Favourite female solo artist?

[Cylob]

PJ Harvey:
Beautiful voice, excellent instrumentation (guitar and electronica).

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/dre300/e324/e324457y3nm.jpg

[Mr Jones]

Liz Horsman is getting lots of drive time in the Jones homestead of late....
http://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/trc001.JPG

[Bilbo Baggins]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/totp/features/wallpaper/images/640x480/bjork.jpg

:)

[duet maxwell]

http://www.dirty.org/underworld/uw_disco_uwmk2/mixes/bjork-human_behavior.jpg
bjork :D

[WomanOfHeart]

http://evanescence.com/band/photos/images/promophoto/amysolo1.jpg
She has one of the most dynamic voices I've ever heard.

[Cylob]

Who is that WomanOfHeart?????? It's definitely not Madonna.

[Mr Jones]

That bird out of evanescence or what ever it's called..

Toni Halliday wannabe, without the talent :D

[WomanOfHeart]

That's Amy Lee of Evanescence!

[Cylob]

Mr Jones, did you have to say Toni Halliday, I won't be able to stand up before 6.30 now. Curve are my no.1 band (true survivors).

Must check out Evanescence. Curiosity's reared it's head.

[Mr Jones]

Sorry !,ooops there I go again...
http://www.recoil.co.uk/afiles/coll/lgtoni.gif

[Cylob]

Bastard!!!! Another half hour with a cushion.

[zootm]

Originally posted by WomanOfHeart
That's Amy Lee of Evanescence!
umm... that's not really a solo artist then, unless she has solo stuff...

i think i'm gonna have to say bjork.

[Cylob]

Not forgetting, Sarah Cracknell.:)

[WomanOfHeart]

Oops. Sorry. You're right, zootm. That's what I get for just jumping in...

[ShyShy]

i like Annie Lennox, Missy Elliot, Shania Twain, Tina Turner

[Mr_007]

Jenifer lopez

[Mr Jones]

Ahhh, Mr_007 likes the ladies with the big booty, wise choice sir :D

[Xerxes]

Sarah Brightman...

[pukkaboy]

alanis

Words of wisdom beyond her years i tell thee.

[ShyShy]

Originally posted by pukkaboy
alanis

Words of wisdom beyond her years i tell thee.

:up:

also like Tracy Chapman

[MetallichicA]

Enya...
I'm getting into Bjork a bit, though... I love "abstract" music.

[ShyShy]

Enya is very, very good. i've been meaning to get her greatest hits cd (yes, as in buy), but i keep forgetting to.

[Cylob]

Are you still buying albums ShyShy?

That's sooooooooooo old fashioned.

[Cylob]

BTW, I come back to this thread several times a day to see the picture of Toni Halliday. Pure class.

[papadoc]

Billie Holliday

http://home.earthlink.net/~dewarjr/face.jpg

[Merlin]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/1xtra/rnb/images/ashanti1_205x80.jpg

[ujay]

Joni Mitchell

UJ

[ShyShy]

Originally posted by Cylob
Are you still buying albums ShyShy?

That's sooooooooooo old fashioned.



lol, i haven't bought a cd in forever, mainly because i'm usually broke as hell and i was *searching for music*, but with this RIAA bullshit going on here... looks like i'll have to start rolling up the loose pennies around here.

[randman]

http://www.fotobaron.com/music/janisjoplin/largeimages/janicej.jpg

I can't believe no one has mentioned Janis Joplin. :hang:

I do love Joni Mitchell, Sarah MacLachlan, Aretha Franklin, Billie Holliday, etc. as well.

[Mattress]

Sarah McLachlan, Saint Etienne, Sister Bliss, Moloko, Olive

[ShyShy]

and of course... the late, great, Celia Cruz, Queen of Salsa.

[Cylob]

Juliana Hatfield
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/dre100/e141/e14123e52jo.jpg
Solex (Liz Esselink)
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf600/f621/f62180sojco.jpg

[zamuz]

i'd say lara fabian.

[Cylob]

Forgot to mention Dot Allison. Shame on me.

[henry3k56]

http://www.vh1.com/sitewide/img/pg/main/6538.jpg
Michelle Branch

&

http://www.vh1.com/shared/media/images/artist/c/carlton_vanessa/canon/1165827_426x104.jpg
Vanessa Carlton

[OutlawJim]

Definitely Alanis Morissette

[Sah'Rah!]

Sarah McLachlan, Alanis Morissette, Joni Mitchell, and Ani DiFranco to name a few..............

[Mattress]

Originally posted by Cylob
Forgot to mention Dot Allison. Shame on me.

Shame on me too. Allison Goldfrapp is also very good.

[Cylob]

I'll have to add Lisa Germano (I like whispery/breathy vocals). I wonder how much she'd cost to hire for a night, I could've used a lullaby last night (the heat man)!

