Best Female Vocalists

Lauragoesmad

Bjork, Patsy Cline, Carol King and defo Janis herself.

tinka

ani difranco
beth orton
hope sandoval
alison goldfrapp
leslie feist
bjork
stina nordenstam
mary margaret o'hara
karin droijoers

that all i can think of at the moment...

invisibleghost

Simone Simons
Tarja Turunen
Floor Jansen
Anneke Van Giersbergen

Also: Fabienne Gondamin and Vibeke Stene

Kernel

Nope, I've checked them all, and most are ****e... particularly Bjork... So, Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, Dolly Parton and our own Sinead O'Connor are the best female vocalists.

Kernel

TCamen wrote:

Great Irish singer; I really love her voice/music.

She's sexy, and looks like a good ride, I'll give her that.

tinka

Kernel wrote:

Nope, I've checked them all, and most are ****e... particularly Bjork... So, Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, Dolly Parton and our own Sinead O'Connor are the best female vocalists.

Bjork is amazingly talented. I'd listen to her over Whitney Houston or Dolly Parton any day. But that's just my opinion.

Baby Chaos

Mine would have to bo Whiteny Houston.

Femelade

Mariah Carey can hit some impressive high notes alright.

roykeane16

tracychapman:D

byte

Tarja Turunen is the first name to come to mind for me.

Can't think of anybody else atm.

Karlusss

Jenny from Rilo Kiley

UnrealQueen

Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, Madonna, Christina Aguilera, Bjork...

kinaldo

has anyone here even heard of Teena Marie? Not only one of the greatest vocalists of her generation, but also a brilliant musician, producer and songwriter. ok her recent album was pretty weak, but her 70's/80's albums kick the **** out of any other female singer, ever!

others worth mentioning

stevie nicks
jill jones
kate bush
kim wilde
ronnie ronette of the ronettes
madonna (even though i hate her new stuff)
gwen stefani (put on one of the best live shows I've ever seen when No Doubt played the Witnness Festival a few years back)
Dusty Springfield
Debbie Harry

Civilian_Target

kinaldo wrote:

gwen stefani (put on one of the best live shows I've ever seen when No Doubt played the Witnness Festival a few years back)

Yeah - that was the surprise of Witness 2002 for me - they were pretty good, and I don't even particularly like No Doubt. I was pretty suprised to see she had a six-pack, and even more surprised when she climbed the rigging!

lacuna

To mention a couple
-Hope Sandoval (Mazzy Star)
-Courtney Love (Hole)
-Skin (Skunk Anansie)

They all have brilliant voices imo. Kylie Minogue's voice struck me recently in a Nick Cave song. I don't particularly like her usual style but her voice on the song is deadly.

Teller

Mariah Carey.....in the old days before she turned in to a diva :rolleyes:

Pigman II

SarahNixey of BlackBoxRecorder.

Also by bizarre coincidence she also just happens to be the best-looking female vocalist too.

The Bollox

Brody Dalle, lol

but seriously I dunno

Binomate

Mariah Carey, Christina Aguilera and Charolette Church have very impressive voices in my opinion.

Le Rack

Nina Simone
Tori Amos
Tracy Chapman
Gwen Stafani
Garbage girl...
Suzanne Vega
Shona Bradley
so many more!

Tar.Aldarion

Quite like Mazzy Star now...

tinka

lacuna wrote:

To mention a couple
-Hope Sandoval (Mazzy Star)
-Courtney Love (Hole)
-Skin (Skunk Anansie)

They all have brilliant voices imo. Kylie Minogue's voice struck me recently in a Nick Cave song. I don't particularly like her usual style but her voice on the song is deadly.

hope sandoval was one i mentioned. have you heard her album 'bavarian fruit bread'? (hope sandoval & the warm inventions) very nice.
and the kylie/nick cave song is 'where the wild roses grow' i believe...

lacuna

Yes..."Where The Wild Roses Grow". That's the one. It's very good.

I haven't heard Sandoval's album, only Mazzy Star. But i'll be sure to check it out. Thanks.

