Favorite Newly Discovered Female Vocalist

Yes, as the OP I want to thank everyone for their contributions. It’s amazing how many female artists there are that many of us have never heard sing. Quite a lot of listening to be done. Thanks to streaming most of these artists can be easily found. 

Don’t forget:

Sinne Eeg

Lindsey Webster

Nnenna Freelon

Elis Regina

Grace Mahya

Simone Kopmajer

Aside from the others mentioned…

Joss Stone - the “soul sessions” album 

Dominique Fils-Aime - R&B

Kandace Springs 

Rumer

Chantal Chamberland - if you like Melody Gardot

Tracy Thorn from Everything but the girl (all albums)

Hope Sandoval from Mazzy Starr

Interesting thread as many of the recommended artists have been active for a long time.  It’s nice to see many veterans being "discovered."  Here are some I discovered within the past couple of years, most of whom landed on the music scene in the past 15 - 20 years, and have not been mentioned.  These ladies have "pipes" and don’t sound derivative.  Highly recommended:

• Julienne Taylor.  Check out "A Time For Love"
• Gabrielle Cavassa - She has a self-titled release, but check out her performances on Joshua Redman’s "Where We Are" release.
• Ane Brun - Check out "How Beauty Holds The Hand of Sorrow"
• Bria Skonberg - Check out "What it Means"
• Katie Melua -  So much good stuff to choose from, but "Live In Concert" is a great listen. 
• Josephine Cronholm -  Check out "Wild Garden"
• Halie Loren - Check Out "They Oughta Write A Song"
• Lori Lieberman - The "veteran" in the group.  Check out "Truly" 

All great recommendation and I discovered them because of streaming.

Sophie Zelmani - Lake Geneva, Sing and Dance

Skye Edwards, in the band, Morcheeba

Eilen Jewell

Patsy Cline

Sandy Denney

A few have been mentioned previously, most not.

Alison Krauss, Emmylou Harris, Katie Pruitt, Iris Dement, Mary Black, Suzanne Cox, Jennifer Warnes and many others.

Streaming is a wonderful thing.

Thank you for the amazing list. Have saved all of them to listen over the next few weeks.

I will add three

Bonny Light Horseman- a discovery for me in 2024. Got two of their LPs

the next two are not English singers. I don’t understand either of the two languages but just love listening to them:

Souad Massi- from Algeria

Maki Asakawa - from Japan

Here are two I forgot to include earlier:

• Cecile McLorin Salvant - Check out "Dreams and Daggers"
• Dominique Fils-Aime - Check out "Nameless"

The singer for Bonny Light Horseman is male.

Agree with Treepmeyer- this is these discussion boards at their best.  

+1 on Jennifer Warnes. Perhaps not the most naturally gifted singer ever but her The Hunter album is truly an audiophile recording and she does it justice. 

I don’t think I saw this one listed but Shelby Lynne’s tribute album to Dusty Springfield, “Just a Little Love’n” is fabulous, both as an artistic creation and as a really well done audiophile recording. She released it in 2008 and is one of my favs.
I’ve got more to add as well so I’ll put a list together and share in a second post.