The Female Vocalist Music Thread [Archive]

PostmanPot

08-03-2012, 09:55 AM

Hey all

I've started this thread to share and discuss Female Vocalists (and the accompanying music). I hope there are plenty of you out there who find a particularly beauty in some females vocalists' voices!

I'll start with an unusual case of an artist I found while listening to a Flying Lotus BBC One mix, who recorded an album in 1970 which fell on deaf ears, only to be rediscovered and re-released recently.

Linda Perhacs (http://www.last.fm/music/Linda+Perhacs)

Obscure psychedelic folk singer Linda Perhacs released her only album, “Parallelograms,” in 1970 to scant notice or sales.

It was rediscovered with new weird america and the revival of psych folk. Consequently, it was expanded and re-released in 2005.

After 25 years away from the music industry (many spent as dental technician), Perhacs is currently working on her second album. New Weird America songwriter Devendra Banhart collaborated with her in the creation of his song Freely. He is reportedly working with her on her new album.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6iRuav9DtE

PostmanPot

08-03-2012, 09:56 AM

Next up is Bjork, who probably needs no introduction. Her album Vespertine, produced with electonic musician Matmos, was never commercially popular, probably due to its ambient eclecticism.

Björk (http://www.last.fm/music/Bj%25C3%25B6rk?ac=bjork)

Vespertine (http://www.last.fm/music/Bj%C3%B6rk/Vespertine)

Vespertine, released in August 2001, is an album by the Icelandic singer/songwriter/musician Björk. It sees Björk creating an introverted, quiet world of swirling microbeats and personal lyrics. On the cover she can be seen wearing the swan dress (designed by Marjan Pejoski) that caused a stir at the 2001 Academy Awards.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZn-2lOe9Kk

PostmanPot

08-03-2012, 09:59 AM

My Brightest Diamond, possibly my all time favourite. Powerful, dynamic voice that reaches deep. Glorious music, as well.

My Brightest Diamond (http://www.last.fm/music/My%2520Brightest%2520Diamond?ac=my%20brightest%20d iamond)

My Brightest Diamond is a chamber pop band led by singer-songwriter Shara Worden

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUFne6WJHdQ

PostmanPot

08-03-2012, 10:00 AM

...And an incredible up beat remix by a favourite electronic artist, Son Lux.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7U9cXtFGy3E

Hope you like, will post plenty more from these artists and others.

copacetic

08-03-2012, 10:03 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUNxmc0hIWE&feature=watch_response

http://trialx.com/curetalk/wp-content/blogs.dir/7/files/2011/10/celebrities/Imogen_Heap-1.jpg

Randhir

08-03-2012, 10:06 AM

That chick from Lacuna Coil has a pretty awesome voice.

And I can't believe I'm saying this, but my gf dragged me to Celine Dion when she was in SA, she really has an amazing voice, to do the stuff she does live is pretty talented.

copacetic

08-03-2012, 10:16 AM

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb56/majaro1981/SandraNasic.jpg

Sandra Nasic. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guano_Apes)

Amazing, a bit heavier:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0__676PtkDU

Pooky

08-03-2012, 10:16 AM

Imogen Heap

BigAl-sa

08-03-2012, 10:26 AM

Joan Baez
Sharleen Spiteri S1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt8KQQrRANw)
Amy Grant
Maggie Reilly S1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-1WfkM1qso); S2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCp57YGiEBU)
Carole King
Edie Brickell
Tracy Chapman
Janis Ian
even our own Laurika Rauch
there are so many to choose from!

kilobits

08-03-2012, 10:26 AM

Karin Elisabeth Dreijer–Andersson (born 7 April 1975 in Nacka, Sweden),[1] also known by her stage name Fever Ray, is the lead vocalist of the electronic duo The Knife, formed with her brother Olof Dreijer. Andersson was previously the vocalist and guitarist of the alternative rock band Honey Is Cool. Andersson released her debut solo album under the name Fever Ray in 2009. Her vocal style is notable for both shrill and deep tones, and also the use of multitracked vocals, with different uses of pitch-shifting technology on each track, creating an intricate, mysterious effect. Many listeners mistake the deep vocals on songs by The Knife for those of her brother. Visually, Dreijer Andersson employs the use of masks, face and body paint, intricate costumes, and other theatrical elements in photo shoots, videos and live performances, during which she often performs behind a gauze screen that partially obscures her from view.[2]

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb109/hiddendriveways/TheKnife.jpg?dur=701http://assets0.sharedplaylists.com/playlists/5/normal/fever-ray-masthead.jpg?1264787165http://kepek.freemail.hu/fototar/kepek/00/02/61/85/92/U0002618592/T00000001299177462233/5287177.jpeg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aX07gCjT7dA

Pitbull

08-03-2012, 10:46 AM

No Adele?

