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Who are your Favorite Female Vocalists?

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There's nothing I enjoy more than a female vocalist with a distinctive/beautiful/strong voice. The topic on Tori Amos prompted me to create this post. Who are your favorites and why? I'll throw out a few of mine...

Siouxsie Sioux of Siouxsie and the Banshees - Power, beauty and versatility.

Tanya Donnely(Sp?) formerly of Belly - A vulnerable little girl lost voice with lyrics that are anything but.

Sinead O'Connor - Range, range, range...

Sarah McLachlan - Simply Angelic.

Lisa Gerrard formerly of Dead can Dance - Little known and underexposed. A voice powerful enough for opera yet hauntingly melodic at turns.
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Sarah M., as you said.
another Canadian singer named Loreena McKennit.
a lot of the old jazz stars such as Ella Fitzgerald -- I could listen to them all day and be very happy! :D
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Loreena McKennit of "The Mummers Dance" fame? That's an excellent song...her voice has a very ethereal quality. Nice choices!
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Some newer artists that I enjoy listening to are Dido and Alicia Keyes. :)
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I'd have to go for Beth Orton, who carries an incredible amount of emotion in her voice, the funkier-than-thou Róisin Murphy of Moloko and the saccarin-sweet Sarah Cracknell of Saint Etienne
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Annie Lennox!! A powerful, lustrous voice that can do anything! Her partnership with Dave Stewart in The Eurythmics produced some of the best songs of the 80's.

Kirstie MacColl was another favorite with a rich, evocative voice. She was underappreciated by the popular media of her time, and was virtually unknown to North American audiences. Sadly, she died in a senseless accident in 2000. :cry: At least I have her CDs, so her great voice lives on, in my home at the very least.

I must also mention Loreena McKennitt, not just because she is a fellow Canadian. :D Her album, The Mask & Mirror, had a profound effect on me, and remains one of my favorite works of music of any genre.
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Only female vocalist I'm familiar with is Clare Torry. If anybody can name the exact track that I know her vocals from, I'll give 'em 100,000 WGD.
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Oh, I have a list, and it's all over the music spectrum, and in no particular order...

Barbra Streisand
Bette Midler
Celine Dion
Sheryl Crow
Madonna
Annie Lennox
Charlotte Church
Melissa Etheridge
Alanis Morissette
Aretha Franklin
Roberta Flack
Tina Turner
Wynonna Judd
Faith Hill
Dana Reeves
Sinead O'Connor
The Corrs
Amy Grant

Umm..that's just a few, there's more of course..but, that's all I can come up with right now. :)
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YESS!! God, what a voice!!! :)
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Re: favorite female vocalists

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Matrixman wrote:Annie Lennox!! A powerful, lustrous voice that can do anything! Her partnership with Dave Stewart in The Eurythmics produced some of the best songs of the 80's.
I always thought she could use her voice like a synthesizer.
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Here's more...

Janet Jackson
Bonnie Tyler
Joan Jett
Kim Carnes
Natalie Merchant
Natalie Cole
Vanessa Williams
Cher

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Kate Bush
Laurie Anderson
Alanis Morissette
Patti Smith
Chrissie Hynde
Suzanne Vega on the fantastic 99.9 F album
Debbie Harry
Annie Wilson of Heart

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Missed the best voice in county bar none: Martina McBride!
Also Grace Slick, Bonnie Raitt and Janis Joplin!
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Loreena McKennit
Kate Bush
Tori Amos
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Belinda Carlisle
Lead singer from Kosheen (can't remember her name)
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Enya :)

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