Favorite Female Vocalist?

[Superhero 8830]

Annie Lennox and Natalie Merchant are my favorites. Granted I haven't listened to any who's come along since the 2000, so I could be missing out a new generation of great female vocalists. But of the ones I'm familiar with familiar with, I just dig Annie Lennox's distinctive voice and style.

[jimmyjazz 45963]

Aretha.

[Gil Bang 25961]

 

[noharleyyet 2838]

Adele is pretty damn strong but Etta James and Linda Ronstadt do it for me. 

[ztejas 43461]

Soul/Motown - Aretha

Rock - Stevie

R&B - Alicia

Pop/Contemporary - Rihanna or Ariana Grande

Country - Lucinda off the top of my head. Pretty confident that is my answer.

Edited July 31, 2020 by ztejas

[PRONG HORN 3146]

[jimmyjazz 45963]

2 hours ago, ztejas said:

Soul/Motown - Aretha

Rock - Stevie

R&B - Alicia

Pop/Contemporary - Rihanna or Ariana Grande

Country - Lucinda off the top of my head. Pretty confident that is my answer.

A couple of counterpoints, which are worth exactly what you paid for them:

1. Alicia Keys cannot sing at all, she is terrible, everything is autotuned

2. Lucinda?  Awesome, incredible songwriter, but wow, that voice.  Not great.  I'd go Kelly Willis, Emmylou,  Dolly,  or Patsy.

 

Not trying to start an argument, just a little different flavor.

[ztejas 43461]

20 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

A couple of counterpoints, which are worth exactly what you paid for them:

1. Alicia Keys cannot sing at all, she is terrible, everything is autotuned

2. Lucinda?  Awesome, incredible songwriter, but wow, that voice.  Not great.  I'd go Kelly Willis, Emmylou,  Dolly,  or Patsy.

 

Not trying to start an argument, just a little different flavor.

I mean I listed my favorites, not who I think the best technical singers are. Obviously Whitney and Beyonce and Mariah are untouchable, but they don't do it for me the way the gals I listed do.

Maybe I misled you with the Aretha listing - she would be an example of best in her genre as well as my favorite.

Totally agree on Lucinda. I just dig her voice. 

[Underdog 28688]

Elton John

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

Billie Holliday, Patsy Cline, Amy Winehouse.

[Pimphand 5760]

On a serious note probably Janis Joplin, Ann Wilson, Wendy O Williams, & Lita Ford

[Jack Straw 2954]

margo timmons 

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

2 minutes ago, Jack Straw said:

margo timmons 

Man oh man I love her voice. Sweet Jane almost makes me cry.  It's better than Lou's in my opinion.

[qwertyu1234 496]

A little surprised she hasn't been mentioned yet:

Also, her:

 

[South Austin 52515]

38 minutes ago, Pimphand said:

On a serious note . . . Lita Ford

[South Austin 52515]

Not offering any new thoughts.  Stevie Nicks comes to mind first, followed by Aretha Franklin and Ann Wilson. 

I like Heart just okay, but always though Ann was an outstanding vocalist, and she kicks all kinds of ass on Never.

And props to @qwertyu1234 for the nod to Neko Case.  Beautiful voice and amazing lyrics.

 

[tbone_ 14127]

I can’t pick just one. My short list: Norah Jones, Bonnie Raitt, Linda Ronstadt, Sheryl Crow, Linda Ronstadt, Allison Kraus, and Linda Ronstadt.

Grace Potter, the girl from Lake Street Dive, and Brandi Carlyle get honorable mention.

[South Austin 52515]

Great mention of Bonnie Raitt.

And for a more contemporary vocalist, I've grown to like Kacey Musgraves. 

[Underdog 28688]

Karen Carpenter -  voice of an angel.  
 

Sheryl Crow is currently my favorite. 

[ztejas 43461]

31 minutes ago, tbone_ said:

Linda Ronstadt.

She and I have been looking for something to do together for awhile.

[CooterBrown 18014]

Florence Welch.

[ztejas 43461]

To add some Irish to the mix, love both Dolores O'Riordan and Sinead O'Connor. 

Tracy Chapman can fucking sing.

