Favorite Female artist....... and why

[alane1]

Another one of my favourite ladies

 

[LabRatBrewer]

There is a lot of great music on this thread.

 

[gratus fermentatio]

There is a disturbing lack of spank material in this thread.

Here ya go, Spanky!

 

[Jaybird]

There is a lot of great music on this thread.

This is exactly why I started this thread. I LOVE female vocals and I have always been on the hunt for new music. I have been kind of lost in 80-90 hour work weeks for the last 4 years I have kind of lost touch.
Great music!
Cheers
Jay

 

[jafo28]

Didn't see her mentioned, but I always enjoyed Fiona Apple.

 

[LabRatBrewer]

All the GoGo's

 

[gratus fermentatio]

Every once in a while, my inner Swede surfaces & then I really like listening to Kraja:



Or their cover of an old Nina Simone tune:

 

[Dolomieu]

[ame]http://youtu.be/HCzWPBR30Nk[/ame]


Monique Powell

 

[Dolomieu]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2-5VAmOAz8

[ame]http://youtu.be/ZrFTR9fucr8[/ame]

Courtney LaPlante

 

[Dolomieu]

[ame]http://youtu.be/h3BC9xaCUTQ[/ame]

 

[Dolomieu]

[ame]http://youtu.be/OVokas7iJ44[/ame]

 

[Dolomieu]

[ame]http://youtu.be/yhKDWckR2bs[/ame]

Miss Loveless

 

[Dolomieu]

http://youtu.be/Mw-cN4LxrK0

these ladies went to clown school. very fun live show

 

[Dolomieu]

http://youtu.be/NAdlZ2F-fs8

 

[Broham1]

Karin Andersson of The Knife
[ame]http://youtu.be/pPD8Ja64mRU[/ame]

Karen O of The Yeah Yeah Yeahs
[ame]http://youtu.be/NGNHQKeoSGY[/ame]

VV Mosshart of The Kills
[ame]http://youtu.be/KiLjuRG3hoE[/ame]

Andrea Zollo of Pretty Girls Make Graves
[ame]http://youtu.be/dFUoJ0AA3mU[/ame]

Feist with Broken Social Scene
[ame]http://youtu.be/BupOkSSSpzw[/ame]

Victoria Legrand of Beach House
[ame]http://youtu.be/PBjxOeVLY3g[/ame]


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[Puddlethumper]

Alison Krauss - Because her voice is so pure and sweet...she can sing absolutely anything....and she has class!

Nora Jones - ditto to above

Dolly Parton - Because I like her music and the fact that she is "dumb-like-a-fox". "It costs a lot of money to look this trashy", one of my favorite quotes and window into her soul.

Bette Midler - The quintessential female entertainer.

Patsy Cline - a pure voice and a haunting ghost-image and memory of the late 1950's

 

[krenshaw]

Sara Bareilles singing "Gravity" a cappella.. best rendition of this song by far (and the original), and one of the best songs i think of when i hear great female artist

[ame]http://youtu.be/RozQpUsHyVA[/ame]

 

[JonM]

Brody Dalle

Agreed.

 

[JonM]

I'll add Brandi Carlile to the list. I saw her at the Pabst Theater in Milwaukee. She walked to the edge of the stage and belted out this song with no amplification at all and still rocked the place. A couple weeks later she was on A Prairie Home Companion. After she blew the doors off the theater by playing Folsom Prison Blues, Garrison Keillor, with typical Midwestern understatement, said "You got some voice on ya, kid."


And Neko Case needs to be here too. I've seen her solo and with the New P0rn0graphers.

 

[Dolomieu]

Patricia Day

[ame]http://youtu.be/GuOe01gb3o0[/ame]

 

[JonM]

Gabriela of Rodrigo y Gabriela.

 

[dstranger99]

Seka, Marliyn Chambers, Christy Canyon...

 

[Zuljin]

Gabriela of Rodrigo y Gabriela.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENBX_v1Po1Y

I only heard of them a year ago. They're really good.

 

[JonM]

I only heard of them a year ago. They're really good.

11:11 is completely kick-@ss, start to finish. I just love that sharp, crisp galloping cadence that Gabriela brings.

 

[cheesehed007]

Bonnie Raitt- nothing sexier then a girl who can play slide guitar..
Carol King. Great voice
Ann & Nancy Wilson.. I put them as 1 because they complement each other do well.
Janis Joplin .. Because she's Janis
Sheryl Crow... Yummmm

And as alternates
Martha Davis of The Motels... Haunting vocals
Melissa Etheridge .. No one puts more in to their music..
Alice Cooper..... J/K
Anita Baker.... Great smooth sound


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[JonM]

Bonnie Raitt- nothing sexier then a girl who can play slide guitar...

Oh, and that voice of hers. I saw her in concert not to long ago and, man - when she closed the show with an old Elvis song, holy smokes.

EDIT:

Found a video from the same tour

 

[cheesehed007]

I normally don't like covers, but this is just so great..
http://youtu.be/Sm-V1irWjvE


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[pipecreekline]

Delores O'riodan

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[headbanger]

We seem to have forgotten the "and why" requirement of this thread...

Veronica Freeman

Because she's got a good voice and a great rack.

 

[BBQB]

Annie Lennox


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[seabass07]

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

Such an incredible album.

 

[Hopinista]

Hayley Williams.

 

[Jaybird]

Gabriela of Rodrigo y Gabriela.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENBX_v1Po1Y

It took me all but 30 sec to be totally hooked! Amazing! Amazing Amazing!

Cheers
Jay

 

[CBMbrewer]

Stevie Nicks is a legend in the music industry. Need I say more about her?

I must admit; not my favorite. Obviously a legend but her voice grates on my ears. I do, strangely enough, like Fleetwood Mac.

http://ginasobel.com/About/About.html
This girl here is amazing! I would say that I am biased because she is a local talent for me, but she really is monumentally talented. Check out Gina Sobel and the Mighty Fine! Really great musicians that are working their way up and have shown no signs of stopping. I have also met her several times and she is really modest and 'down to earth'. Also a really lovely girl.