Your top 5 favorite female vocalists?

ted_b · « **Reply #80 on:** 20 Nov 2008, 03:58 am »

Quote from: denverdoc on 6 Nov 2008, 12:02 am

Quote from: Bob in St. Louis on 5 Nov 2008, 11:36 pm
Please don't mention Patricia Barber around here.

Bob

Sorry for the faux pas Bob, but why is she off limits? I don't like all her work by any stretch, but on material like Ode to Billy Joe, Touch of Honey, etc she sounds great, and her engineers always do a terrific job in my humble opinion.... If it truly is a no-no to discuss, just PM me.

I REALLY like Patricia Barber, too. Hang in there, don't take guff from nobody!

Sam, good call on Inara George. Great genes!! Her dad is one of my all-time top 5 singer/songwriters...and a mean slide guitar!

And Katie Melua...well, I just like to look at her. I don't really care what she sounds like.

arthurs · « **Reply #81 on:** 20 Nov 2008, 04:17 am »

Katie Melua
Stacey Kent
Vienna Teng
Allsion Krause
Kate Walsh
Shiley Horn
Rickie Lee Jones
Jacqui Naylor

I have a hard time following directions....

geowak · « **Reply #82 on:** 20 Nov 2008, 04:37 am »

"Ghost in this House" -Forget about it-Alison Krauss-Rega Apollo-Benchmark USBDAC1-Grado SR60-Ears

WOW!

As they say in Hong Kong "Un-ba-reeve-able"

geowak · « **Reply #83 on:** 20 Nov 2008, 05:16 am »

I forgot this one. Treat #2
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=AFFo1pu4q7Q

bummrush · « **Reply #84 on:** 20 Nov 2008, 05:28 am »

1.Rosanne Cash2.Shawn Colvin.3. Aimee Mann,4.Kathleen Edwards 5.Emmylou Harris

nathanm · « **Reply #85 on:** 20 Nov 2008, 03:38 pm »

Lisa Gerrard
Björk
Suzanne Perry (Love Spirals Downwards)
Stevie Nicks (even as much as I chuckle at South Park likening her to a goat)
Yasuko Onuki (Melt Banana)
Honorable Mention: Jeanette MacDonald

geowak · « **Reply #86 on:** 6 Feb 2011, 07:29 pm »

I just added one to my fav list....

Lisa Gerrard (Dead Can Dance)
She also co wrote the theme and some songs for GLADIATOR the movie

Bob in St. Louis · « **Reply #87 on:** 6 Feb 2011, 08:41 pm »

Great thread, I'd forgotten about it. Thanks for the bump.

So many great gals I've not listened to in so long.

Not sure if I could give a top five, but the stand outs in my mind presently are:

- Holly Cole
- Eva Cassidy
- Susan Tedeschi
- Jennifer Warnes
- Linda Ronstadt (with Nelson Riddle)[sp?]

Strangely enough, before I clicked the [post] button, I went back through the thread, My list hasn't changed much form my post two years ago, back on page two. Seems I need to expand my female musical horizons.

The only new gal is Jacqui Naylor.

Bob

p.s. Although I did go through an "Evanescence" phase. She's got a neat voice. Can't recall her name, Amy something?

Diamond Dog · « **Reply #88 on:** 6 Feb 2011, 09:37 pm »

Offered for your consideration : Betty LaVette
Ruthie Foster
Johnette Napolitano ( Concrete Blonde, Pretty & Twisted )
Mavis Staples
Rosie Gaines ( Prince & The New Power Generation )

Perhaps not the best from a technical standpoint, but the soul and lived-in quality of these voices keeps me comin' back for more. As Johnette sings in a song from the first Concrete Blonde album " If I had the choice I'd keep the voice I've got 'cause it was hard to find..."