Se must be one of the best female vocals in resent times.

Celine Dion
Witney Houston

and so on. Pretty damn strong female vocals of our time.

kilobits

08-03-2012, 11:03 AM

Lou Rhodes

Lou Rhodes is an English singer and songwriter from Manchester, now living in Wiltshire. In addition to providing vocals and lyrics for the band Lamb, Rhodes has released three solo albums: Beloved One, Bloom and One Good Thing. Rhodes has collaborated with 808 State, A Guy Called Gerald, Funkstörung, Pale 3, Sugizo, Plump DJs, Sheila Chandra, Eliza Carthy, Art of Noise, and The Cinematic Orchestra on Ma Fleur and the soundtrack to Les Ailes Pourpres.

Musical style

Although Lamb are famous for blending trip hop with jazz and elements of drum and bass, Rhodes's solo work is more organic and rooted in folk music. Rhodes expressed a doubt that she will ever return to electronica.[3] She combines finely tuned acoustic guitars—the essence of almost every arrangement—with violin, double bass, and rich percussion. Lyrically, her songs can be described as extremely romantic, soulful and very personal,[4] this is how Rhodes explains the last album's lyrics:[5]“ Sometimes I think, "My God, I keep writing all these love songs," and I really struggle with that. I think I'm a bit of an emotional junkie, you know? It seems to be what consumes me. The heart never ceases to provide me with subject matter. I don't know why that is. Someone asked me the other day, "Are you in love with being in love?" And I couldn't really answer that question.

Lou's solo - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLTFWb9eQuw
Lou with Lamb - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQtAE6BHA6Y

kilobits

08-03-2012, 11:18 AM

Natalie Merchant

Natalie Anne Merchant (born October 26, 1963) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. She joined the alternative rock band 10,000 Maniacs in 1981 and left it to begin her solo career in 1993.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gn054OFNTk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2aevGeqIOE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jORFcH5uAjM

kilobits

08-03-2012, 11:31 AM

Natasha Khan

Natasha Khan (born 25 October 1979), also known by her stage name Bat for Lashes, is an English musician. She sings and plays the piano, bass, guitar, harpsichord and the autoharp.

Khan's debut album, Fur and Gold, released in 2006, peaked at number forty-eight on the UK Album Chart and was shortlisted for the 2007 Mercury Prize. In 2008, Khan received two BRIT Award nominations for Best Breakthrough Artist and Best Female Solo Artist.

Khan's second album, Two Suns, released in 2009, reached number five on the UK Album Chart and number seventeen on the Irish Album Chart. It produced her first UK top forty single, "Daniel", and was shortlisted for the 2009 Mercury Prize. Khan was nominated for Best Female Solo Artist at 2010 BRIT Awards.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek3coSedm7o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TodHS5fr5ms
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rhat3oUbNkw

kilobits

08-03-2012, 11:37 AM

Bianca "Coco" and Sierra "Rosie" Casady

CocoRosie is a musical group formed in 2003 by sisters Bianca "Coco" and Sierra "Rosie" Casady. The sisters were born and raised in the United States, but formed the band in Paris after meeting for the first time in years. Their music has been called "freak folk",[2] and incorporates elements of pop, blues, opera, electronica, and hip hop.

CocoRosie began as a duo, with Sierra singing, playing the guitar, piano and harp, and Bianca singing and manipulating various children's toys, electronic and percussion instruments, as well as other exotic noisemakers. They subsequently added various backing musicians, usually a bassist, keyboardist, and beatboxer. They have been a very active touring group, playing across Europe, the United States, and elsewhere. They have released four full-length albums: La maison de mon rêve (2004), Noah's Ark (2005), The Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn (2007), and Grey Oceans (2010).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu3EcAHdHlE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYt_nB4bsFE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVh3WQtx_pw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KCXn9yenHQ

/thread hijack over

Captain Beer

08-03-2012, 12:26 PM

That chick from Lacuna Coil has a pretty awesome voice.