[66BUFF 2564]

Some great already listed.  Would add Johnette Napolitano

[Surly Bevo 24962]

A lot of good ones.  Nina Simone should be in the mix

[Superhero 8830]

1 hour ago, ztejas said:

Tracy Chapman can fucking sing.

You are correct. 

16 hours ago, PRONG HORN said:

Ugh. Can’t stand even 30 seconds of her. 

[GhostOfTomJoad 9327]

Emmylou and Lucinda are essential to me. Madeleine Peyroux is so awesome, especially when I'm enjoying a nice Redbreast 12 on the patio on a moonlit night.

I'm also a fan of Melody Gardot. She's got a bit of a Julie London vibe going on...not the strongest voice or biggest range, but she knows how to get the most of it. The fragility makes it even sexier IMHO.

[Deej 76800]

Maybe not the greatest, but I dig her voice.

 

[PRONG HORN 3146]

6 hours ago, Superhero said:

You are correct. 

 

Ha!  You think Tracy Chapman can sing?  She's one of the forerunners of mumble rap.  

 

[noharleyyet 2838]

9 hours ago, tbone_ said:

I can’t pick just one. My short list: Norah Jones, Bonnie Raitt, Linda Ronstadt, Sheryl Crow, Linda Ronstadt, Allison Kraus, and Linda Ronstadt.

Grace Potter, the girl from Lake Street Dive, and Brandi Carlyle get honorable mention.

Rachel Price, indeed.

[Shoxthemonkey 1981]

Way too many to list but I think Annie Lennox and Susan Tedeschi are my top two. I can't argue with anyone listed except Tracy Chapman.

[Deej 76800]

3 minutes ago, Shoxthemonkey said:

I can't argue with anyone listed except Tracy Chapman.

But that dude can sing. 

[Hornius Emeritus 12465]

I don't have a favorite but Sarah Jarosz knocks me out.  Plus she's a great instrumentalist, too.
 

 

[Mortimer 88]

Maura Davis


Indie/alt rock vocalist from mid 2000s. Incredible voice. Haunting, powerful, and melodic.

Denali: The Instinct, is such a killer album.

[noharleyyet 2838]

 

[washparkhorn 9939]

Hope Sandoval - 

 

[ztejas 43461]

17 hours ago, PRONG HORN said:

 

Ha!  You think Tracy Chapman can sing?  She's one of the forerunners of mumble rap.  

 

No I don't "think" she can sing, she can sing. 

 

[Underdog 28688]

Revolution is good but GD I despise Fast Car.  

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

25 minutes ago, ztejas said:

No I don't "think" she can sing, she can sing. 

 

She can, but her voice isn't what I'd call generationally amazing.  Those talents come along once every couple generations.

[ztejas 43461]

29 minutes ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

She can, but her voice isn't what I'd call generationally amazing.  

Well that's moving the goalposts significantly.

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

17 minutes ago, ztejas said:

Well that's moving the goalposts significantly.

Yeah it is a wee bit.  

[PRONG HORN 3146]

4 hours ago, ztejas said:

No I don't "think" she can sing, she can sing.

Fast Car is mumble rap.  

[jimmyjazz 45963]

26 minutes ago, PRONG HORN said:

Fast Car is mumble rap.  

Do they have any audiologists where you live?

[PRONG HORN 3146]

[ztejas 43461]

3 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

Do they have any audiologists where you live?

I mean I saw someone say that Prince wasn't a world-class guitarist on another thread. Sometimes you just have to let it go.

[RDCanecutter 26446]

Julieta Venegas. Plays accordion too.

 

Edited August 3, 2020 by RDCanecutter
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[Earl Haffler 593]

Elizabeth Fraser (Cocteau Twins)

 

[Al_4_ISU 12464]

On 8/1/2020 at 10:07 AM, tbone_ said:

I can’t pick just one. My short list: Norah Jones, Bonnie Raitt, Linda Ronstadt, Sheryl Crow, Linda Ronstadt, Allison Kraus, and Linda Ronstadt.

Grace Potter, the girl from Lake Street Dive, and Brandi Carlyle get honorable mention.

Rachael Price.  She'd be my pick.  She's a smoke show, too.

[immamac 42857]

Tatiana from Jinjer

 

[Nole-4-Life 804]

Ann Wilson, Grace Slick or Linda Ronstadt.

[Nole-4-Life 804]

And for a relative known, I like this chick.