[primal scream]

bjork, PJ Harvey and Gemma Hayes

Juliana Hatfield looks like the kinda moody girl i would go for :P got to check her out

[Cylob]

Beautiful Creature is Juliana's best work to-date. Moody, definitely!

Never heard of Gemma Hayes.

[henry3k56]

Liz Phair

and for those in the country music
Sara Evans

[caitcid]

I like Megumi Hayashibara. But I doubt if any of you listen to japanese music and stuff.

[Cylob]

I listen to Pizzicato Five and Shonen Knife. And Cibo Matto are half Japanese! Not alot reaches the UK - it's probably the cultural barrier.

[Twilightseer]

Tons of stuff I don't know here. Let's all hail Cylob, for launching good music-related threads :up: :)

[Cylob]

Cheers Twilightseer. It beats working on spreadsheets all day long. :)

Taylor's done alot to keep this forum going, if it wasn't for him I'd have probably moved on.

[ShyShy]

Originally posted by henry3k56
and for those in the country music
Sara Evans


Hmm, never heard of her. What has she done?

[henry3k56]

Country. Saw one of her music videos but I forgot what the title was. :(

[ihatejelly0]

Sarah McLachlan ; Faith Hill ;Shania Twain ;:D

[Cylob]

The latter is a joke I take it. Have you seen Shania without the makeup? It ain't pretty.

[Mike H.]

Michelle Branch

[missinformation]

for country: Patsy Cline

rock: Paula Cole

[Twilightseer]

I also really like Lene Marlin.

[NJK]

how can you all forget this lady???

[Cylob]

Kate Bush is a bit old-hat for my taste. And greatly overated. :) Must go in the overated thread.......

[Widdykats]

She can blow your windows out and great range! Also Patti LaBelle, Tracy Chapman, Alanis, Blonde, just cuz..and Garbage! forgot Aretha!
http://www.stephenmarkeson.com/images/portrait/james.jpg
and Jewel, Annie Lennox and Sarah Brightman!:D

[henry3k56]

Rachel Farris

[Cylob]

A pair of deutschen electro-chicks...

Ellen Allien
http://www.ellenallien.de/site/media/02003.jpg

Barbara Morgenstern
http://fiberfib.com/fib03/cartel03/fib03_barbaramorgenstern.jpg

Rock me.:):p

[marvinbarcelona]

Beth Orton
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/pic200_web/drp300/p398/p39814ncdmb.jpg

Emmylou Harris
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/pic200_web/drp200/p234/p23487axdrb.jpg

Patti Smith
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/pic200_web/drp100/p164/p16454j6sd4.jpg

Ella Fitzgerald
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/pic200_web/drp000/p069/p06944poiu9.jpg

[grumpyBB]

Eva Cassidy

[apola_anamisha]

Though I don't like her that much now……..but still I’ll mention this pop-princess
http://hk.yimg.com/hk/providers/boombeat/20021101/britney.jpg

[Cylob]

That's not a bad sight to wake up to. Crap music though.:D Despicable.:down:

[apola_anamisha]

And I need to mention them as well
1.Madonna
http://www.hhrf.org/ifi/200105/madonna.jpg

2.Barbra Streisand
http://www.bjsmusic.com/tidespic.jpg

3.Donna Lewis
http://www.hiponline.com/artist/music/l/lewis_donna/donnalewis-bio.jpg

[ScorLibran (v2)]

Anyone who's read a few of my posts in this forum already know my favorite diva. I have every song she's ever released to the public, plus 34 unpublished demos she recorded to a 4-track in her bedroom in 1992 and handed out to her friends, and 44 other songs comprising all the unreleased demos for her next-to-last album.

http://members.roadfly.com/ccalmer01/LizPhair4.jpg

I like Liz as a singer, songwriter and musician overall, but looking only at strength-of-voice, my favorite is one that many people would roll their eyes at: LeAnn Rimes. I've yet to hear any voice in this world with as much force as hers. Listen to Sign Of Life, Damn and her rendition of How Do I Live for evidence of this.