Cristina Scabbia

http://www.gigantour.com/perch/resources/cristinascabbia.jpg

PostmanPot

08-03-2012, 12:47 PM

No Adele?

Se must be one of the best female vocals in resent times.

Celine Dion
Witney Houston

and so on. Pretty damn strong female vocals of our time.

They're a bit commercial. :D

kilobits

08-03-2012, 03:21 PM

Jazzu (Juste Arlauskaite)

Jazzu (Juste Arlauskaite) started to sing jazz at age 13,after she had finished music school,piano class. As a soloist, she started to sing with big-bands and various jazz projects all around Lithuania and abroad.Juste Arlauskaite was performing at numerous jazz festivals such as 'Kaunas jazz', 'Vilnius jazz', 'Vilnius band', 'Birstonas jazz',etc. (Lithuania); 'Rainbow jazz' (Estonia), jazz festivals in Germany. Also Jazzu won grand prix at jazz competitions like : 'International jazz musician competition' and 'Sing Up' .

At age 15-16,she became a member of the group called 'Milky Lasers'. They have released two albums called 'Voyage' and 'Kitchen'(published by phazz-a-delics). At 2005 Juste met a producer Leon Somov, who she started to collaborate with. That's how she got involved into electronic music and started to create and sing this kind of music. Later on, Juste and Leonas left Lithuania and moved to London (where Juste is still studying jazz vocal).

In a year www.sutemos.net released their first EP called Leon Somov feat.Jazzu 'EP Offline'. Later 'EP Offline Remixed' showed up.Many well known producers had remixed their tracks: Joel Tammik, Sleepy Town Manufacture, Monoceros, IJO, am boy, etc..At 2008 Leon Somov and Jazzu had released their first video clip called 'Mano' (made by 'geri filmai').Leon Somov feat.Jazzu started to perform live. Two great musicians have joined them (Marijus Aleksa-drums,Domas Aleksa-bass). The team was touring in Lithuania,UK,Germany... Leon Somov and Jazzu are still working on their new upcoming projects.

At 2008 Jazzu started to collaborate with two great artists - Mario Basanov and VIDIS. At 2008 they had released track called 'I'll be gone' (the video clip also). It became the most popular hit of the year and the most-watched Lithuanian clip on youtube ever ! After the successful feat. release, team decided to record another track called 'Who's shot the silence',which was released recently. Now Jazzu is working on her solo album.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2N9Kfiij4X8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6P49Kn17wdg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pka3c67_MF4

Oculate

08-03-2012, 03:40 PM

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TZZ7jjeB-JU/TcBq95IoIAI/AAAAAAAAAMc/5fJlrK-4_rg/s1600/Arch+Enemy+Angela+Gossow.jpg

/thread

Source (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Gossow)

Runners up;

Hayley Williams from Paramore (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayley_Williams)

and Lacey Sturm from Flyleaf (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacey_Sturm)

Bizkit87

08-03-2012, 03:52 PM

Maybe i missed the post, but what about

Florence Welch (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Welch)

http://www.alwaysontherun.net/florence1.jpg

and Lacey Sturm from Flyleaf (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flyleaf)
http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-thing?.out=jpg&size=l&tid=20302535
http://media.photobucket.com/image/Lacey%20Sturm/_Martin_Johnson_Lover_/Flyleaf/laceyqy11.jpg

Mephisto_Helix

08-03-2012, 03:54 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khcKWNMx58E&feature=related

Karin from Collide ...... haunting.

GreGorGy

08-03-2012, 04:40 PM

Cristina Scabbia

Her contribution to Megadeth's rerelease of A tout le monde is fantastic.

Others:
» Sertab Erener although not my thing, powerful voice - english stuff is really good.
» I still love the Love, Courtney
» That chick from Pretty Reckless
» Kate Pearson
» Nina Persson
» and lest we forget PATTI SMITH!

copacetic

08-03-2012, 04:46 PM

Maybe i missed the post, but what about

Florence Welch (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Welch)

She gets my vote.