Steve_o

Tori Amos
Suzanne Vega
Sinead O'Connor
Delores O'Riordan (The Cranberries)
Nina Hynes
Andrea Corr

melekalikimaka

Marts wrote:

Brody Dalle, lol

but seriously I dunno

faceman

I find Cara Dillon's voice hypnotic. Anyone else like her stuff?

Beer is Life

Wouldnt call them the best, but i really enjoy Stevie Nicks, Cindi Lauper and Christina Scabia.

Kolodny

Joni Mitchell.

Civilian_Target

Christina Scabbia is actually a superb vocalist. Take a listen to "To myself I turned" or the 2nd disc of Coma Lies, its very impressive...

bounty_hunter

Joan Osborne, Heather Small (M People), Ella Fitzgerald, Katrina Leskanich (Katrina & The Waves) and Sheryl Crow are among my favourites.

Edit: Bjork would probably be in there somewhere too.

bounty_hunter

Spacedog wrote:

Joan Osborne

Glad to see her mentioned by someone else.

KnifeWRENCH

one i forgot to mention earlier- Sian Evans (Kosheen)

monroe

i don't believe from my obseration that she has been nominated

I find her pretty cool

Anna Nalick...........................

most tracks, breath is the most well known........apres ca.........paper bag............bleed....

great tracks..

robcon

had a quick flick through there and i think i'm right in saying that not one of you has mentioned Lisa Gerrard!:eek: Shame on you all! now go look her up

faceman

Actually Aretha Franklin goes without sayin!

spacecoyote

yeah arethra is great, as is edith piaf, but the greatest ever is without a doubt Nina Simone, theres more feeling in her music than any other female performer i've listened to

Helper_Monkey

in 5 pages no-one has mentioned Sandy Denny!!!!
Who? now sadly deceased singer for 70's english folk/rocky bands Fairport convention and Fotheringay. SHE is the best singer of all time. DOnt beleave me? CHeck her out

here's a Pandora.com station youll here her and some other good stuff on soon enough.... http://www.pandora.com/?sc=sh8394689 (just skip till you find fairport or fotheringay.

samo

My own opinion would be Stevie Nicks, Debbie Harry, Aretha Franklin and Dionne Warwick, all been mentioned before but worth mentioning again!

DonkeyRhubarb

Its gotta be me:p

StJimmy

Brody Dalle of The Distillers for me.

Andy-Pandy

The only female artists that i listen to on a regular basis are Fiona Apple and Sinead O'Conner, so i would have to say them. Im suprised nobody has mentioned Fiona Apple yet, she is very very good you know.

- bo -

amy lee of evanescence

Uzername

I think her name is pronounced Feist, she was a guest with the Norweigen duo Kings of Convieience, she's a brilliant voice

Maybe put Feist in Google or whatever, but my opinion she's really good!

tinka

Uzername wrote:

I think her name is pronounced Feist, she was a guest with the Norweigen duo Kings of Convieience, she's a brilliant voice

Maybe put Feist in Google or whatever, but my opinion she's really good!

i mentioned leslie feist a couple of pages back. not many people i know have ever heard of her or kings of convenience. i love them! feist has a wonderful voice, have you heard her album?

arbeitsscheuer

Jewel Kilscher

Dr. Loon

Roisin Murphy of Moloko.
Janis Joplin
Shania Twain
Beverly Knight

Basq

Karlusss wrote:

Jenny from Rilo Kiley

Glad to see someone else in the same boat!

A sublime voice.. and her backing vocals on The Postal Service's 'Give Up' are just phenomenal!

deedee lepoopoo

Grace Slick
Stevie Nicks
Aretha Franklin
Ella Fitzgerald xxxx
Billie Holiday
Nina Persson
Dusty Springfield
Sinead O'Connor
Julie London

Spicy Lauren

Janis

pbsuxok1znja4r

Gonna have to say Mariah Carey. I generally don't like that type o' music at all, but her voice is damn incredible when she's singin' a good song. Pity she wastes her talent on mostly ****e songs, like her recent ones.
Unbeateatable vocal range.