Your top 5 favorite female vocalists?

GregC · « **Reply #140 on:** 3 Jun 2011, 05:03 am »

Top 5:

Aretha Franklin
Tracy Chapman
Patsy Cline
Karen Carpenter
Janis Joplin

Honorable mention:

Ann Wilson (Heart)
Margo Timmins (Cowboy Junkies)
Pat Benetar
Cheryl Crow (awesome live performer)

I loved these vocalists on recordings but downgraded them after seeing them perform live:

Chrissie Hynde
Lucinda Williams

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #141 on:** 3 Jun 2011, 11:23 am »

Quote from: jhm731 on 5 Nov 2008, 11:48 pm

Koko Taylor
Ruthie Foster
Shirley Horn
Ernestine Anderson
Norma Winstone

Thought you might get a kick out of this. There is a couple in Houston with a registered historical old house in the Montrose neighborhood that have converted their parlor into a showroom. They founded The Songbird Society and have in home concerts and can seat about 70 people. Saw Ruthie Foster there and it was a raucous event. And I'm with you on Shirley Horne. Cheers

BPT · « **Reply #142 on:** 3 Jun 2011, 12:40 pm »

Another great voice is Ann Hampton Callaway.
Chris H.

Early B. · « **Reply #143 on:** 3 Jun 2011, 12:55 pm »

Top 5:

Dianne Reeves
Lizz Wright
Anita Baker
Alice Smith
Somi

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #144 on:** 3 Jun 2011, 01:39 pm »

What ever happened to Anita Baker?

greenmark59 · « **Reply #145 on:** 3 Jun 2011, 02:16 pm »

Linda Ronstadt
Diana Krall
Melody Gardot
Eva Cassidy
Aretha Franklin

Early B. · « **Reply #146 on:** 3 Jun 2011, 02:25 pm »

Quote from: jimdgoulding on 3 Jun 2011, 01:39 pm

What ever happened to Anita Baker?

She got older. Her last album was in 2004. She's still touring, though.

geowak · « **Reply #147 on:** 3 Jun 2011, 04:00 pm »

Jim

You are correct! Anita Baker is amazing. "Sweet Love" gettoutta town it's good.

Also try #1 here- "Bluesy and soulful in a different kind of way"

Vienna Teng "Blue Caravan"
Joni Mitchell
Bonnie Raitt
Joan Jett
Hope Sandoval (Mazzy Star)
Cheryl Crow
Margo Timmons
Colbie Caillat
Jessica Andrews

Always Old FAVS

Niamh Parsons (Great voice from Ireland)
Diana Krall
Allison Krause
Lisa Gerrard
Natalie Merchant

ALL TIME FAV

Eva Cassidy

Thanks for listing all these great singers! I have been listening to them all. Real gems here.
Some are hard to find. Thinking about creating another post with the SONGS after the singer.

neilwill · « **Reply #148 on:** 3 Jun 2011, 05:56 pm »

Dianne Reeves
Sarah Vaughn
Lizz Wright
Aretha Franklin
Nina Simone

These are not in order of rank, they're just my top 5.

milford3 · « **Reply #149 on:** 3 Jun 2011, 06:04 pm »

Sharon Den Adel
The remaining four I don't care about.

nature boy · « **Reply #150 on:** 3 Jun 2011, 06:40 pm »

Here are mine:

Patsy Cline
Billie Holliday
Ella Fitzgerald
Allison Krauss
Lili Von Shtupp

with honorable mentions to

k.d. Lang
Emmy Lou Harris

NB

craig223 · « **Reply #151 on:** 3 Jun 2011, 06:59 pm »

Lili Von Shtupp - she is a favorite of mine too. Watched Blazing Saddles on NetFlix last week. Wasn't that routine taken from an old Marlene Dietrich movie in black and white? Know I ran across it late one night.

geowak · « **Reply #152 on:** 3 Jun 2011, 07:07 pm »

Hey yeah that's good I almost forgot that unforgettable performance by Lily Von Shtupp, I think it was 1974

What an unforgettable voice!