MickZA

08-03-2012, 05:00 PM

kilobits

08-03-2012, 05:00 PM

Elizabeth Fraser

Elizabeth Davidson Fraser (born 29 August 1963) is a Scottish singer best known as the vocalist for the pioneer alternative rock group Cocteau Twins. Described by critic Jason Ankeny as "an utterly unique performer whose swooping, operatic vocals relied less on any recognizable language than on the subjective sounds and textures of verbalized emotions,"[1] Fraser's distinctive singing earned much critical praise. She was once described as "the voice of God."[2] Fraser's singing veers between semi-comprehensible lyrics and abstract mouth music; fans have oft-debated the inspiration and meaning of her lyrics, but over the years Fraser has been reluctant to discuss such topics.[3] Fraser has a soprano vocal range.[4]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxhdYF1IRW0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRq7FxiSmxY

BigAl-sa

08-03-2012, 06:09 PM

There are so many fantastic female vocalists from the 70s & 80s but my favourite because she captured the essence of something that happened in my life back then has to be Janis Ian - Album: Between The Lines.

Man I still get lumps in my throat listening to it today.

I was quite prepared to marry her when she was here in the 80s, I loved her voice so much.

A real toss up between her and Carole King though - Tapestry is a wonderful album

Captain Beer

08-03-2012, 09:29 PM

Kathleen Fisher

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0sSiTf7ifEo/Sb4BwNdje8I/AAAAAAAAAxg/TKJ67WHrFxk/s400/Kathleen+Fisher.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcpJFz6jF3A

Captain Beer

08-03-2012, 09:34 PM

Cristina Scabbia

http://images2.fanpop.com/image/photos/8600000/Cristina-Scabbia-cristina-scabbia-8622780-510-765.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouN5Y5NjIAk

Captain Beer

08-03-2012, 09:39 PM

Tanja Lainio

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oJ8tewpQv9E/TU9Xx2_hQPI/AAAAAAAAA_g/7Q96EP85RX0/s1600/tanja-lainio.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pv0DoeS9Kgo

satanboy

08-03-2012, 09:41 PM

Michele Adamson

Michele Adamson is an ambient and psychedelic trance vocalist and songwriter who has worked with many famous artists in the genre, including Shpongle, Infected Mushroom, Violet Vision, Sub6, OTT, Younger Brother, and Astrix. Her most well-known works are Converting Vegetarians with Infected Mushroom and Tales of the Inexpressible with Shpongle. She is also responsible for the vocals on Alan Parsons’ Return to Tunguska on the album A Valid Path.

kilobits

08-03-2012, 10:15 PM

PJ Harvey

Polly Jean Harvey (born 9 October 1969) is an English musician, singer-songwriter, composer and occasional artist.[1] Primarily known as a vocalist and guitarist, she is also proficient with a wide range of instruments including piano, organ, bass, saxophone, harmonica, and most recently, the autoharp.[2]

Harvey began her career in 1988 when she joined local band Automatic Dlamini, whose vocalist and saxophone player, John Parish, would become her long-term collaborator.[3] In 1991, she formed an eponymous trio and subsequently began her professional career. The trio released two studio albums, Dry (1992) and Rid of Me (1993) before disbanding, after which Harvey continued as a solo artist. Since 1995, she has released a further six studio albums with collaborations from various musicians including John Parish, former bandmate Rob Ellis, Mick Harvey, and Eric Drew Feldman and has also worked extensively with record producer Flood.

Among the accolades she has received are the 2001 and 2011 Mercury Prize for Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea (2000)[4] and Let England Shake (2011)[5] respectively—the only artist to have been awarded the prize twice—eight BRIT Award nominations, six Grammy Award nominations and two further Mercury Prize nominations. Rolling Stone awarded her 1992's Best New Artist and Best Singer Songwriter and 1995's Artist of the Year, and listed Rid of Me and To Bring You My Love (1995) on its 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list.[6][7] In 2011, she was awarded for Outstanding Contribution

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbq4G1TjKYg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Va0w5pxFkAM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8ZE6XK89YA

