Female Singers-who do you like?

[FigerPuppet]

So many plebeians - slaves to the mainstream.

 

[prplchknz]

I really like Sia in this song

 

[ilikeitlikethat]

 

[Anew Leaf]

ani difranco
florence and ze machine
julia stone
sarah maclaughlin
bat for lashes
beyonce >_>
caroline smith
the civil wars
dido
goldfrapp
imogen heap
joni mitchell
lissie
maria taylor
over the rhine
tori amos
tegan and sara

- band names have a female lead singer that i cannot be bothered to look up currently -

 

[Stanton Moore]

Wye Oak - Jenn Wasner. Great singer and songwriter. Her melodies and lyrics are amazing.
Regina Spektor - I don't know too much about her, but I like her style a lot. She is unique.
Feist - Such a poet and natural singer. She can sing about anything and make it sound great.
Florence and the Machine - She is a good singer, but her lyrics are really great.
There are so many I like, but my mind has gone blank for now.
I think that KAREN CARPENTER was a great singer, and a great drummer too. She was a great musician who died far too young...
Lady Gaga is an amazing talent. Her pop stuff doesn't do justice to it. I don't care for her pop stuff, but she can write her own ticket in entertainment, based on her raw horsepower.
I always liked how Pink sings. She can belt it out and her tough girl persona is cool.
How could I forget: Veruca Salt! 90's nerd-girl hard-pop from Chi-Town
Siouxsie from Siouxsie and the Banshees.

 

[CuriousFeeling]

- Kate Bush
- Sade
- Anita Baker
- Aretha Franklin
- Jayney Klimek (The Other Ones)
- Cathy Dennis
- Paige O'Hara (Belle, Beauty and the Beast)
- Jodi Benson (Ariel, The Little Mermaid, Thumbelina)
- Emmy Rossum
- Idina Menzel
- Imogen Heap
- Loreena McKennitt
- Christine McVie
- Stevie Nicks

 

[ilikeitlikethat]

Nelly Furtardo

 

[Stanton Moore]

I have another one:

Star Anna, from Ellensburg, Washington.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2b57i0XSe8

That girl's voice is so powerful and full of emotion. She is one in a million. several million.

 

[Tallulah]

Ann Wilson
Stevie Nicks
Bonnie Raitt
Patsy Cline
Aretha Franklin
Ella Fitzgerald
Keely Smith
Joni Mitchell
Alison Krauss
Grace Slick
Anita O'Day

 

[Lexicon]

..off the top of my head?

Because I don't have a favorite/like variety, they're in no particular order-

Patti Smith
Regina Spektor
Coleen Sexton
Tarja Turunen
Bernadette Peters
Elisa Martin
Kirsty MacColl
Candice Night https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQ6QCZxUR_g&feature=fvwrel [it wouldn't let me use her name to link it, /shrug]

. . . & let's not forget our own [MENTION=7254]Wind-Up Rex[/MENTION], here.

I may add more later.

 

[The Ü™]

Agnete Maria Kjolsrud.

 

[cascadeco]

So I only have her first two albums (didn't even know there were two later ones), but I really like Shivaree too.

 

[1487610420]

Sharon den Adel

 

[Siúil a Rúin]

Stevie Nicks, Jewel, Janis Joplin, Fiona Apple. There are plenty of others, but those just came to my mind first.

 

[EJCC]

Links to go with my earlier post:

Beth Ditto!

I'm not a huge Gossip fan but "Standing In The Way Of Control" is an awesome song. She's a powerhouse.

And has anyone mentioned any 60's female vocalists? Maddy Prior?

Another edit: I'm a fan of this obscure prog rock band -- National Health -- and I love their lead singer's voice. She sounds like a boy soprano. (Her name's Amanda Parsons, btw)

 

[EJCC]

Also:

Shara Worden (starting at 1:43)

Imelda May

 

[NPcomplete]

So many! Hmm let's see..

Imogen Heap
Kate Bush
Sia
Shara Worden
St Vincent
Sarah Blasko
Julia [from Angus and Julia Stone] (her solo work is interesting as well)
Regina Spektor
Marina [from Marina and the Diamonds]
Florence [from Florence and the Machine]
A Fine Frenzy
Ane Brun
Eivor
Feist
Enya
PJ Harvey
Bat For Lashes
Ani di Franco

 

[UniqueMixture]

ellie goulding. there is something about the nf very airy and high pitched way of singing that i find very relaxing and soothing like it just makes the pain melt away

 

[HongDou]

KE$HA 4 LYFE

No just kidding LOL

I love lots of female vocalists. O: It's hard to think of them all but if I had to list them right now it'd be:

Ariana Grande
Kelly Clarkson
Ingrid Michaelson
Aretha Franklin
Renee Olstead
Regina Spektor
Jennifer Hudson
Adele
Carly Rose Sonenclar - she may be only 13 but she's going places!
Christina Aguilera
Mariah Carey
Christina Perri
Ellie Goulding
Florence + The Machine
Imogen Heap/Frou Frou
Corinne Bailey Rae
P!nk
Reba McEntire
Zooey Deschanel/She & Him
Zola Jesus

and last but not least...

JUSTIN BIEBER

Okay, not really. I actually like his voice now that his balls dropped. He just started waaaay too early...

 

[KDude]

Sinead O'Connor
Melissa Auf der Maur
Olivia Lufkin
Neko Case
Patti Smith