Most unusual/mesmerizing female voice.

Natalie Merchant gets my #1 vote!

slaw05-08-2010 10:07am

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bdp24 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 10,096 posts 02-09-2016 at 07:54pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I haven't read all the nominations on this thread, so she may have already been mentioned, but Emmylou Harris has a distinctive and unusual voice. A pretty fair amount of vibrato, which I usually distain, but for some reason doesn't bother me in her case. Her voice has a lot of texture, being very "throaty", and she really inhabits the lyrics, giving them depth and meaning.
bdp24 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 10,096 posts 02-11-2016 at 05:54am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete My current favorite singer, possessing an immediately recognizable voice, is Iris Dement. There is a clip on You Tube of Emmylou Harris harmonizing with her. Iris is a great songwriter as well as singer.
bdp24 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 10,096 posts 02-14-2016 at 02:03am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete A recent thread reminded me of Lucinda Williams. Her voice is immediately recognizable, and though her pitch is often not-quite-on (though not nearly off as, say, Johnny Cash), her singing just oozes character and personality---far more important to me than pitch perfectness. Since I doubt anyone else has mentioned her, I have to insist: Tammy Wynette. My all-time favorite female singer, by far. I fell in love with her the instant I heard her voice. The only still-living singer within shouting distance of her is, as I have previously opined, the sublime Iris Dement, an Angel sent from Heaven.
bdp24 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 10,096 posts 04-08-2016 at 08:44pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Big Mama Thornton, Wanda Jackson, Victoria Williams, Lene Lovich, Kate Bush, Loretta Lynn, Iris Dement, Aretha Franklin.

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