HavocXphere

08-03-2012, 10:54 PM

Kristy Hawkshaw - Tiesto Antillas club mix

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwmegXCxXJo

murraybiscuit

08-03-2012, 11:23 PM

some more recent ones:

kimbra (probably best known for her recent single with gotye)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bF6QipA3iQ&feature=related

murraybiscuit

08-03-2012, 11:25 PM

russian red

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHTIkHbPQE0

murraybiscuit

08-03-2012, 11:31 PM

soley

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luKppsiMtsk

DrJohnZoidberg

08-03-2012, 11:32 PM

Regina Spektor (http://www.reginaspektor.com/)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p62rfWxs6a8

DrJohnZoidberg

08-03-2012, 11:36 PM

Brandi Carlile (http://www.brandicarlile.com/)

http://youtu.be/SSmE0BBOwSg

murraybiscuit

08-03-2012, 11:41 PM

lenka

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3rDMJERl64

kilobits

08-03-2012, 11:43 PM

Yasmin Hamdan

Soapkills was an indie electro-pop band based in Lebanon. The group was formed in October 1997 when Zeid Hamdan and Yasmin Hamdan, both born in Beirut in 1976 but not related, decided to explore and combine their interest in classical Arabic song and electronic music.

Currently a cult group in Lebanon, Soapkills got inspiration both from classical Arabic song and music and from the new electro scene blossoming in the Middle East. French media have described them as "Trip hop à l'orientale" [1] The band's name was initially that of a song written by Zeid Hamdan, and according to him referred to the reconstruction of Beirut after the Lebanese Civil War: "We thought that at the time, in the context of Beirut being ... you know, reborn, and all the war being wiped clean, we thought, wow, it's shiny and it's awful and it's soap kills. We thought it would be a nice name for a band."[2] The group's sound was initially dominated by a Roland MC-303 Groovebox, which Zeid Hamdan had acquired to replace musicians after the dissolution of Lombrix, a rock band that he had founded in the mid-1990s with Yasmine Hamdan and others.[2]

The band appears on several compilations, has recorded the albums Bater (2001, for which it was joined by Rabih Mroué and Walid Sadek playing flute and trumpet[2]) and Cheftak (2002), and has performed in Paris, Berlin, Syria, Algeria, Congo, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, and Sydney. In 2005, Soapkills released their last album to date, entitled Entah Fen. The album features new material as well as remixes of their previous songs. In 2007, the band was mentioned in Time as part of "small but artistically significant rock scene" in Beirut.[3]

Yasmine Hamdan and Zeid Hamdan both started working on solo projects. Zeid went on to form a band called The New Government, while Yasmine, during a Madonna party in Paris, met with the producer Mirwais. Together, they formed the duo Y.A.S. The project places Arabic lyrics at the center of electronic beats, and the album Arabology was released in France in march 2009.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAF1k2b1M-E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut8IjixyIo0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcmowRW3W04
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Vrr1h3XngI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exsjXRn7Zz4

DrJohnZoidberg

08-03-2012, 11:43 PM

Tegan and Sara (http://teganandsara.com/)

http://youtu.be/5HepnmfBkgI

Nicci

08-03-2012, 11:50 PM

Florence and the Machine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbN0nX61rIs&list=FLxgYVL-yGvHPanyHWD4-3kA&index=19&feature=plpp_video

Nicci

08-03-2012, 11:51 PM

Birdie - Skinny Love

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNzCDt2eidg&list=FLxgYVL-yGvHPanyHWD4-3kA&index=25&feature=plpp_video

Nicci

08-03-2012, 11:52 PM

Cat Powers - Dreams

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eN7US3MWHcM&list=FLxgYVL-yGvHPanyHWD4-3kA&index=27&feature=plpp_video

Nicci

08-03-2012, 11:52 PM

Lissie - Everywhere I go

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4s3dOn0GfQ&list=FLxgYVL-yGvHPanyHWD4-3kA&index=38&feature=plpp_video

Nicci

08-03-2012, 11:53 PM

Ellie Goulding - Your Song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9AFMVMl9qE&list=FLxgYVL-yGvHPanyHWD4-3kA&index=44&feature=plpp_video

Nicci

08-03-2012, 11:59 PM

Sarah McLachlan - Stupid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNzzVO8tCKE&feature=autoplay&list=FLxgYVL-yGvHPanyHWD4-3kA&lf=plpp_video&playnext=1

Nicci

09-03-2012, 12:03 AM

I Like DrZoid's music choices - Brandi Carlile and Regina Spektor - very nice!!!

