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Who are your Favorite Female Vocalists?
Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2003 5:02 pm
by Brinn
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.
Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2003 5:30 pm
by duchess of malfi
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!
Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2003 6:41 pm
by Brinn
Loreena McKennit of "The Mummers Dance" fame? That's an excellent song...her voice has a very ethereal quality. Nice choices!
Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2003 3:20 pm
by duchess of malfi
Some newer artists that I enjoy listening to are Dido and Alicia Keyes.
Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2003 11:15 pm
by Nav
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
favorite female vocalists
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2003 3:43 am
by matrixman
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.
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.
Her album, The Mask & Mirror, had a profound effect on me, and remains one of my favorite works of music of any genre.
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2003 3:49 am
by matrixman
(Please ignore)
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2003 4:12 am
by Worm of Despite
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.
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2003 4:35 am
by Furls Fire
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.
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2003 4:47 am
by Fist and Faith
Karen Carpenter
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2003 4:49 am
by Furls Fire
YESS!! God, what a voice!!!
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2003 4:56 am
by Fist and Faith
Ain't it the truth. Like a bell!
Re: favorite female vocalists
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2003 5:08 am
by Dragonlily
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.
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2003 5:16 am
by Furls Fire
Here's more...
Janet Jackson
Bonnie Tyler
Joan Jett
Kim Carnes
Natalie Merchant
Natalie Cole
Vanessa Williams
Cher
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2003 5:40 am
by Dragonlily
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
Putting on Patti Smith's "Easter" album
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2003 6:20 am
by danlo
Missed the best voice in county bar none: Martina McBride!
Also Grace Slick, Bonnie Raitt and Janis Joplin!
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2003 6:24 am
by Landwaster
Loreena McKennit
Kate Bush
Tori Amos
Suze de Marchi
Kate Ceberano
Vika & Linda Bull
Joan Armatrading
Skunk Ananse
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2003 6:24 am
by Landwaster
Ooh and Bjork!
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2003 6:56 am
by Loredoctor
Belinda Carlisle
Lead singer from Kosheen (can't remember her name)
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2003 9:51 am
by birdandbear
Enya
(Just finished watching FOTR
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