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She claims to have got the name by combining the name of the heroine (Esther) and last line (\"If I am to be the hero, then I cannot fly from darkness.\") of the movie from Sylvia Plath's novel, 'The Bell Jar'.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEsthero's sound characteristically features her voice over a mix of mellow bass lines, jazzy trumpets, Spanish guitar and hip-hop. She is sometimes compared to artists Björk, Portishead and Sade. Later female artists who count Esthero among their influences include Res, Fergie and fellow Canadian Nelly Furtado.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEsthero's brother, Jason Englishman, is also a musician.\u003c/p\u003e","musicPath":"/music/Esthero","playStationPath":"/stations/113446507/play","stationId":113446507,"bioPath":"/music/Esthero/_full_bio","similars":[{"musicPath":"/music/Dot+Allison","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/56c/56c7dace6ff032e4cb44f2e33044012d_md.jpg","artistName":"Dot Allison","artistId":1021,"station_id":116006267},{"musicPath":"/music/Blue+States","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/b75/b75ab9a1da2f1f7f7ae6f06cac552980_md.jpg","artistName":"Blue States","artistId":56706,"station_id":260081439},{"musicPath":"/music/Quantic","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/89c/89cc27ad879156cbc32c3acaa5cf1037_md.jpg","artistName":"Quantic","artistId":56212,"station_id":259861257},{"musicPath":"/music/Fakear","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/5fb/5fb3c90143e605680fcc204244a06eaf_md.jpg","artistName":"Fakear","artistId":467814,"station_id":401433375},{"musicPath":"/music/Tricky","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/bb8/bb8d4adf384834d762a7f95c8f5aba77_md.jpg","artistName":"Tricky","artistId":792,"station_id":113339980},{"musicPath":"/music/Bonobo","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/d44/d447c2ab2122c597c945556b93a9f212_md.jpg","artistName":"Bonobo","artistId":53059,"station_id":246935097},{"musicPath":"/music/Tosca","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/24c/24c9bfbc46d95304c8047274a7066dba_md.jpg","artistName":"Tosca","artistId":1637,"station_id":113297055},{"musicPath":"/music/RJD2","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/8cb/8cb586030843928ae0278bda402f8d7c_md.jpg","artistName":"RJD2","artistId":9475,"station_id":113520144},{"musicPath":"/music/Pati+Yang","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/982/982672fca0c3799d0acd420e326f7f97_md.jpg","artistName":"Pati Yang","artistId":56210,"station_id":259828891},{"musicPath":"/music/Ursula+Rucker","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/0b6/0b6b6592c7a54b8cb9ad1b23b920ce7e_md.jpg","artistName":"Ursula Rucker","artistId":130664,"station_id":287828656},{"musicPath":"/music/Hooverphonic","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/654/6547565d398bfb7fda009af424b24c6a_md.jpg","artistName":"Hooverphonic","artistId":441,"station_id":113391906},{"musicPath":"/music/Airlock","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/97e/97e21cc7bdd2cea9eecf877a48897ca5_md.jpg","artistName":"Airlock","artistId":81925,"station_id":270383798},{"musicPath":"/music/Moloko","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/5fb/5fb3a6ea9fbe14fb2766118222900584_md.jpg","artistName":"Moloko","artistId":552,"station_id":113375363},{"musicPath":"/music/Sneaker+Pimps","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/f4a/f4a8c6335d4d5cc8bcc63498e0656e2b_md.jpg","artistName":"Sneaker Pimps","artistId":2270,"station_id":113304621},{"musicPath":"/music/Goldfrapp","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/89d/89db314e6bc7f1764f9427bac70bbce2_md.jpg","artistName":"Goldfrapp","artistId":1061,"station_id":113277302},{"musicPath":"/music/Massive+Attack","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/de1/de15e335a2b9c6dcd24c63c06b8d1df3_md.jpg","artistName":"Massive Attack","artistId":529,"station_id":113294750},{"musicPath":"/music/Imogen+Heap","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/d75/d75756272ddd89d30f097e0369ba1f6c_md.jpg","artistName":"Imogen Heap","artistId":924,"station_id":113291323},{"musicPath":"/music/Flume","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/a16/a16eaccc27b2be3610c9ddcacd521c35_md.jpg","artistName":"Flume","artistId":236774,"station_id":352267343}]}