AvatarS

09-03-2012, 12:38 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOBNzjoj4K0

kilobits

09-03-2012, 05:48 PM

Lhasa

Lhasa de Sela (September 27, 1972 – January 1, 2010), also known by the mononym Lhasa, was an American-born singer-songwriter who was raised in Mexico and the United States, and divided her adult life between Canada and France. Her first album, La Llorona, went platinum in Canada and brought Lhasa a Félix Award and a Juno Award.

Following this success, Lhasa toured with Lilith Fair, then joined her sisters in a French circus troupe, contributing her husky voice to the musical backdrop. She lived in Marseilles and began to write more songs, then moved back to Montreal and produced a second album: The Living Road. Once again, she toured in support of her album, and she collaborated with other musicians on their projects. During this time, BBC Radio 3 honored her as the best world music artist of the Americas in 2005. She published a book about her impressions of life on the road.

Lhasa recorded a third album – Lhasa – but she was diagnosed with cancer in 2009 around the time it was released. She endured severe treatments but these did not halt the illness. She died on New Year's Day 2010.

http://www.rootsworld.com/interview/lhasa04a.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hTpR-TYTZ0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8_yoVJBkLQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqLq1ncbf0Q

kilobits

09-03-2012, 06:07 PM

Olivia Merilahti

Olivia Bouyssou Merilahti (born 1982, Paris) is a Finnish- French singer and composer living in France. Her work has been compared to that of Björk, whom she cites as a major influence.[1]

Having studied classical music in Helsinki, Merilahti gravitated to rock music, then jazz and electronic music. In 2004, during the writing of music from the movie Empire of the Wolves, she met Dan Levy, with whom she formed French indie rock band The Dø.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYXUVSC--Fs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_W6_GejtIU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLeoaD86Wb8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUvUX8RkIfA

MickeyD

09-03-2012, 06:20 PM

Loreena McKennitt (http://www.quinlanroad.com/aboutus/lmbio.asp)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2CFM4ev-g8&feature=related

MickeyD

09-03-2012, 06:27 PM

Enya (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enya)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZ8KK8u9dN8&feature=related

kilobits

09-03-2012, 06:27 PM

Rebekka Karijord

Rebekka Karijord was born in 1976, in Northern Norway (Lofoten). She lived with her mother her whole growth. She moved to new places 17 times before she had her 18.th birthday. Both her parents are artists.

Rebekka went to several musical/performance educations such as the Norwegian Musical Theatre, Academy of ballet and she also went to the Royal Academy of Acting in Stockholm. She has a Swedish family and after four years living in Stockholm she feels she has two homes, one in Sweden & one in Norway.

During her Theatre education she did a musical-dramatic monologue named “Rebekkas Saga”, which contained of Bows, Percussion complemented with her music and text. This performance was performed 30 times in Oslo and in Stockholm. The performance became very successful and will be released as a drama-book in Aprii 2004 through Damm Publishing.

Rebekka composed her first song when she was 3 years old, recorded her first demo with her own songs when she was 8 years old. She also learned how to play piano and the violin during her whole growth. She started composing English songs when she was 12 years old and contributed with her talent to Children’s records and NRK (Norwegian TV) as vocalist, songwriter and actress during her whole growth.

When she was 17 years old she was contracted to a major record company, but left out as they tried to control her artistic visions. She immediately procured her own computer to start composing digitally, on her own. She loves her computer, with her own words “I would claim I have a intimate relationship with my computer”. Rebekka’s music is probably inspired by Northern Norway, more specially Lofoten, where her family lives these days. Her dream would be living in Lofoten with her computers, microphones and just keep creating these beautiful tunes.

Rebekka wanted her debut album to be like a substantial explosion, where she used a lot of different elements such as electronica, bows, vocals and violins and she definitely explored these to its apex. The result of this adventure became a playful, storylike, dramatic pop-based form, where the vocal expressions and the stories are well represented. The dialectics between the synthetic (computer) and the organic (Vocals) resulted in a powerful but still vulnerable strength that she loves.

