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Estelle is returning to what she loves

After four years, R&B singer Estelle is ready to give ‘All of Me’

By James Reed

 |  Globe Staff  

  February 17, 2012

When last we heard from Estelle Swaray, the British R&B singer who records under her first name, she was the saucy foil to Kanye West on their big hit together, 2008’s “American Boy.’’ She’s back with “All of Me,’’ a defiant new album that suggests she had struggled with her newfound success. Ahead of two shows at Regattabar on Feb. 23, Estelle told us about her hiatus and how she found something she had lost: the joy of making music

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