Kate Bush
Joni Mitchell
Kate and Anna McGarrigle (I count them as one)
Tori Amos
Janis Ian
Emmylou Harris
Iris DeMent
Lucinda Williams
Kate and Anna McGarrigle
Patti Smith
Here's Iris singing her most famous song (heartbreaking nostalgia) with Emmylou singing harmony.
https://www.youtube.com/v/FikZwgj89HI
I don't have many, but Alison Krauss has long been a favorite.
Carly Simon
Kesha Rose Sebert
That's it for me. 0:)
5 personal favourites :
Joni Mitchell
Gillian Welch
Dusty Springfield
PJ Harvey
Margo Timmins (Cowboy Junkies)
Bonus pick : Astrud Gilberto - She could sing the Yellow Pages next to my deathbed, i'd die happy 8)
Quote from: Papy Oli on May 30, 2015, 12:22:59 PM
Gillian Welch
Dusty Springfield
Margo Timmins (Cowboy Junkies)
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Love their voices, their styles, but are Margo and Dusty songwriters?
Sarge
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on May 30, 2015, 12:38:12 PM
Love their voices, their styles, but are Margo and Dusty songwriters?
Sarge
ah point taken, I had not considered songwriters exclusively :blank:
Quote from: Papy Oli on May 30, 2015, 12:44:34 PM
ah point taken, I had not considered songwriters exclusively :blank:
No matter...I thought of both women too when I considered my list. They are fantastic interpreters.
Sarge
Iris DeMent is the new one to me, thank you for that one, Sarge... checking her songs on YT has stopped Gulda there and then ;D
Rickie Lee Jones
Grace Slick
Janis Joplin
Linda Thompson
Judy Collins
Quote from: Papy Oli on May 30, 2015, 01:11:07 PM
Iris DeMent is the new one to me, thank you for that one, Sarge... checking her songs on YT has stopped Gulda there and then ;D
You have to hear her duet with John Prine...great song, very funny.
https://www.youtube.com/v/CCObON5sJzU
Sarge
Joan Armatrading is certainly my favorite. After "rediscovering" her, I bought every one of her records I could lay my hands on.
After that I'm not sure, as I only have a few records of other singers. Maybe Laurie Anderson, Suzanne Vega, Natalie Merchant, Hope Sandoval, and Kate Bush. I also admit to being a sucker for "Celtic" pop like Enya and Loreena McKennit.
...Jesus, how did I forget Patti Smith?
Carole King
Kate Bush
PJ Harvey
Joni Mitchell
St. Vincent
Three-way tie for 5th: Laurie Anderson, Bjork, Lucinda Williams
Joni Mitchell
Lucinda Williams
Sheryl Crow Karla Bonoff
Imogen Heap
Shawn Colvin
Fixed.
Bonoff is good, always liked her.
These are my favourites rather than top necessarily:
Imogen Heap
Kate Bush
Lisbeth Scott
Judie Tzuke
Suzanne Vega
Quote from: vandermolen on May 31, 2015, 03:27:15 AM
Judie Tzuke
Welcome to the cruise. Had that on a long lost cassette tape and it got a lot of play at the time. Has she done anything significant besides that album?
Quote from: The new erato on May 31, 2015, 03:31:26 AM
Welcome to the cruise. Had that on a long lost cassette tape and it got a lot of play at the time. Has she done anything significant besides that album?
Well, I love the song 'Stay with Me Till Dawn' and I have several of her albums and like 'Wonderland' and 'I am the Phoenix'. I heard the former in a pub about 15 years ago and asked them what it was - I had never heard of her. I have seen her live twice and really enjoyed it. My daughter thinks that my taste in 'pop' music is appalling. Having said that I think that she came to and enjoyed one of the Judie T concerts.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ilM2yfKHIbM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on May 30, 2015, 07:39:01 AM
Iris DeMent
one the greatest singers ever, in any genre.
Fiona Apple
Suzanne Vega
PJ Harvey
Björk
and (surprised she wasn't mentioned yet) Joanna Newsom, the only songwriter who can, beautifully, explain the difference between a meteor and a meteorite – and make it rhyme.
She's THE lyrical genius of our time. I know some people couldn't stand her earlier voice but I thought it fit her older songs perfectly, while the newer stuff is just mind-bogglingly good.
https://www.youtube.com/v/KCCl3nzL5PI