I forgot two great songs

Aimee Mann (old Til Tuesday stuff-" J for Jules") Really great tune
Norah Jones "Nightingale"
(Lily Von Shtupp Well anything she did was classic....)

fredsd · « **Reply #153 on:** 3 Jun 2011, 07:08 pm »

Ella
Shirley Horn
Peggy Lee
Irene Kral
Sarah Vaughn

Devil Doc · « **Reply #154 on:** 3 Jun 2011, 09:18 pm »

All my favorites have been mentioned but one, Maria Muldaur.

Doc.

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #155 on:** 3 Jun 2011, 10:42 pm »

Tyson- I have two Ani DiFranco cd's and that's quite an instrument she has. Besides that, I can feel her. She makes her subjects alive in her music. An artist in my book she is.

jhm731 · « **Reply #156 on:** 4 Jun 2011, 05:58 am »

Quote from: jimdgoulding on 3 Jun 2011, 11:23 am

Thought you might get a kick out of this. There is a couple in Houston with a registered historical old house in the Montrose neighborhood that have converted their parlor into a showroom. They founded The Songbird Society and have in home concerts and can seat about 70 people. Saw Ruthie Foster there and it was a raucous event. And I'm with you on Shirley Horne. Cheers

Thanks Jim, wish there was a Songbird Society here on Maui.

Glad to hear that you got a chance to hear Ruthie.

Aloha,

Dan

gprro · « **Reply #157 on:** 4 Jun 2011, 08:36 am »

To add a couple more to my earlier post of younger and current artists,

Sara Bareilles
Ingrid Michaelson
both great live!

And with mention of Patsy Cline, I have to go back to Brandi Carlile! My girl, my musical soulmate... She has something, a soul maybe, that you haven't really heard or seen in 30 or 40 years or so....A mix of maybe Neil Young, the Beatles, Cash and Patsy. She's not country, bus does tip a nod of apreciation to Patsy, Tammy and Johhny, the good old country and western. Her mother was a singer in the Pacific NW version of the oppry house. Again, I think "The Story" is an amazing album, recorded at 25 years old! Here's vids of her covering "Crazy", an explanation of why old country and western was "punk" with her tongue in cheek country song included, a Gary Jules cover, and acapella concert footage. It was a large venue and her voice filled it! They do a cover of Times they are a Changing that is earth moving. Couple of their shows I've been to will probably be some of the best of my life. Almost unexplainable how good her and the band can be...took a musician buddy who was a mild fan after hearing some stuff, and ended up floored at the show..

Enough rambling, vids
Crazy-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9rTtrhzoc8&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Mad World
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiRYvBQLsHE&feature=youtube_gdata_player
"country hit"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nGWY5MeOak&feature=youtube_gdata_player
"Dying Day" unplugged, Warning!!! Crowd noise gets very loud at times compared to the song, so watch playback levels!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhCXz_aMfwc&feature=youtube_gdata_player
This song was a little funky homage to 20's and 30's traveling road shows. That leg of the tour was actually called "the give up the ghost traveling road show"

Not actually the greatest representation of them as a band, but more to showcase her voice. They are a "real" band too. Her and the twins came up together, and write all their songs...

gprro · « **Reply #158 on:** 4 Jun 2011, 08:42 am »

Let me say too, that I'm actually relatively young, earlyish 30's, but grew up on a steady diet of the Beatles, Neil Young, Paul Simon, and classical. So, most of today's younger acts (under 30) are pretty boring and sad. There still some that keep faith in music going...

Edit: ok, one more cover, after talking about it I had to find a version. Of the couple times I've seen this live, one was somehow actually better!? Times they are a changin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWsRNRCYSb4&feature=youtube_gdata_player

geowak · « **Reply #159 on:** 4 Jun 2011, 05:22 pm »

gprro

I will be listening to Brandi Carlile she sounds spectacular.

Also check out this older video of Natalie Merchant..good soulful stuff
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqZ7HaE5KWU