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Artist
Queen Esther
12+ albums
soulalternativebluesjazzpulsar00
about
Raised in the unapologetically Black bastion of Atlanta, Georgia – ensconced in the vibrancy of the Black Arts Movement and the sonic undertow of the traditional Black church – while rooted in Charleston, South Carolina’s culturally rich and enigmatic Lowcountry, a region with African traditions and Black folkways that span centuries and deeply inform her work, Queen Esther is a generative performing artist that embraces lost American history and wide-ranging and ever changing aural influences, while leaning heavily on the bluing of the note, creating reclamation-driven Black Americana. Her Southern penchant for storytelling entwines historical truths with personal anecdotes, blurring the past and present, embracing the connectedness of the human spirit. A member of SAG/AFTRA, Actors Equity, Dramatists Guild and the Recording Academy with a BA in Screenwriting from The New School, her work in New York City as a vocalist, lyricist, songwriter, producer, actor, solo performer, playwright and librettist has led to creative collaborations in neo-vaudeville, alt-theater, various alt-rock configurations, (neo) swing bands, trip-hop DJs, spoken word performances, jazz combos, jam bands, various blues configurations, original Off-Broadway plays and musicals, experimental music, art noise and performance art. Thanks to an admin publishing deal with Bug Music (now BMG Rights Management) instigated by the esteemed guitarist/songwriter Alejandro Escovedo, Queen Esther started her impri
