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Bette Midler CAN/could sing. A mindblower is AM I Blue from The Divine Miss M is mesmerizing when played on a HQ system
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I'm going to stick to mesmerizing. Laura Nyro, Emma Kirkby, Judith Nelson, Yma Sumac, Janis Joplin, Kate Bush, Ronnie Spector, Billie Holiday, Maria Callas, Elizabeth Schwarzkopf, Stevie Nicks, Aretha Franklin, Patsy Cline, Elly Ameling.
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Dusty Springfield
Karen Carpenter |
Always liked the ex abba singer with “there’s something goin on”
always seemed eerie to me.
The slight echo, at 2-3 am, ripped, always was eerie to me.
Still a great song! |
Kat Edmonson- Most Unusual
Hope Sandoval- Most Memorizing
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Lisa Gerrard of Dead Can Dance (most mesmerizing)
Elizabeth Frasier of Cocteau Twins (most unusual) |
Irene Papas and her performance on Aphrodite's Child's track Infinity from the album 666. If you have heard this it's unlikely to be easily forgotten. Definitely not my favourite track on the album but unforgettable just the same.
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Genevieve Waite.
Her 1974 album Romance is on the Rise remains a stone cold classic to this day.
Produced by husband John Phillips, it's difficult to see why it wasn't a bigger hit.
Maybe the odd drug reference put people off but that frankness is all part of its charm.
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Eddie Reader
Cerys Matthews
Kirsty McColl
Georgia Brown
Lottie Lenya |
I second Frazey Ford and add Minnie Ripperton, Natalie Merchant and Janis Joplin
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I have seen Natalie Merchant several times, in different venues. When she starts the songs from "Ophelia", it can only be described as mesmerizing. The audiences seem to agree.
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Linda Ronstadt. Lucinda Williams. Janis Joplin.Three totally different voices.But all great.Oh! wait Bonnie Raitt. |
Oh, here's one for the list.......ZHU Zhe-qin
Google her album, Yellow Children.
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Phoebe Snow. First mention of it that I've noticed... austinbob107 posts02-10-2016 9:19amCassandra Wilson and Phoebe Snow. |
Adele
Live at Royal Albert Hall
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Patricia Barber......how does she hit those high notes?
Joan Baez........HAVE to give her a nod.
Edie Brickell.....always enjoy her.
Tori Amos..........Yup!
Natalie Merchant........have to second that vote!
Janis Ian.......don't know about unusual but can she sing!
Kate Bush.........gotta love her voice.
Sandy Denny.........A big hats off to the only female vocalist to accompany Robert Plant!
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Big Mama Thornton, Wanda Jackson, Victoria Williams, Lene Lovich, Kate Bush, Loretta Lynn, Iris Dement, Aretha Franklin. |
Teresa Salgueiro;
Lisa Ekdahl;
Cat Power;
Feist;
Whitney Houston;
Beth Gibbons;
Carla Bruni;
Sky Edwards;
Dani Klein;
Ana Moura;
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Good hit on Yma Sumak!
I’ll add:
Diamanda Galas
Nina Hagen
Anita O’Day
Gretchen Parlato
Guesch Patti
Julee Cruz
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Silvana Ida of Apoteosi, 1975
Annie Haslam of Renaissance II, 1972
are angels
Jane Duboc of Bacamarte, 1983
Jane Relf of Renaissance I, 1969
Rocker:
Inga Rumpf of Frumpy & Atlantic,1970 |
I like her voice but I mistook her name (see my post above): she's obviously Kate Pierson, not Pearson*.
as I'm here, I also add some other votes:
Sinead O'Connor
Mimi Parker (Low)
Margo Timmins.
*q: is the pronunciation very different or quite the same ? my English is bad and I often mistake in these cases
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Try Sunny Sumter's album Sunny on Mapleshade records. The first song called Nick of Time is mesmerizing. |
Tracey Thorn - Everything but the Girl / Massive Attack |
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Jazzy - Stacey Kent is interesting in her smart phrasing.
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Lydia Pence
Ella Fitzgerald
Tierney Sutton
Cheryl Bentine and Janis Siegel
Mollie O'Brien
Esther Satterfield
Patricia Barber |
I am really astonished that no one mentions Laura Nyro. She was mesmerizing (maybe not for everyone), but for sure unusual. Listen to "New York Tendaberry" and you will understand. |
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. |
Agnes Obel
Diana Krall
Lisa Lovbrand
Katherine Jenkins |
Jesse Sykes (and the sweet here after. Reckless Burning)
Margo Timmons
Hope Sandoval
Holly Cole
Emmylou Harris
Neko Case
Beth Orton |
I realize i'll be showing my age (67), but the one I could listen to all day is Jo Stafford. Just something about her voice. Not everyone's cup of tea but maybe some of you geezers will remember her., |
Mesmerizing:
Karen Carpenter
Lalah Hathaway
Doris Day
Unusual:
Nina Simone
Betty Carter
+1 Chante Moore |
Chan Marshall(cat power)
Natasha Khan(bat for lashes, SexWitch)
Sigur Ros(wink) |
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Lisa Gerrard
K.Bush
Bjork
Diamanda Galas
I may add some italian female singers, like Alice and Elisa, but I guess they're not so well known in the USA
but the one that mesmerizes me most, though not so unusual:
Kate Pearson
her voice is not "uncommon" but she definitively touches something inside me, her voice's vibrations cause resonances in me
I've read she now has retired and manages a hotel somewhere in a lonely place in the mountains; well, when I come to USA, no NY or LA, no Vegas, no Yosemite or Monument Valley: I'll go in that lost place and ask her to sing... :-D
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Emma Kirkby
Eva Cassidy
Youn Sun Nah
Cesaria Evora
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I find Kat Edmunson's voice particularly intriguing. Very old school jazz sounding, but she uses contemporary arrangements and I like the combination. But I'd like the voice regardless.
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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. |
Emma Kirkby
Karen Peris
Lisa Gerrard
Marianne Faithful
Nico
Caroline Kava
Joan Baez
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Phoebe Snow 1970's
Eliza Gilikyson Today
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Syd Straw. Her duet with Michael Stipe of REM is String of Pearls/Future Forties. Great song. |