D.

vinyl_lady · « **Reply #89 on:** 6 Feb 2011, 09:38 pm »

Glad someone brought this thread back since it originally circulated before I joined AC. My five are

Grace Slick
Stevie Nicks
Neko Case
Natalie Merchant
Zooey Deschanel

2d five:

Chrissie Hynde
Annie Lennox
Alison Krauss
Christine McVie
Jennifer Warnes

TONEPUB · « **Reply #90 on:** 6 Feb 2011, 10:03 pm »

Patty Smith
Chrissie Hynde
Diamanda Galas
Nicki Bluhm
Janis Joplin

SteveFord · « **Reply #91 on:** 6 Feb 2011, 10:25 pm »

PJ Harvey
Grace Slick
Sarah McLaughlin
Billie Holiday
Imogene Heap

Mike Nomad · « **Reply #92 on:** 6 Feb 2011, 10:34 pm »

Quote from: ZLS on 3 Nov 2008, 01:08 pm

Great Thread!

1. Billie Holiday
2. Judy Henske
3. Patsy Cline
4. Marcia Ball
5. Devil Doll
6. Janis Joplin

Wow, on the first page, and somebody got three of my five:

Patsy Cline
Karen Dalton
Judy Henske
Billie Holiday
Barbara Lynn

(An All-Star Team must have a bench)

Signe Toly Anderson
Judy Dyble
Hazel O' Conner

AVnerdguy · « **Reply #93 on:** 6 Feb 2011, 10:55 pm »

5? How can we pick only 5?

Deborah Holland
Patsy Cline
Diana Reeves
Chrissie Hynde
Ella Fitzgerald

and on and on

low.pfile · « **Reply #94 on:** 6 Feb 2011, 11:23 pm »

5 is hard, but these came to mind immediately.

Hope Sandoval (Mazzy Star)
Yukimi Nagano (Little Dragon)
Bjork
Lou Rhodes (Lamb)
Nina Simone

timind · « **Reply #95 on:** 6 Feb 2011, 11:29 pm »

Jane Siberry
Ani DiFranco
Bjork
Joni Mitchell
Kd lang

Freo-1 · « **Reply #96 on:** 6 Feb 2011, 11:31 pm »

5 is too difficult, but here's five that come to mind:

1) Ella Fitzgerald
2) Sarah Vaughn
3) Anne Haslam
4) Keely Smith
5) Dinah Washington/ Billie Holiday

Oops, that's six. Oh well. Even this is clearly not enough.

dmatt · « **Reply #97 on:** 7 Feb 2011, 01:26 am »

Coming to the desert island with me

:
1) Ella Fitzgerald
2) Holly Cole
3) KD Lang
4) Diana Krall
5) Eliane Elias

Also in rotation
Madeline Peyroux
Aretha Franklin
Eva Cassidy
Norah Jones
Bonnie Raitt
Sarah McLachlan
Alison Krauss

SteveFord · « **Reply #98 on:** 7 Feb 2011, 02:26 am »

Can I change my picks to anybody who is not Yoko Ono?

Elizabeth · « **Reply #99 on:** 7 Feb 2011, 02:44 am »

Top 'FIVE' Female vocalists IMO:
Maria Callas (#1 way ahead of all the rest)
Janis Joplin
Emma Kirkby (Mozart: Extante jubilate)
Patsy Cline
Frederica Von Stade
Kate and Anna Mcgarrigle (for album Heartbeats Accelerating)
Barbra Striesand (first three Lps and People.. the rest not)
Sinead O'Connor
Jennifer Warnes
The Roches (as a trio)
Jane Siberry
Susan Vega
Anl DiFranco
Tracy Chapman (her first album mostly)
Joni Mitchell
K.D.Lang
Nina Simone
Emmylou Harris
Tori Amos (so much, so little time)
Anne Lennox
Laura Nyro
Lisa Germano
PJ Harvey
Betty Roche (mosty for Take the "A" train)
Debby Harry
Yoko Ono (who IS better than she treated by the masses)
Is that five?