Rebekka never intended to only sing beautifully, she wanted to project a story with her voice. She wants people to listen to the recording and understand what she went through earlier the same day. She’s fascinated by Nordic vocal-techniques, joiks in a modern wrapping. Her vision is to touch the pretension to find the real expression. She’s tired of her generations’ coward irony.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_pK8mDxBoc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuBJ0QQ4dak
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbJzfADbBk0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YsxGtj5Zds

kilobits

09-03-2012, 06:35 PM

Anna Calvi

Anna Calvi is an English musician who plays in the band of the same name. On 6 December 2010, Calvi was announced as a nominee for the BBC's Sound of 2011 poll.[2] Her debut album Anna Calvi was released in the UK on 17 January 2011,[3] where it debuted at number 40 on 23 January.[4] The album was subsequently nominated for the prestigious Mercury Music Prize in 2011[5] and the BRIT Awards in 2012[6].

Musical equipment
Calvi is always seen performing with a Fender Telecaster guitar (90s US) and uses a vintage red Vox AC30 amp both live and in the studio.[58]

Guitar playing
Calvi is a virtuoso guitarist [59] - although her first instrument is the violin of which she has a university degree in. Calvi also imagines playing guitar as an orchestra [60] and is noted for her particular style of playing which involves hitting the strings in a circular motion, rather than strumming up and down.[61] The result has been described by Q as "the prodigious wash of sound that recall Ennio Morricone, Duane Eddy, even Jimi Hendrix in its fluidity."[7]

Style and influences

Calvi has been compared to other female singers PJ Harvey and Siouxsie.[62]

Calvi's style has been described as dark, romantic, atmospheric pop.[63] The singer has stated that the powers of lust are an inspiration and her performances are deliberately sexually charged.[64] Calvi has cited Nina Simone, Maria Callas, the rock of Jimi Hendrix and the Rolling Stones, the blues of Captain Beefheart, the stage performances of Nick Cave, David Bowie and Scott Walker as well as classical composers Carlo Gesualdo,[65] Messiaen, Ravel and Debussy as among her influences.[8]

Calvi has stated that the films of Gus Van Sant and Wong Kar-Wai and David Lynch have also influenced her music. She has admiration for "people that make beautiful films where the cinematography tells the story" and tries to do the same in her own work.[66]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZbGkoEhRp4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JLCwAdMB8Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0U6b_xlJ2w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlzPPxsU6-c

MickeyD

09-03-2012, 06:38 PM

Stevie Nicks (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevie_Nicks)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAVA_8bjdl8&feature=related

agerbon

09-03-2012, 06:58 PM

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb56/majaro1981/SandraNasic.jpg

Sandra Nasic. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guano_Apes)

Amazing, a bit heavier:

Here is another with Sandra Nasic with Apocalyptica. One of my favorites with her.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IClGbW4Nj2g

agerbon

09-03-2012, 07:27 PM

Lacey Sturm from flyleaf.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacey_Sturm

Flyleaf is a Christian alternative rock and hard rock band with heavy influences of nu-metal, emo and heavy metal.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWIADZKU9dw

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10-03-2012, 11:40 AM

Kirsty Hawkshaw

Kirsty Hawkshaw is the daughter of the British production music/film music composer and disco record producer Alan Hawkshaw.

At a rave event in 1991 she was noticed by producers Ian Munro, Kevin Dobbs and Nigel Walton, who at the time were known as A.S.K. It was through this meeting that they would form a dance act called Opus III. Their first single, a cover version of the song "It's a Fine Day" from their debut album Mind Fruit was an international success and Top 10 hit on UK Singles Chart,[1] and reached #1 on the US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in 1992. A reversed sample of Hawkshaw's singing from this track was used in the Orbital track "Halcyon," the music video for which featured Hawkshaw. Opus III also had another US #1 hit on the same chart in 1994 with "When You Made The Mountain", from their second and final album, Guru Mother.

