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Posted by: Duncan Oct 1 2009, 02:41 AM

I've always had a soft spot for really good female vocalists. So balls to all this guitar stuff, what's your favourite female vocalists. A few of my favourites include Whitney Houston and Tonni Braxton. Some of their stuff just gives me goosebumps. Incredible voices.

Posted by: jafomatic Oct 1 2009, 04:22 AM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Osborne
I met Joan a few times in Philly, she and her band were always very cool to me.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnette_Napolitano
I don't like her solo stuff, but she was great in concrete blond(e). However, I can't help think one of my two favorites they did was really covering a Leonard Cohen song.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_%28singer%29
If you hadn't been brave enough to mention Whitney and Tonni, I'd have been real shy about admitting my respect for P!nk. Another Philly girl (suburbs tho) and while I don't always get into the styles of music she has explored, this lady can really belt it out like a pro.

Posted by: vampire18 Oct 1 2009, 06:10 AM

turja from nightwish

Posted by: Sollesnes Oct 1 2009, 08:01 AM

I also agree with Joan Osborne, she has beautiful music!
Also, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Vj_tR4p184 Everyone should check her out her music, if you haven't already.
And also again, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3upjrwVd1fU! Again, everyone should check it out

Posted by: Emir Hot Oct 1 2009, 09:42 AM

There are some great ones that I like. If you're talking about the modern commercial pop singers you have already mentioned a couple of great names. I also like Christina Aguilera. Her song "I Turn to You" to me sounds like the best modern female vocal performance. Some true rock guy with 1 meter long hair was probably sitting behind the mixing desk and made something incredible

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HpbhFkplvI

Posted by: Sensible Jones Oct 1 2009, 11:29 AM

Janis Joplin,


Stevie Nicks,


I was at a Festival and was walking through an Indoor Stage to get to somewhere else and heard this woman singing backed by just a guy with an Acoustic Guitar. The hairs on my neck stood on end!
I'd never heard of her at that point but the following year her first Record got to No 1!


The Godmother of Soul:-


I also urge you to check out Sam Brown.
Apart from her solo stuff she's also a permanent part of the backing singers for Pink Floyd when they play live and she also sings with Jools Holland and his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra as well as being a well know Session Singer.


I could go on, but I'd better let someone else get a word in!!!

Posted by: playaxeman Oct 1 2009, 12:08 PM

Here are some great female musicians I love: these chicks rock!! Anouk, Beth hart & Sass Jordan:

Anouk



Beth Hart






Sass Jordan - High Road Easy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXwBbzOEQ58 (sorry include from youtube was prohibited)

Posted by: Gus Oct 1 2009, 03:11 PM

I really like amy lee, sheryl crow, Norah Jones, Jewel.

One performance that I am always find myself listening to is Anna Nalick, Breathe 2.am acoustic. Guitar + angelic voice. Simple but really really nice

Posted by: Nadir Oct 1 2009, 03:34 PM

Posted by: Joruus Oct 1 2009, 04:27 PM

Sharon den Adel -from Within Temptation

Posted by: Emir Hot Oct 1 2009, 04:55 PM

Blackmore's Night is great project Thanks Nadir

Posted by: Ivan Milenkovic Oct 1 2009, 04:59 PM

If you like Whitney Houston, check out Aretha, she was her idol. Just sit back and listen to that voice man, she makes it looks so easy!

Posted by: itsjim Oct 1 2009, 05:19 PM

Tarja from Nightwish has an amazing voice, also Angela Gossow from Arch Enemy (not the typical female singer but still awesome)

Posted by: CathShadow Oct 1 2009, 05:57 PM

I honestly PREFER female voices in music. ESPECTIALLY rock, and metal.
To mention a few:

Brooke Fraser


Lacey Mosely


Лу (lu)


нуки (Nookie)


Luciana Segovia

Posted by: Murloc Oct 1 2009, 06:15 PM

Hah! There are no good female vocalists!

Posted by: vampire18 Oct 1 2009, 08:25 PM

i dont remember what movie, i saw that in some documentary that they interview some girl band and they say that boys can be as ugly as they want while females in the metal world as to be hot to succeed. mainy because 90% of fans are male.take people you mentioned like:

Lacey Mosely
Nookie
Luciana Segovia
Tarja

im not saying they have to be super models but look at what happaned when nightwish changed singer, people pretty much dislike the new one, and in mho shes just as good a singer and reading that latter even thogh one sided you can see tarja was a less the pleasent women

Posted by: Disturbed21 Oct 1 2009, 08:52 PM

I can go on...and on...and on...yeah and on...

Heres a few

Lisa Johansson (Draconian)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDYtop1USP4 (cant find a live video unfortunately)

Carmen Simoes (Ava Inferi)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPJv0hDBkpY

Alright not gonna put a big list (if you want one well..my last.fm is in my sig look at that )

Posted by: Young Guitarist Oct 1 2009, 08:53 PM

Luciana Segovia

+1

Posted by: CathShadow Oct 1 2009, 08:54 PM

QUOTE (vampire18 @ Oct 1 2009, 09:25 PM)

Posted by: OzRob Oct 3 2009, 08:58 AM

Charlotte from Delain
Cristina from Lacuna Coil

Posted by: Vasilije Vukmirovic Oct 3 2009, 09:40 PM

My favorite!

Posted by: jdriver Oct 4 2009, 08:16 PM

+1 for Cat Power. Don't forget Joni Mitchell.

For the last several years my favorite female vocalist is Karen Berquist of the group Over the Rhine. They do plenty of rock on songs, but this performance is one of my favorites, just her and her husband performing Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah. How a person can stand on a stage in front of people and give so much of themself is a mystery to me.

Posted by: Santiago Diaz Garces Oct 4 2009, 08:45 PM

I really like Floor Jansen from After Forever. Her voice range is unbelievable. She can do whatever she wants with her voice and still sound amazing. And I have to agree with Emir about Christina Aguilera.
And, last but not least, I really love the voice of Gisela Bianchi, the new Thabu's singer, hehehe.

Posted by: jdriver Oct 4 2009, 08:59 PM

I completely forgot to mention, one of the greatest singers you've never heard of.

Happy Rhodes... she has a true 4 octave range and can easily sing like Annie Lennox and Kate Bush, even in the same song.

When she hits the chorus here at the 2 minute mark, be ready to catch your jaw as it drops. Kevin Bartlett on the Parker electric.

Posted by: Vasilije Vukmirovic Oct 5 2009, 11:49 PM

I almost forgot:

SILVANA ARMENULIC

Posted by: David Wallimann Oct 12 2009, 05:25 AM

I like Nelly Furtado.
I bought her album for this:

Posted by: Gary Oct 12 2009, 05:50 AM

My two favorite female singers.. Pat Benetar and Martina Mcbride. Never even knew they performed together..



Here is an older clip of Benetar the rock godess singing the same song.. (embedding was disabled, but still worth a look)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qUFZwJb9GA


Martina's independence day


Cheers~

Gary