I like:

Kate Bush
Debbie Harry
Sinead O' Conner
Bjork
Andrea Corr
Karen Carpenter
Amy Winehouse
Norah Jones

and most recently the lovely Regina Spektor!! :)


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Dinah Shore
Patti Page

Siouxsie, Patti Smith.

PJ Harvey by some distance.

I've always loved Victoria Bergsman.
she was in The Concretes and now she's solo as Taken By Trees

debbie harry
dolores o'riordan

Siouxsie
Allison Goldfrapp
Beth Gibbons (of Portishead)

I know I keep going on about Joanna Newsom, but if I keep doing it, some of you might see it from my point of view. Amazing musician, beautiful voice, and she looks like my first girlfriend. What's not to like?

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Peter

I'm a fan of:

Nina Diaz of Girl in a Coma
Tegan and Sara Quinn
Ally French of Bloodlined Calligraphy
Hayley Williams of Paramore
Peaches
Siouxsie
Kim Deal of the Pixies and the Breeders
Chrissie Hynde
Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker of Sleater-Kinney
Nancy and Ann Wilson of Heart

Liz Fraser and Tanya Donnelly are ones i can think of that weren't mentioned.

Wong Faye (王菲)

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Carrie and Corin from Sleater-Kinney
Mary Timony
Nina Nastasia
Aimee Mann
Kathleen Hanna
Cat Power
Courtney Love
Kristin Hersh
PJ Harvey
Jody Bleyle from Team Dresch
Melissa Auf Der Maur
Jenny Lewis from Rilo Kiley
Christina Billotte from Autoclave and quix*o*tic
Tobi Vail

siouxsie
ida maria

Juliana Hatfield
Rickie Lee Jones
Dusty Springfield
Kate Bush
Karen Carpenter
Olivia Newton-John
Peggie Lee
Ronnie Spector
Kim Wilde
Maki Nomiya (Pizzicato Five)
Nina Persson
Rose Melberg & Jen Sbragia (The Softies / Tiger Trap)
Minako Yoshida
Grace Jones

Tegan Quin
Sara Quin
Sandie Shaw
Debbie Harry
Siouxsie
Kate Bush
Patti Smith

Love PTxx.

fiona apple
aimee mann
laura cantrell
pj harvey
nina simone
patsy cline

laura cantrell
patsy cline

You're my new best friend! :guitar:

You're my new best friend! :guitar:

do i have any say in this matter?

Dusty Springfield

kd lang
Teresa Salgueiro

Amongst others:

Chrissie Hynde
Sarah Borges is a somewhat new singer....she has a great voice.
Shelby Lynne
Juliana Hatfield
Carrie and Corin from Sleater-Kinney
Cat Power
Ronnie Spector
Darlene Love
Kate Pierson - Cindy Wilson from the B52s

Without rehashing anything previously posted, I'll add Louise from Sleeper.

I know I keep going on about Joanna Newsom, but if I keep doing it, some of you might see it from my point of view. Amazing musician, beautiful voice, and she looks like my first girlfriend. What's not to like?

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Peter

i love her too!

Debbie Harry
Kate Bush
Patti Smith
Linder Sterling
Dusty Springfiled
Sandie Shaw
Nico

I'm a fan of:

Nina Diaz of Girl in a Coma
Tegan and Sara Quinn
Ally French of Bloodlined Calligraphy
Hayley Williams of Paramore
Peaches
Siouxsie
Kim Deal of the Pixies and the Breeders
Chrissie Hynde
Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker of Sleater-Kinney
Nancy and Ann Wilson of Heart

YES, YES, YES, YES, YES

Love PTxx.

Dolores O'Riordan from the Cranberries, I love her voice, great song writer as well.

Pink, I always get the feeling that hiding behind the attitude is a very vunerable soul.

Annie Lennox, amazing vocal abilities, argueably the best female voice of the 80's.

My favorite female singer of the week is Trubz.

She hasn't recorded anything yet, but when she's on vocals during Wii Rockband 2 sets, she REALLY brings the house down. :rolleyes:

Belinda Carlisle. :)

Nico
Joni Mitchell
Harriet Wheeler (The Sundays)
Regina Spektor
Patti Smith

Chrissie Hynde

Roisin Murphy

Beth Orton

Bjork

Kirsty Macoll

Jenny Lewis

Isobel Campbell

Jenny Wilson

In no Particular order but Crissie Hynde gets pride of place for obvious reasons.

Annie Lennox
Allison Goldfrapp
Patsy Cline
Pink

Leila Moss of The Duke Spirit is one the finest lead singers going..male or female.
Also,
Kathryn Williams
Jane Weaver
Kristin Hersh
Laura Marling
Laura Cantrell
Emma Pollock (ex Delgados)
Cat Power
Joan As Policewoman
Hope Sandoval
Tracy Ann Campbell (Camera Obscura)
Alela Diane (Especially on the Headless Heroes album)

Vera Lynn.

