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The woman from Feist

Cat Power (that woman is brilliant)

Metric lead singer

The Kills

Patti Smith

Aimee Mann

Sharon Von Etten

Charlotte Gainsbourg

Morcheeba (the woman singer)

Shortwave Set

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

The women from The Dirty Projectors have some lungs

I love Gillian Welch of course but have a definite preference for early Emmylou Harris

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Oh, and also Rosanne Cash, particularly The List.

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Oh, and also Rosanne Cash, particularly The List.

 

Agreed, tho' I'd recommend "The Wheel" and "Black Cadillac". Also, Iris Demint and, especially, Jonatha Brooke are at the top of the heap, IMO, when it comes to emotional connection (albeit their tone is nowhere near is sweet as many others).

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Wow.. some nice female voices have been added here. You might also want to check Buika (she's called Concha Buika) - an amazing spanish singer. Her voice has an extraordinary texture. I recommend 'Nina de fuego' (Wea 2008) album for starting. My favorite song (and an excellent demo/sampler song) is 'Mienteme bien'.

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Hi John, I have albums of Concha Buika. I like them a lot. She has an amazing voice and a very specific way of sound and performing

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Here are a few more to go with the ones already listed.

Folk:

Red Molly "James"

Good Lovelies

Good Lovelies "Let the Rain Fall"

The Wailin' Jennys (all of their albums)

Lucy Kaplansky

 

Jazz:

Lizz Wright

Deborah Cox "Destination Moon"

Erin Boheme

Jamiee Paul

Karrin Allyson

Melissa Morgan

Nikki Yanofsky

Jennifer Warnes "Famous Blue Raincoat"

 

Swing:

The Puppini Sisters "Betcha Bottom Dollar"

Lucy Woodward "Hooked"

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Yeah, someone finally mentioned Shirley Horn. One of the underappreciated vocalists of the last 50 years.

My favorite of hers:

 

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Anything by Billie Holiday, but preferable before the 50's when her voice was shot and she survived on her not inconsiderable skills as a vocalist, even with the deteriorating voice.

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I don't think Mary Margaret O'Hara has been mentioned yet. Not much material out there to track down: there's one full album - Miss America, and assorted singles and guest vocal spots, but her voice and singing is unique and a bit crazy (in a very musical way).

 

(not to be confused with Mary O'Hara, who my granny liked)

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Jheena Lodwick has a beautiful voice.

Try this Youtube track of "Do That To Me One More Time"

 

 

Jheena also appears on a few of the Best Audiophile Voices series of CDs.

"Feelings Vol.2 "is a very nice album, but not always easy to obtain these days.

 

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Yeah, someone finally mentioned Shirley Horn. One of the underappreciated vocalists of the last 50 years.

My favorite of hers:

 

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Anything by Billie Holiday, but preferable before the 50's when her voice was shot and she survived on her not inconsiderable skills as a vocalist, even with the deteriorating voice.

 

No doubt this is her BEST, but also this (from Qobuz) is very nice:

 

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