Not sure if they’ve been mentioned, but I’ll throw in Hanna Reid (London Grammar), Goldfrapp (Tales of Us), Shannon McNally, and Imelda May.
Looking for good recordings of female vocals I have not yet tried...
Most of my listeing is female vocals and classic Jazz. I have enjoyed current and older female singers. I have most of Billie Holiday through current Diana Krall and Julia Fordham. I enjoy good voices mainly acoustic. It would be helpful if it is music I can sample online. If the backing is mainly loud elctronic I would likely pass. Thanks for your thoughts and experience.
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Some great suggestions here, some I'd like to explore. Looking at Amazon though, I am just astonished how second hand prices are rising. Many of the CDs I looked at are over £30 each. That's too much for me to pay to explore a new artist. Yes I know, I should be on Tidal or Spotify, but I have so much music I don't want to spend all my time exploring new discs. A few suggestions: Kate Rusby Cara Dillon, both great folksingers, largely in the genre of traditional English folk.
Jonatha Brooke, an underrated American singer songwriter. I saw her in a UK concert having never heard her. It was one of the best I ever went to. Shawn Colvin, of course Sara K, "Waterfalls" on Sockfisch is one of the best recorded CDs I have, beautiful music.
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@rolox +1 Many thanks to all of you contributing to the success of the initial post. I'm happy having found so many new (to me) women singers. I'll take the chance to purchase some new cd's if available. In favour of the artists, we all should buy vinyl or cd's or go to live concerts.. But streaming is too tempting. Cheers, eagledriver |
@jgueron , its very rare that someone knows about sevdah, if he is not from parts were that music is played. Here is one link, you might like it (and others as well)
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I would suggest Kari Kirkland. But it is just my opinion. 🙂 |
Thanks to @daniel25 for the Eilen Jewell recommendation! I was not familiar with her, and like her work very much. Also well recorded. |
jusam...you simply must listen to the album "Fairytales" by Radka Toneff and Steve Dobrogosz from 1982. I have the SACD and it is stunning. The original label Odin out of Norway just reissued the 40th anniversary vinyl from the master tapes. I have it on order. This album is Norway’s all-time best selling jazz album and was voted Norway’s #1 album of all-time based on votes from 100 of the country’s top musicians. Sadly, she committed suicide just 2 weeks after the albums release in 1982. |
Now something a little different.... Lyn Stanley "Lullaby of Birdland" Monique Kessous "Me and Mrs Jones" Rosanne Cash "Tell Heaven" Birdy "Blue Skies" Anita Kerr Singers "Welcome to my world" Foxtails Brigade " We'll always have the Moon" Amber Rubarth "A Kiss to build a dream on" Indra Rio-Moore "Money" Jami Templeton "Angel flying to close to the ground" Traincha " on my Own" Celtic Women "Over the Rainbow" Joanna Wang "You are breaking my heart". I have many more but I see only a couple of you seem to like them so our taste must be a little different which happens... Maybe if they have a great Mellow singers, electronics, or Jazz instrumentals thread I can give that a try. |
Silje Nerguard, Sophie Milman, Kimberose, Jamie Drake Mandy Barnett, Presilisa, Lisa Ono, Niki King, Rumer, Roberta Gambarini, Helen Schneider, Shook Twins, Hailie Loren, Peggy Lee, Melody Gardot, Ann Hampton Calloway, Lana Del Rey, Inger Marie Gundersen, Stina Foster, Helen Merrill, Nellie McKay, Jazzystics, Aurora, Franqoise Hardy, Kitty Cleveland, Sylvia Brooks. Here are 25 more and I haven't mentioned the greatest of them all... Julie London. Her song from Sharkey's machine.... "My funny Valentine" appears to be a combination of Doc Severen's introduction and Julie London's song added afterwards... It was great but it was hard to figure out what was done to make the recording in the movie sound like that. I could be wrong though. |
Jacqui Naylor, Lisa Dillan, Janis Ian, Muse, Rita Lee, Jacintha, Zoe Fitz Gerald Carter, Joycelyn Scofield, Gabi Hartmann, Renee Dominique, Lady Blackbird, Karen Souza, Clare Teal, Jnae, Jane Morgan, Salena Jones. Some of these may only have one or two really good songs but I included them because they hit at least one song out of the park.... Like Rebecca Pidgeon, every song of hers can't be a Spanish Harlem. If you aren't sure why they were included give me their name and I will give you at least one song to look at. |
3 ECM label extraordinary female voices Susanne Abbuehl Swiss Jazz singer Sabina Yannatou. Greek Folk singer Amina Alaoui. Moroccan Arabic-Andalusia traditional singer
Other labels Amira Medunjanin Bosnian Jazz and fantastic Sevdah singer Bévinda French/Portuguese great Fado singer Silvia Pérez Cruz Spanish unique Flamenco fusion singer Youn Sun Nah Korean Jazz singer Michelle Gurevich. Canadian brilliant singer/sonwriter if you like World Music you want to discover GloBeat I hope you enjoy some these wonderful female singers Joe Gueron
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Where to start. Looking at the ones shown here I still see mostly faces and voices from the past. I look constantly for new talent and I often find it coming out of S. Korea or some other oriental country. Like Yao Si Ting, and what Youn Sun Nah does in her live video from 'Théâtre du Châtelet' in the songs "Ghost Riders in the Sky" and "Calypso Blues", should be made Illegal, but all fun aside though she uses a certain amount of electronic wizardry, her voice is nearly unmatchable. Then for slightly older but still respectable names, there is Melody Gardot and Sarah McKenzie among so many others. |
"Currently I’m on Amazon music and unfortunately Taking a chance on love isn’t on it. That’s why I was asking, because I couldn’t find it. Just looked again.☹️" Sorry you could not find it on Amazon. The "discogs" page below lists "19 for sale from $12.87" in various formats -- CD, SACD, LP -- mainly offered from Japan where the Venus label is based. (I bought my vinyl LP of Taking a Chance on Love from a seller in Japan.)
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@frankmc195: Julianna Raye! I do believe you are the only other person I have ever heard mention her name. Her two albums are faves of mine, and are quite different from one another. Of the two I like the first---Something Peculiar, produced by Jeff Lynne---the most. I met her in L.A. about twenty years ago, and she was really sweet, absolutely delightful. Van Dyke Parks is also a fan of hers. |
My nominations, in unranked order... k.d. Lang - esp. album Shadowland which is more torch than twang Shirley Bassey - esp. 1987 single with Yello "The Rhythm Divine" Lisa Gerrard w/ Dead Can Dance and solo Sheila Chandra - "Sacred Stones" Amina Alaoui - "Amours ou Trop Tard Me Suis Pris" Cesaria Evora Eefje de Visser - always in Dutch Snatam Kaur - "Mu Mantra Snatam Kaur" Azam Ali Beth Orton Norah Jones Rickie Lee Jones - of course Sarah McLachlan - Dirty Little Secret Samantha James - Rise Natania Davrath - Songs of the Auvergne (TAS superdisc)
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Carmen Cuesta-Loeb, Sinne Eeg, Julianna Raye, Julienne Taylor, Emi Fujita, Denise King, Jean Frye Sidwell, Erin Raye, Ania, Claire Martin, Kirsti Huke, Anna Nygren, Laverne Butler, Sissell, Halie Loren, Lola Haag, Cecilia Dale, Ira Wolf, Anne Ducios, Gemma Hayes, The Molsbees, Iris Noelle, Lily Kershaw, Allison Buist.....Between the first list and the second is over 50... when you get through with these, let me know and I will give you the next 50. |