Annie Clark
Regina Spektor
Karen O
Zooey Deschanel

I forgot to mention Lisa Gerrard of Dead Can Dance. :eek:

wow...some singers listed that I really like but forgot to mention, Annie Lennox, Grace Jones, Roisin Murphy, Pink, Siouxsie, PJ Harvey, Kirsty MacColl...awesome! :)

Billy holliday, Debbie Harry, Joan as policewoman, Aimee Mann, Dusty, The Little sparrow,

Nico, HerciuttaDeasden Dolls, Siouxsie, Emmy the great............

I love Billie Holiday! I love that song..."You Go To My Head" :)

And...Patti, Madge, Cat, Marianne, Twinks, Lulu, Cilla, Adele, Chrissy, Kirssty,Dina, Nena..

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You Go To My Head - Billie Holiday

I love Billie Holiday! I love that song..."You Go To My Head" :)

It's so fabulous..

Hit by Bjork err Sugarcubes is fuckin ace.

And...Patti, Madge, Cat, Marianne, Twinks, Lulu, Cilla, Adele, Chrissy, Kirssty,Dina, Nena..


so many wonderful female vocalists! :)

Emily Haines & Joanna Newsome

Did I miss it?
I don't recall seeing Kristeen Young's name on anyone's list.

Did I miss it?
I don't recall seeing Kristeen Young's name on anyone's list.

I've certainly tried but i can't get into her..as it were.

I've certainly tried but i can't get into her..as it were.

I've tried too, but the wailing makes listening rather uncomfortable.

wow...some singers listed that I really like but forgot to mention, Annie Lennox, Grace Jones, Roisin Murphy, Pink, Siouxsie, PJ Harvey, Kirsty MacColl...awesome! :)

lol yeah I should think so. How could you forget Roisin and Kirsty?! :D

That woman from New Order and The Other Two...Gillian 'something'

Love PTxx.

Off the top of my head, in no particular order:

Tina Turner
Ella Fitzgerald
Etta James
Aretha Franklin
Janis Joplin
Billie Holiday
Annie Lennox
Sinéad O'Connor
Sarah Brightman
Enya
Patti LuPone
Patti LaBelle
Johnette Napolitano
Zooey Deschanel
Patsy Cline
Dolly Parton
Dusty Springfield
Norah Jones
Siouxsie Sioux
Minnie Driver
Alice Peacock
Gillian Welch
Lindsay Holler
Eva Cassidy
Katherine Whalen

lol yeah I should think so. How could you forget Roisin and Kirsty?! :D


I know! Shame on me.....lol :D

Regina Spektor x ten
Ani DiFranco x eight
Tori Amos
Mirah
Patti Smith
Kimya Dawson
Martha Wainwright
Suzanne Vega
Scout Niblett
Diane Cluck
Kate Bush
Cat Power

and Uncleskinny, Joanna Newson is :cool: :sweet:

Neko Case, a youngish woman from Virginia, since based in Chicago. Her voice is unbelievably beautiful and haunting - it has the clarion quality of Patsy Cline, with a kind of post-modern existential toughness. I can't understand why she's not a superstar - she's a fine songwriter and quite good looking too.

Recommended songs: "Hold On, Hold On" "Star Witness" "If You Knew What I Know" :guitar:

I love Neko Case, I saw her earlier this year live with my girlfriend. She puts on an absolutely stellar show.

Aretha Franklin
isabel campbell
suzanne Vega
Kate Bush
Sarah Cracknell
Adele Bethal

Neko Case, a youngish woman from Virginia, since based in Chicago. Her voice is unbelievably beautiful and haunting - it has the clarion quality of Patsy Cline, with a kind of post-modern existential toughness. I can't understand why she's not a superstar - she's a fine songwriter and quite good looking too.

Recommended songs: "Hold On, Hold On" "Star Witness" "If You Knew What I Know" :guitar:

Does she also sing with The New Pornographers? Almost sure she does....

Madonna! She is not everybody's cup of tea but I like her...she is talented.

Plus she has being a great female force in the music industry for a long time and that says something. :guitar:


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Nancy Sinatra because she hasn't been mentioned already. :)

Nancy Sinatra because she hasn't been mentioned already. :)


wow..you are right. Nancy is awesome! :)

Billie Holiday.
Ella Fitzgerald for her round, jolly, relaxed tones.
Edith Piaf for her gutteral passion.
Sarah Vaughan for being not-too-smooth.
Susannah McCorkle for being a passionate scholar of early American popular song, and a damn fine singer.
Doris Day for being so underrated, simply because she was boringly blonde and too pretty to get full credit for her talents.
Bjork for using every sound her voice could make, growls and squeaks and grunts as well as the more usual sounds (just like Morrissey.)
Marnie Nixon, for doing all the other girls' work for them.
I really like Harriet (Wheeler?) from The Sundays. I just do. There is a Ting Tings song that sounds like the child of a Sundays song (the one with the roundabouts and traffic lights, you know the one.)

