Favourite Female Singers

[Grovius]

Leaving opera apart (Véronique Gens, Alison Hagley in Gardiner's LNdF was charming, Emma Kirkby...):
-Karen Matheson
-Julie Fowlis
-Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh
-Guadi Galego in her albums Espido and Benzón and with the band Acadacanto

 

[captpat]

In no particular order

Carly Simon
Adele
Enya
Pink
Melissa Etheridge

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Allison Kraus, of course.
Betty Davis, Mile's Davis's wife, mostly because she is nasty, ha ha.
Mindy Smith
Amy Winehouse, because I just love a female crooner.
Eilene Jewell

 

[jhowell]

I, too, love Maria Callas. But one of the greatest of Carmens is also one of my favorite singers, Conchita Supervia. (1895-1936)
The Spanish Mezzo died young, but produced some of the most exciting recordings ever, in the 1920s and 30s.
She had a vibrato that some didn't like, but she was able to control it and use it to infuse great drama into her music. And, she was quite beautiful.
My list of favorite singers crosses all genres, and is too long to enumerate. But, Supervia is at the top of opera singers.
Here is the "Habenera" from Carmen, and "Carceleras" by Ruperto Chapi.

Wow! Lots of amazing tech in the re-mastering... Could absolutely not pick up any of the gating from the noise processer. Amazing job by the engineer...

 

[Kal]

The one female singer or two. That always pop into my mind is Billie Holiday and Etta James.
Others like Stevie nicks, Wilson sisters, there is too many to name 1 favorite. But Etta is the one singer I listen to most.

 

[KafkaStoleMyBike]

Ann Wilson
Stevie Nicks
Ella Fitzgerald

 

[Servant King]

Glad to see many other Ella fans on here. Always fancied this one, from the early 60s:

 

[dino]

Wow! Lots of amazing tech in the re-mastering... Could absolutely not pick up any of the gating from the noise processer. Amazing job by the engineer...

That engineer is the incomparable Ward Marston, considered the master of transfer engineers. A fascinating guy with a compelling story. You can read some of it here at Wikipedia:
Ward Marston - Wikipedia

 

[Jeff 11B]

Carole King

 

[Morrison Jeremiah]

That engineer is the incomparable Ward Marston, considered the master of transfer engineers. A fascinating guy with a compelling story. You can read some of it here at Wikipedia:
Ward Marston - Wikipedia

I have some of Ward Marston's transfers on Naxos and Pearl discs.
That is really excellent work he does.
It's good that someone like him is helping to preserve and enhance recordings of the historical greats.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

How could I forget Edie Brickell. Just her the sound of her voice kept me turned on back in college.

 

[Morrison Jeremiah]

How could I forget Edie Brickell. Just her the sound of her voice kept me turned on back in college.

I didn't know know who you meant at first, so I had a listen on YouTube and then had to kick myself.
Of course I remember her from my late teens. Nice.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I didn't know know who you meant at first, so I had a listen on YouTube and then had to kick myself.
Of course I remember her from my late teens. Nice.

It breaks my heart to hear you say that. Your teens? It always makes me so sad to know that I am older than someone else on here. Ha ha.

 

[tschiraldi]

Nora Jones
Diana Krall
Susan Tedeschi
Holly Dunn
Patsy Cline
Linda Ronstadt
Cheryl Crow
Gretchen Wilson
Carrie Underwood
Joan Baez
Joan Jett
Dolly Parton

 

[Sloopjohnbee]

I'm cringing but I'm not just going to write Karen carpenter or Mamma Cass Elliot Donna Summer or even Tennille so I'll type
Corinne Drewery
Annabella Llewyn
The Spice Girls(yes some of them are indeed decent singers)
Nina Persson

 

[smokeymo]

Nora Jones
Diana Krall
Susan Tedeschi
Holly Dunn
Patsy Cline
Linda Ronstadt
Cheryl Crow
Gretchen Wilson
Carrie Underwood
Joan Baez
Joan Jett
Dolly Parton

Gretchen Wilson, there's a good one I didn't expect to see here.
I would throw Lainey Wilson (new country) and Miranda Lambert in there too.

 

[Morrison Jeremiah]

I'm cringing but I'm not just going to write Karen carpenter or Mamma Cass Elliot Donna Summer or even Tennille so I'll type
Corinne Drewery
Annabella Llewyn
The Spice Girls(yes some of them are indeed decent singers)
Nina Persson

I always thought that Geri Halliwell was a decent singer, and she went through a stage when she was a pretty decent looker as well, shortly after she went solo.

 

[Mtlpiper]

- Great cover of Eleanor Rigby by the great Aretha. I have a lot of love for her and her contemporaries. Sarah Vaughan, Etta James etc. Nina Simone being a standout.

Otherwise, there are too many to pick from (I'm no good at making lists of favourites)... I really like Ane Brun, Sharon Von Etten, Angel Olsen, Sandy Denny and more.

Nina:

Anne Briggs:

- her voice takes me backwards in time as well as back home.

Here's a sample of Ane Brun's cover of Big in Japan:

 

[Sweet Home Alabama]

Love this…

 

[Morrison Jeremiah]

Love this…

I love it too. Very good natural voice, and a beautiful lady. Wow