularly in New York in a range of small venues, with dates and places posted on her home page.

The New York Times wrote that «Ms. Jain builds stark miniatures out of a few light strums of guitar and her haunting alto. On her captivating new album, We Made This Ourselves, her voice is multitracked in precise harmonies that can be warm or ghostly.»