Those spring easily to mind. Actually, I mostly prefer male singers, for some reason. Girls make me jealous, not that I could ever compete in that arena. I sing like a choir girl, I have a way of making everything sound like a show tune. In a junior high school production.

Edited to add: I forgot Nina Simone. No reason needed.

It's a tie between Pj Harvey and Tori Amos.

Loreena McKennitt, anyone?

The Mummer's Dance :)

Annie Lennox
Allison Goldfrapp
Patsy Cline
Pink

:) :) :) :) All of the above plus,

Kate Pierson
Bjork
Siouxsie
Courtney Love
Harriet Wheeler
Johnette Napolitano (Concrete Blonde)
Joni Mitchell
Shirley Manson
Janis Joplin
Sarah McLachlan
Debbie Harry
Kate Bush
Sinead
Cat Power
Hope Sandoval
Lilly Allen
Norah Jones
Anita Baker
kd Lang
Etta, Ella and Billie
Mary J. Blige
Madonna
Gwen Stefani
Kelly Clarkson
Nelly Furtado (when she was cool)

Not already mentioned (I think) - Eddi Reader, Tracy Thorn, Alison Krauss, Alicia Keys

Shouts for Sarah Cracknell, Kirsty MacColl, Liz Fraser

:) :) :) :) All of the above plus,

Kate Pierson
Bjork
Siouxsie
Courtney Love
Harriet Wheeler
Johnette Napolitano (Concrete Blonde)
Joni Mitchell
Janis Joplin
Sarah McLachlan
Debbie Harry
Kate Bush
Sinead
Cat Power
Hope Sandoval
Lilly Allen
Norah Jones
Anita Baker
kd Lang
Etta, Ella and Billie
Mary J. Blige
Madonna
Gwen Stefani
Kelly Clarkson
Nelly Furtado (when she was cool)


OMG, I totally forgotten about Hope Sandval!
*hangs head in shame* :o

Does she also sing with The New Pornographers? Almost sure she does....

Indeed she does.

I was remiss not to mention Juliana Hatfield: her album "How to Walk Away," which came out in August, is one of the year's best - deliciously melodic and moving all the way through. Her voice, writing and guitar gifts have matured wonderfully.

np: "So Alone"

I forgot one, Bonnie Raitt :guitar:

Laura Nyro
Frida Hyvönen (released last year's seacond best album)
Karin Dreijer (from Honey Is Cool and The Knife)


...and it's Björk, not Bjork.

Laetitia Sadier
Siouxsie Sioux
Madonna
Debbie Harry
Avril Lavigne
Kelly Clarkson
Bjork
Lily Allen
Duffy
Dale Bozzio
Lene Lovich
Elizabeth Fraser
Liz Phair
Pat Benetar
Shirley Manson
Sheryl Crow
Alanis Morrisette
Petula Clark
Ann and Nancy Wilson
Miki Berenyi (where the fuck is she?)
Courtney Love
Kristin Hersh
Sarah McLachalan
Tori Amos
Alison Goldfrapp
Michelle Branch
Annie
Gwen Stefani
Melissa Etheridge
Jem

Kristin Hersh
Suzanne Vega
Julee Cruise

(in that order, and with Kristin Hersh way up at the top.)

LIZ FRASER!!!!
LIZ FRASER!!!!
LIZ FRASER!!!!

Harriet Wheeler is sweet too!

ofcourse also Billy,Aretha and Nina

Diamanda Galas
Siouxsie Sioux
Nina Hagen
Lene Lovich
Bjork
Les Rita Mitzouko
PJ Harvey
Annie Lenoxx
Madonna
Kylie
Justine Frishman
Bat for lashes
Client
girls of Ladytron
M.I.A
Santogold
Tegan and Sarah

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Truly wonderful!

Did I forget Maja Ivarsson of the Sounds?:cool:

'the top 5' (non-jpop) in no particular order:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y86/gulrober/BMurphy/robbyrock2.jpg
from left to right:
Alizée, Regina Spektor, Karen O(Yeah Yeah Yeahs), Suzanne Vega, Björk
then there are my top 3 ladies of Jpop:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y86/gulrober/her/the3.jpg
from top to bottom:
1. Tommy heavenly6/february6(she is also the lead singer(The Brilliant Green)
2. Amuro Namie
3. Hikki(Hikaru Utada)
to make this 'a top 10' i shall add
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y86/gulrober/her/leahsalonga.jpg
Lea Salonga(she does broadway, none of you here are cultured enough to know her i bet :p)
finally
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y86/gulrober/her/Siouxsie/5cd.jpg
Siouxsie Sioux, you may have heard her, she sang a song with Moz once :rolleyes:

Linder Sterling,
Su Tissue from Suburban Lawns
Poly Styrene from X-ray Spex..

