What are some good Female Vocalist to check into.

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  • rdb2001
    rdb2001 Posts: 791
    edited December 2010
    Thanks guys for all of the suggestions, this will definitely get me on my way. I love female vocalist.
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  • newrival
    newrival Posts: 2,017
    edited December 2010
    KrazyMofo24 wrote: »
    The Yeah Yeah Yeahs especially her acoustic songs, A Fine Frenzy, and Sia are also very good.

    Real good band
    I wasn't even thing modern.

    The Bird & the Bee
    Jesca Hoop
    The Noisettes
    Madeleine Peyroux
    Cassandra Wilson
    Like Vines (male and female, but very good)
    Metric
    Feist
    Regina Spektor
    Rilo Kelley
    Lily Allen
    The Ting Tings
    Yelle (great if you don't mind foreign languages - French)

    oh and how could i forget my one of my favorite vinyls in my collection:
    Pink Martini!
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 1,225
    edited December 2010
    Pat Benatar. :cool:
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  • indyhawg
    indyhawg Posts: 1,646
    edited December 2010
    Adele

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Q_z2WkSKTc&feature=fvst
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  • Polkie2009
    Polkie2009 Posts: 3,834
    edited December 2010
    +1 Hayley Westenra:) No longer touring with Celtic Woman,,but has become an international superstar on her own. Very__ easy on the eyes and a voice of an angel. Check out the song "Dark Waltz", awesome.
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  • Cosmic_American
    Cosmic_American Posts: 114
    edited December 2010
    Really surprised no body's mentioned Emmylous Harris. Though I'm not particularly well versed in female vocalists, gotta say she has one of the loveliest voices out there. Start with her recordings with Gram Parsons:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AG7CQ0YugFc

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  • rdb2001
    rdb2001 Posts: 791
    edited December 2010
    Guys, thanks for all of the responses, Listening to some Eva cassidy and all I can say is wow this woman can sing.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,960
    edited December 2010
    She only made one and a fraction albums, but Sinead Lohan (not that other Sinead, nor that other Lohan!) is/was terrific.

    Covering Dylan's To Ramona:

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    Joan Baez (another nontrivial female vocalist!) did a good cover of Lohan's No Mermaid and a very good cover of her Who Do You Think I Am? on her album Gone From Danger.

    Here's another cover of Who Do You Think I Am?; yez takes what yez can gets...

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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited December 2010
    rdb2001 wrote: »
    Guys, thanks for all of the responses, Listening to some Eva cassidy and all I can say is wow this woman can sing.

    So much passion in her voice, I love it. Shame she died so young
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • rdb2001
    rdb2001 Posts: 791
    edited December 2010
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    So much passion in her voice, I love it. Shame she died so young

    Her remake of aint no sunshine is amazing. I didnt know she was deceased. WOW. She is amazing.
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,201
    edited December 2010
    camp21178 wrote: »
    I always chose Loreena McKennit.

    Absolutely !!!!
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  • Music Joe
    Music Joe Posts: 459
    edited December 2010
    a few more...please excuse any repeats...

    Geri Soriano-Lightwood - Supreme Beings of Leisure
    Geike Arnaert - Hooverphonic
    Jane Siberry
    Janis Ian
    Amy Mann
    Rosanne Cash
    Debra Harry aka Blondie
    Holly Cole
    Joni Mitchell
    Patricia Barber
    Jane Monheit
    Linda Ronstadt
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  • bklynNupe
    bklynNupe Posts: 728
    edited December 2010
    Alice Russell
    Angela bofill
    Andreya Triani
    Amy Winehouse
    Astrud Gilberto
    Celia Cruz
    Esther Phillips
    Samia Farah
    Nina Simone
    Natalie Merchant
    Carmen McRae

    Plenty more including many that have already been mentioned. These are of a handful of my favorite, all very powerful voices.:cool:

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  • mewisemagic
    mewisemagic Posts: 194
    edited December 2010
    annie lennox
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  • Cosmic_American
    Cosmic_American Posts: 114
    edited December 2010
    Rick88 wrote: »
    She was on my list...:wink: The voice of an angel IMO...

    OOPS, sorry I missed that, angelic voice indeed
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  • cnoat
    cnoat Posts: 315
    edited December 2010
    Rick88 wrote: »
    Really? Cool man!:cool: Alrighty then, here's a starter list (in no Particular order, except first on the list, who is my absolute favorite):

    Jewel (I know she's a love her or hate her singer, I happen to fall in the former category). You want reference quality sound, check out her acoustic performances on her "The Essential Live Song Book" Blu-Ray...:wink:

    Joss Stone
    Bonnie Raitt
    Diana Krall
    k.d lang
    Jennifer Warnes
    Neko Case
    Natalie Cole
    Emmylou Harris
    Nanci Griffith
    Norah Jones
    Natalie Merchant
    Sara McLachlan
    Suzanne Vega
    Susan Tedeschi
    Lucinda Williams
    Allison Moorer
    Shelby Lynne
    Corinne Bailey Rae
    Holly Cole
    Shawn Colvin
    Iris Dement
    Patty Griffin
    Nicolette Larson
    Rickie Lee Jones
    Kelly Willis
    Pat Benatar
    Suzy Bogguss
    Alison Krauss
    Patty Loveless
    Loretta Lynn
    Patsy Cline
    Tammy Wynette
    Trisha Yearwood
    Lari White
    Grace Slick
    Janis Joplin
    Aretha Franklin
    Bessie Smith
    Nina Simone
    Billie Holiday
    Linda Ronstadt

    OK that is just the tip of the iceberg, I could easily name 100 more...:wink:

    I know 10 minutes from now I will think of several I forgot to mention, and kick myself in the *ss for not thinking of... :eek:

    Very nice list
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  • TORI3
    TORI3 Posts: 234
    edited December 2010
    I just stumbled across Little Dragon from Sweden. There most recent album has a couple of cuts that really display Yukimi Nagano's vocals.

    The video ain't the greatest, but you get the point.
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  • skrol
    skrol Posts: 3,389
    edited December 2010
    Here is another to check out. I was watching Tori Amos on public TV. After that show, Sun Studio Sessions was on with a young female singer / song write named Vienna Teng. What a wonderful voice. The music is simple and to the heart.
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  • Cosmic_American
    Cosmic_American Posts: 114
    edited December 2010
    How could I forget, Karen Dalton. Very idiosyncratic vocalist, but god damn could she sing the blues. Used to sing in the same Greenwich Village folk clubs with Fred Neil and Bobby Dylan.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_hOrdbQar4&feature=related

    this song gets me every time
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  • Polkie2009
    Polkie2009 Posts: 3,834
    edited December 2010
    None of you newbies here probably remember Jo Stafford, but she had a great voice in her day. Jo had a perfect pitch voice and sang with The Pied Pipers before striking out on her own. She might be heard on the game "Fallout New Vegas" with The Pied Pipers backing up Frank Sinatra on Blue Moon? I think they also sang the song "Dream" on the game Bioshock 2.
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  • Polkie2009
    Polkie2009 Posts: 3,834
    edited December 2010
    Correction, The Pied Pipers aren't with Frank on Fallout's Blue Moon, although Jo does a very nice version of it.
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