Essie Jain is an English singer and songwriter born and raised in

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, who is now based in

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Biography

Her first published work was a single track, "Why", on the album ''

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'', which contains a single track each from a large number of artists including

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and

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. This record was curated by

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and released by

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. In July 2006 she did a Take-Away Show video session shot by

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. In this session, Jain played acoustic guitar and sang "Understand" and "Glory". Both songs would soon be released on her first full-length record. Her first album, '' We Made This Ourselves'', drew comparisons to the British folk singers

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. This record was originally released in the United States on Ba Da Bing records and was later released in the rest of the world on

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'' 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." Jain recorded a Daytrotter session that was released 7 April 2010. In 2011, she started her own record label and released ''Until The Light Of Morning'', an album of original lullabies for parent and child, written and recorded by Jain. In 2013, ''Huffington Post'' announced the release of '' All Became Golden'', her first audiovisual release, the result of a collaboration with filmmaker Natalie Johns and critically acclaimed composer/arranger Nico Muhly. Inspired by Frank Sinatra's recording process, a small audience was invited to witness these live orchestral recordings in the DiMenna Center for Classical Music in New York City, capturing a collaboration of Muhly and Jain, the recording process and Jain's deep connection to the music. Jain practices meditation and channeling, which began to reveal itself as an influence on her work in 2015, when Jain released ''To Love'', an album of modern chants and movements. In 2016, she began writing and recording the ''Musical Meditation Series'' with her husband and longterm collaborator Patrick Glynn, which was inspired by the improvisations of their live performances. In 2018, Jain released the album ''As I Return'', which explored songs created for the expression of voice, and were designed to be used as companions to therapeutic healing practices. In 2020, she recorded a series of singles, “Hold Us” “Vespers” and a children's song “For Everyone” to mark the 10 year anniversary of her original lullaby album. In 2022 she released the EP, “Let Us Be Seen” followed by a single “Moving Through” In 2023 she released two songs for the death doula and hospice movements, made to support end of life care, “As we gathered together” and “We only felt love” In June 2023 she announced she had begun writing and recording an album of folk songs with her husband Patrick Glynn, due for release in 2024.

Discography

Multiple artist albums

*''

'' (Kill Rock Stars, 9 April 2006) (one song from Jain, titled "Why")

Albums

*'' We Made This Ourselves'' (US release

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, 13 February 2007) *'' We Made This Ourselves'' (worldwide release

, 31 March 2008) *''The Inbetween'' (worldwide release 2008) *''

Until The Light of Morning Until may refer to Music *''Until'', a 1967 album by Robin Kenyatta *''Until'', a 2008 album by One Little Plane *"Until", a song by Wilfred Sanderson *A version of the song " Anema e core" with English lyrics * "Until..." (Sting song), a 2001 s ...

'' (worldwide release 2011) *'' All Became Golden'' (worldwide release 2013) *''

To Love To Love (russian: Любить..., Lyubit...) is a 1968 Soviet drama film directed by Mikhail Kalik and Inna Tumanyan. Plot The film consists of four short stories, each of which asks the audience a question: "What is love?" Cast * Mihail B ...

'' (worldwide release 2015) *'' Musical Meditation Series'' (worldwide release 2016) *'' As I Return'' (worldwide release 2018)

Singles

*'' Your Love'' (worldwide release 2015) *''

Hold Us Hold may refer to: Physical spaces * Hold (ship), interior cargo space * Baggage hold, cargo space on an airplane * Stronghold, a castle or other fortified place Arts, entertainment, and media * Hold (musical term), a pause, also called a Fermat ...

'' (worldwide release 2020) *''

Vespers Vespers is a service of evening prayer, one of the canonical hours in Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Catholic Church, Catholic (both Latin liturgical rites, Latin and Eastern Catholic Churches, Eastern), Lutheranism, Lutheran, and Anglican ...

'' (worldwide release 2020) *''

For Everyone For or FOR may refer to: English language *For, a preposition *For, a complementizer *For, a grammatical conjunction Science and technology * Fornax, a constellation * for loop, a programming language statement * Frame of reference, in physics ...

'' (worldwide release 2021) *''

Moving Through Moving or Movin' may refer to: Moving of goods * Relocation (personal), the process of leaving one dwelling and settling in another * Relocation of professional sports teams * Relocation (computer science) * Structure relocation Music Album ...

'' (worldwide release 2022)

EP

*'' Let Us Be Seen'' (worldwide release 2022)

References

Videos

"Your Love"

External links

Essie Jain Music website
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