Essie Jain has confirmed some English dates as well as a visit to Paris later this month. The shows, promoting her spellbinding debut album, We Made This Ourselves , which was released in March. Essie will be touring her intimate and quietly powerful songs with American guitarist Patrick Glynn who played on her debut record.

Meanwhile, you can hear Essie’s live session from today, May 8, on BBC World Service’s The Beat show. ... [read full article]

Essie Jain has just recorded a session for BBC 6 Music's Tom Robinson show. The session includes 'Glory’ and ‘Haze’ from recently released We Made This Ourselves as well as new track ‘Stop’ and was broadcast Tuesday 29 April but can be listened to online via the following link:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/tom_robinson

Essie plays the first of two UK shows tonight at Bush Hall in London, with the second being at the Folk House in Bristol on Friday. She ... [read full article]

Essie Jain has confirmed a set of European shows to promote her spellbinding debut album, We Made This Ourselves , which was released at the end of March. This will be Essie's first European appearances outside of the London and only her second set of dates in her native UK, having relocated to New York in 2001. Live, Essie's minimal, intimate and quietly powerful songs are illuminated by piano, guitar and her haunting voice.
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If you can’t wait for the release dates of Essie Jain’s We Made This Ourselves (Monday 31 March) or Wildbirds & Peacedrums’ Heartcore (Monday 28th April) on CD, we have made them available as special pre-release downloads at PostEverything now.

You can download the albums (or individual tracks) as high-quality DRM-free mp3s.

The Leaf Label can boast a second signing during the January transfer window, in the form of New York based English singer and songwriter Essie Jain.

An album of quietly powerful minimalist chamber-folk, Essie's debut album 'We Made This Ourselves' was released last year in North America through Ba Da Bing (who brought you Beirut) and will be released in the rest of the world on Leaf in the spring. As well as Jain, the album ... [read full article]