I have an unexplainable attraction to the female voice, so well over half of the vocalists in my music collection are women. Other solo artist on my shelf that I really like are:

Chantal Kreviazuk
Vanessa Carlton
Avril Lavigne (OK, some of you will gag, but I like her!)
Shawn Colvin
Madonna
Natalie Imbruglia (also a model and commercial actress)
Michelle Branch
Jewel
Donna Lewis
Norah Jones
Faith Hill
Cher (no one else has mentioned the "Supergoddess of all Divas"???)
Paula Cole
Björk
Dido Armstrong
Bonnie Tyler
Suzy Bogguss
Milla Jovovich (also a movie actress and model)
Alanis Morissette
Nina Gordon (formerly with Veruca Salt)
Carol Decker (T'Pau)
Trisha Yearwood
Sarah McLachlan
Shania Twain (moving away from liking her so much, though...lyrics are too odd for my taste)
Tori Amos
Pam Tillis
Cyndi Lauper (I've really loved Cyndi's work since the mid-80s)
Boy George (umm, wait.....)And female singers who have not (to my knowledge) done solo work, but who are still among my favorites are:
Shirley Manson (garbage)
Tina Weymouth (Tom Tom Club, Talking Heads)
Gwen Stefani (No Doubt)
Deborah Harry (Blondie)
Cindy Wilson, Kate Pierson (The B-52's)
Kelli Dayton (Sneaker Pimps)
Jennifer Finch, Suzi Gardner, Donita Sparks, Demetra Plakas (L7)
Courtney Love (Hole, practically her solo band I guess you could say)

[marvinbarcelona]

Debbie Harry certainly has done solo work.

[Cylob]

I've heard it. It's HORRIBLE!!!!

Chris, you've omitted..

Julie Ruin
Juliana Hatfield
PJ Harvey
Julee Cruise

And there's no mention of Le Tigre or Bikini Kill? There's nothing like a bit of riot grrrl.;)

You've also clearly never heard any Curve.:(

[ScorLibran (v2)]

Originally posted by Cylob
Chris, you've omitted..

Julie Ruin
Juliana Hatfield
PJ Harvey
Julee Cruise

And there's no mention of Le Tigre or Bikini Kill? There's nothing like a bit of riot grrrl.;)

You've also clearly never heard any Curve.:(
I did forget PJ Harvey and Juliana Hatfield...they're among my favorites too, even though I don't have any of their albums right now (but I used to). Never heard of Julie Ruin or Julee Cruise...I'll have to check them out. :) Have to give Curve a listen too (I may have heard it before, can't remember).

Haven't heard of Le Tigre, but I do love Bikini Kill...and Bratmobile and Sleater-Kinney also.

Riot Grrrl Rocks My Wrrrld!

[NJK]

Originally posted by ScorLibran (v2)
Never heard of Julie Ruin or Julee Cruise...I'll have to check them out. :)



julee cruise - twin peaks theme "falling"

dont tell me you didn't watch twin peaks.;)

[Cylob]

Originally posted by ScorLibran (v2)
Haven't heard of Le Tigre, but I do love Bikini Kill....You're missing 2 pieces of the puzzle - Julie Ruin was Kathleen Hanna's next band after Bikini Kill, and Le Tigre was the next band after that. Bikini Kill never died - it morphed.:)

Riot Grrrl Rocks My Wrrrld!

:D:up:

[ScorLibran (v2)]

Originally posted by Cylob
You're missing 2 pieces of the puzzle - Julie Ruin was Kathleen Hanna's next band after Bikini Kill, and Le Tigre was the next band after that. Bikini Kill never died - it morphed.:)
I've just recently gotten into Kathleen Hanna's work...thanks for telling more about it, now I know what else to look for. For many years I've been a fan of female alternative and indie rock, but my Riot Grrrl addiction is more recent. :D

@spaceplay: When it was on TV, I wasn't really into Twin Peaks...I saw maybe two or three episodes. Nowadays my tastes are different, and I'd love to see it if it were ever on TV. What I should do is buy a DVD with the first few episodes and see if I get into it...I bet I would. I know it was a weird show, but the weirder the better...I'm a Lexx fan, after all. ;)

[Spazz333]

One of the best female artists out there, hands down.

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=UIDMISS70312112324310087&sql=A17jueal24xd7

[angel_gruber]

Avril Lavigne is my favourite artist. she's very nice. I like her so much. I love her!!!!!!!

[nybergh]

Memphis Minnie.

[Lapikas]

I'll have to agree with cylob and scorlibran about Julee Cruise and Shirley Manson. Excellent voices..
And I have to add Beth Gibbons..

[DouglasRaven]

Janis Joplin, Diana Krall, UTADA HIKARU.... hehe

[MegaRock]

Janis Joplin for a rocker, Lisa Loeb for a sex kitten song, nora jones when wasted trying to go to sleep, Madonna for a happy pop song and Doro Pesch for a metal tune and for gospel and R & B - well Aretha Franklin can't be touched.

[deeder7001]

Thread Revival



Michelle Branch, Diana Krall, Norah Jones, Alanis Morissette. That's it for the moment.

[Robster400]

I can't see Sheryl Crow anwhere in this list!! surely that can't be right?

What wrong with you people?! :p

[randman]

Originally posted by grumpyBB
Eva Cassidy
She was truly great. :up: She did a live version of "What A Wonderful World" that just ripped your heart out.