Linder Sterling,
Su Tissue from Suburban Lawns
Poly Styrene from X-ray Spex..

Yes to two of those I don't know who miss Tissue is..

Nina Simone by a sinnerman mile...

Yes to two of those I don't know who miss Tissue is..

Oh you'll probably like them if you like X-ray Spex, I know I did. They are so obscure. Search them. I think you'll like them, especially the song "Janitor"

Oh you'll probably like them if you like X-ray Spex, I know I did. They are so obscure. Search them. I think you'll like them, especially the song "Janitor"

I'll have a shufty..

Try these chicks:

The Organ

http://rapidshare.com/files/180851442/TO_GTG.rar

Shit! I forgot to mention Kathleen Hannah.:eek:

Ida Maria Siverstein:)

Shit! I forgot to mention Kathleen Hannah.:eek:

Me too. I love her in Bikini Kill especially, and Le Tigre are also very cool.
Have you seen this video??? She's doing a spoken word skit..

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I forgot to put Natalie Merchant on my list. :)

Peaches
PJ Harvey
Marianne Faithfull
Debbie Harry
Siouxsie Sioux
Grace Jones
Alison Goldfrapp

Miki Berenyi

Miki Berenyi

From Barátok közt???? :eek:

Sorry, I couldn't resist. I know she's from Lush.

From Barátok közt???? :eek:

Sorry, I couldn't resist. I know she's from Lush.
Lush
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y86/gulrober/her/red/LUSHa.jpg
what a gr8 band live they were, let me tell you :sweet:

:)

I've always loved the idea that there was someone in the creative staff of BK who was a fan of Lush and the reason why the main character was named Berényi Miki was a cool inside joke.

:)

I've always loved the idea that there was someone in the creative staff of BK who was a fan of Lush and the reason why the main character was named Berényi Miki was a cool inside joke.

I wish. That would be the only thing I could possibly like about BK. :rolleyes:

I wish. That would be the only thing I could possibly like about BK. :rolleyes:

BK is my guilty pleasure so I watch it whenever I can.:o

BK is my guilty pleasure so I watch it whenever I can.:o

:eek: :eek: :eek:

But only because of Miki Berenyi, I guess.

At present I am really into DUFFY, she is just amazing!!
I also like DUSTY SPRINGFIELD and PATSY KENSIT : her vocals on I AM NOT SCARED are just divine and she looks amazing
Cheers Moz

Debbie Harry
Siouxie Sioux
Amy Macdonald

Julie London
Annie Lennox
Gladys Knight

Annie Lennox

Annie Lennox - Ken Bruce Show, Maida Vale Studios; London, England [3.13.09] (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=02MYV9O0)
Radio Broadcast

Kim Deal for the win.

Followed by Nina Simone, PJ Harvey, Siouxsie Sioux, Anna Karina, Tobi Vail, Kathleen Hanna, Patti Smith, Kim Gordon....I'm sure there are many I've left out.

Oh, and to whoever mentioned Karen Carpenter: yes. Her voice is so haunting. My mum used to play The Carpenters when I was a child and for some reason I can't hear one of their songs now without a surge of sadness overcoming me, which is really strange. Her voice was amazing.

I like Amy Mcdonald.Not heard much of her of late though.

Etta James, Sarah Vaughan, Kirsty MacColl...:thumb:

Patti Smith
Florence Welch
Amy Winehouse
PJ Harvey
Regina Spektor

I don't actually like that many female singers :confused:

Elizabeth Fraser
Siouxsie Sioux
Lisa Gerrard

Nikka Costa
Amy Winehouse
Fiona Apple
Sade

I'll forget someone, no doubt...
Debbie Harry
Regina Spektor
Joanna Newsom
Mary Weiss
Linnea from Those Dancing Days

Stevie Nicks and Suzanne Vega.

Fiona Apple is my current fave..

Cat Power
Kim Gordon
Tammy Wynette
Sinead
Chrissie Hynde

read the thread, I forgot Stevie Nicks!

Frida Hyvönen (released last year's seacond best album)


Ja! Väldigt bra skiva.

Sinead O Connor, Susan Boyle, and Tiffany for good measure.:)

The big three for me are undoubtedly Debbie Harry, Kate Bush and Patti Smith. Nobody else is even close to that standard, unless I'm forgetting someone obvious.

cheers