Most underrated female recording artists..


I'm always looking for female singers who make my 2 channel system seem worthwhile for all l have spent...the list includes Nora Jones, Diana Krall , Sade and many others.... there are some fabulous singers out there but not recorded very well...lm adding Bonnie Raitt to my top list..The Bonnie Raitt collection red book cd...tracks 16 and 17 are spectacular on my system...  I'f anyone could add a suggestion it would be appreciated..

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@unreceivedogma I wasn’t. I was providing a consolidated listing of all those mentioned by everyone up until I posted to make it convenient for people to copy and paste into a Word document or an email to save for easy reference. Then I mentioned a few that I liked.

@unreceivedogma no problem. Love Eva Cassidy too....Also whoever recommended Chantal Chamberland get a +1 from me. Note, I think two people mentioned her, but both misspelled it. From Tidal, the above spelling is correct. 

Great recommendations. I’ve heard maybe 1/3rd of these. (Guess Spotify’s algorithm for finding "similar" artists was pretty good). Looking forward to trying these artists out. For instance, the 2022 Ella Henderson album "Everything I Didn’t Say" is ostensibly better than Adele’s last album. YMMV. I’ve complied most of these except the ones I thought were sort of obvious and not "underrated" as a single list here to make copying and pasting easier:

Lissie

Etta James

Lily Kershaw

Lydia Ainsworth

Lydia Gray

Sophie Zelmani

Christel Alsos

Laura Fygi

Eva Cassidy

Sara K

Freya Ridings

Chantal Chamberlain

Malia

Emily Barker

Ma Muse

Blossom Dearie

Silje Nergaard

Ela Vos

Anette Askvik.

Dido

Enya

Beth Hart

Imelda May

Jill Barber

Madeleine Peyroux

Nina Simone

Tracy Chapman

Kate Bush

Kiki Dee

Patricia Barber

Lisa Gerrard (with or without Dead Can Dance)

Mary Fahl - “ Can’t Get it Out of My Head”

Nichole Atkins

Nico - her solo offerings.

Bianca Castafiore

Jane Olivor (eary works)

Ronda Vincent: bluegrass, country

Laurie Anderson

Flora Purim

Kate Wolf

Nina Simone

Linda Thompson - (ex of Richard Thompson) Dreams Fly Away

Laura Nyro - Eli and the Thirteenth Confession

Allison Russell - (no kin) with Quantic- Look Around the Corner

Emmylou Harris - Wrecking Ball

Dusty Springfield- Dusty in Memphis

Nanci Griffith- The Complete MCA Studio Recordings

Karla Bonoff- All My Life: the best of

Patty Griffin- Servant of Love

Bonnie Koloc

Priscilla Herdman

Jo Ann Kelly

June Tabor

Mary McCaslin

Sandy Denny

Natalie Merchant - MTV Live....and any of her 10,000 Maniacs work

Mary Black Her albums “Babes in the Woods” and “New Frontiers” are outstanding.

Alison Moyet

Ella Henderson

Aimee Mann - Lost in Space and Mental Illness.


Susan Tedeschi (Tedeschi Trucks Band)

Anneke van Giersbergen (The Gathering, Vuur, Agua de Annique)

Eva Cassidy

Kim Gordon

Kacey Musgraves

Jenny Lewis

Zooey Deschanel (she and him)

Kim Deal

Karen O.

I would add Breanne Düren, her solo works, not just as a backing singer for Owl City. Her "little girl" coquettish vocals are nice. The thing is you can go to Last dot FM and put in any of these artists’ names and "similar" and find nearly an endless list of female artists to check out and discover, hopefully recorded by engineers and producers who know what they are doing.

Shannon Whitworth (Americana music)

Duffy - I would add her for those who might have missed her.

Oh, and it is spelled Rhonda Vincent, with an "h"...

@rettrussell yeah, sort of like Bjork.  Her albums are sometimes sonic "ordeals" to get through, but one thing they are not, is boring.