[olargues]

Janis Joplin...obviously
Liz Phair ... Exile era
Cat Power ... it is the artist name of Charlyn
Carolyn Mas ... often confused with Bruce Springsteen :D

[playforchrissy]

minnie ripperton of course :)

[DJ Egg]

I'll add a few more...

Masha Qrella
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Masha+Qrella
http://www.headquarter-entertainment.de/english/bands_masha.php

Julia Guther
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Guther

Margaret Fiedler (Laika (http://www.discogs.com/artist/Laika))

Ayako Akashiba (mainly for her work with Guitar (http://www.discogs.com/artist/Guitar))
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Ayako+Akashiba


And from the old skool...

Joni Mitchell's probably already been mentioned, but she's worth mentioning again.
If you've not heard much (or anything) by her, start with "Don Juan's Reckless Daughter" (1977) & "Hejira" (1976)

Grace Slick, mainly for her work with Jefferson Airplane (1967-72)

Edie Brickell, if not just for 'Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars' alone...

and Julianne Regan (All About Eve), if not just for "Scarlett and Other Stories"

Other blasts from the/my past:

Judie Tzuke
Suzanne Vega

Christine Newby, aka: Cosey Fanni Tutti (Throbbing Gristle, Chris & Cosey)

Lisa Gerrard (Dead Can Dance, solo)

and no-one's even mentioned Siouxsie Sioux :-)

or Sinead O'Connor (solo, Jah Wobble, Afro Celt Sound System, Massive Attack)

Talking of Sinead O'Connor, which links me to other guest vocalists for Massive Attack from over the years, including:

Elizabeth Frazer (Cocteau Twins, TMC) <-- and possibly the best voice of all time :-)
Tracey Thorn (EBTG)
Nicolette
Shara Nelson (not into her cheesy solo work, but the stuff with Massive Attack is legendary)

and Kristin Hersh (http://www.discogs.com/artist/Kristin+Hersh) probably also deserves a mention (ex Throwing Muses).
Her latest album "Learn To Sing Like A Star" is literally back on song, and pretty good.


mmmm, Collide & Curve (from page 1 of this thread) :up:


Hmm, and all the rest are lead singers of bands, not solo artists, so I guess I won't bother mentioning them then...

*cough* Jane Tilley (Perfume Tree (http://www.discogs.com/artist/Perfume+Tree)) *cough*

*cough* Louise Rhodes (Lamb) *cough*


[edit]

Ahh, yeah, ujay mentions Joni Mitchell on page 1, heh.

[eagleowl]

I'm showing my age a bit,but...
Elkie Brooks,and Randy Crawford(to sing a song like "Almaz",you need a FAULTLESS voice and a lot of confidence!)

[JesZeK]

Have you Heard "Within Temptation" from Holland?

http://www.within-temptation.com/

[colonel1]

sarah blasko

http://www.******bonuses101.com
http://www.******bonuses.tv

[djmc]

Norah Jones.........bwaaaaaaaahhahahhaha

seriously....I'd have to pick my own daughter, Allie Cohen!

[AE4713]

Natalie Merchant and Sade

[PaperClip]

Grace Potter...She plays the Hammond B3, Fender Rhodes, and electric and acoustic guitars (says Wikipedia). She's quite the impressive lady.

[jenmartini]

some of my favorite ladies

Rebbeca Pidgeon
Aimee Mann
Fionna Apple
Suzanne Vega

[ladymcee]

50 cent

[QOAL]

...because 50 cent is well known for being female. :p


Meh, the only 'solo' female act I have is Avril Lavigne, although I do listen to quite a lot of female fronted groups which isn't the purpose of this thread so I'll spare ye.

[gaekwad2]

Based on last.fm playcount:

1. EeL
2. Solex
3. Faye Wong
4. Nina Nastasia
5. Shiina Ringo
6. Takako Minekawa
7. Cat Power
8. Mira Calix
9. Rickie Lee Jones
10. Tujiko Noriko

[millysunshine]

I love Raquel Aurilia :)

[murrayd77]

Feist;) Great music when working and just need some background music to listen to.

[gameplaya15143]

Originally posted by JesZeK
Have you Heard "Within Temptation" from Holland?

http://www.within-temptation.com/ :up: Yes, I love it almost as much as Nightwish. Sharon den Adel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharon_den_Adel) has a fantastic voice.

But, for my favorite female artist: Tarja Turunen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarja_Turunen)
Ex-lead singer of Nightwish, she now has a solo career. I would consider her to be one of the best singers I have heard in "real" music. Her singing is more in the style of opera, which isn't very common.
Phantom of the opera (live) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCtO_2sefhE&fmt=18)
She is my sin (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kd19q7ArAy0&fmt=18)