Best female vocals on CD

If you're not a traditionalist (ie: jazz & classical) give (Amplified Heart - album) by (Everything But The Girl - band". The voice is Tracey Thorn's. I think you can place her along with "Margo Timmins of cowboy junkie", Sade and the like.

Haven't been a jazz or a classical officianado by any means but based on recommendations here, I went and bought a Dianna Krall CD "Look of Love" - listened to it for 3-days straight, for the music and for the recording. I just put in a order for the following. Hope they stack up to DK:

"Call of the Valley" -- My own choosing; Its indian classical or with classical influence.

"Songbird" Eva Cassidy
"Modern Cool" Patricia Barber
"Famous Blue Raincoat [IMPORT] Jennifer Warnes - couldn't find "the hunter".
"Belly of the Sun" Cassandra Wilson

Hi Gunbei - I received the CDs yesterday. One thing for sure, the sound quality is great in all of them. But for my more big city, upbeat and funky taste, they all seemed too much of an aquired taste, too moody.

"Songbird" Eva Cassidy - nice but won't get a lot of play.

"Modern Cool" Patricia Barber - the best among these, funky and the recording quality is better (20 bit) than the rest.

"Famous Blue Raincoat [IMPORT] Jennifer Warnes - Paid the most ($19) liked the least. I can do rock/country at someone else's place, not mine - this is both or I think this is the one.

"Belly of the Sun" Cassandra Wilson. Great voice, I'll probably listen to it every now and then.

Stuff I bought based on recommendation here, I liked Dianna Krall's "Look of Love" the best.

I'll go through the "Classical" recommendations next.

"The Living Road" by Lhasa de Sela - a truly wonderful discovery; a beautiful voice...