After the group broke up in 1994, Hawkshaw pursued a solo career and since then has been in demand by other acts in the dance, house, Eurodance, trance, and electronica community, ranging from Tiësto to Delerium. In a 2009 interview, she later recalled her decision to end her association with Opus III, in which she felt that she did not want to be part of a "commercialized" act and wanted to go in a different direction, plus she was having internal problems with the band members over having more input in writing and production.[2]

In addition to dance music, Hawkshaw also recorded an ambient, ethereal album in 1999, 'Enlightenment', which remains unreleased. Her solo effort, "Fine Day", peaked at #62 in the UK Singles Chart in November 2002.[3]

On 10 October 2005, she released Meta-Message, a collection of older and newer songs, after a growing interest in her out of print album, O.U.T.. In early 2006, she appeared on the Fragma single "Radio Waves".

Hawkshaw also contributed a track titled "Telephone Song", to the children's album For the Kids Too!, released in 2004.

In 2008, Hawkshaw went on tour and released Machinima on the Loverush Digital label.[citation needed]

She runs a club in Second Life called 'Club Connected' and has built a virtual pub.

The record label, Magnatune, released her ambient album, The Ice Castle.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHu8948sDJA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-f2zR7WovQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FIXlKL805Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjIPzyVlK60
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKTsNxTIny0

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10-03-2012, 11:57 AM

Diamanda Galás

Diamanda Galás (born August 29, 1955) is an American avant-garde composer, vocalist, pianist, organist, performance artist and painter.

Diamanda Galás is a Greek-American artist originally from San Diego, California. A classically trained musician steeped in jazz, blues and the avant-garde, she is an accomplished vocalist, pianist and performance artist.

Writer John Gill described her as: "Whore, saint, demon, lover, madwoman or angel, there is no other voice in rock, jazz or the avant-garde with her violence, consuming passion and pure elemental force." Galás speaks five languages, has sung in ten and holds several degrees in biochemistry too.

This lady has covered old country & blues classics by Willie Dixon, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins and Hank Williams. A prolific experimental musician, she has collaborated with composers such as Xanakis, Vinko Globokar and John Zorn. Adding to her recording repertoire are ventures with Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones, Erasure’s Andy Bell and former Depeche Mode’s Alan Wilder.

Galás has also provided sound and music for several films including Francis Ford Coppola’s Dracula, Oliver Stone’s Natural Born Killers and Darek Jarman’s The Last of England.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4yDYT-l70M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5Lngwe9UPw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSJLxyDmSYk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqPrXLUXylU

copacetic

10-03-2012, 12:09 PM

Florence and the Machine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbN0nX61rIs&list=FLxgYVL-yGvHPanyHWD4-3kA&index=19&feature=plpp_video

Such a cool song.

kilobits

10-03-2012, 12:39 PM

Eivør

Eivør Pálsdóttir (pronounced [ˈaivœɹ ˈpɔlsˌdœʰtəɹ]; born 21 July 1983 in Syðrugøta, Faroe Islands) is a Faroese singer/songwriter with a distinct voice and a wide range of interests in many kinds of music from rock, jazz, folk, pop, to European classical music. Her roots are in the Faroese ballads.

Eivør is the daughter of Sædis Eilifsdóttir and Páll Jacobsen. Usually she is only addressed by her first name Eivør, which occurs normally as the female name Eyðvør in Faroese.

At the age of 12, Eivør traveled as the soloist of a Faroese men's choir to Italy. At 13 she had her first performance on Faroese television and won a national song contest in the same year. In 1999 at the age of 15, Eivør joined the rock band Clickhaze.

On stage, she may move like an elf, sing like the queen of the night and put spells on her audience like a veritable witch. But Eivør Pálsdóttir is certainly no angel. It is still early in the evening and outside, many of the visitors to the Moers Festival are still basking in the sun, popping their first beer or enjoying a walk through the bazaar-like bustle of the bordering labyrinth of food- and cloth-stands. Inside the Festival tent, however, Eivør has already invited in the night, abducting her public straight into her burning heart of darkness. Her concert may last no longer than a bare hour. But over the course of this brief span of time, she is transforming the room into a dream machine, conjuring up a world of forbidden wishes, self-destructive desires and sweet visions of harmony and heaven.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVimRZ3jScU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrvAWuGzAVs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpiFmZLICgM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bjl_D0e_yk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-GSWib4d_c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5THxdnryeU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bjl_D0e_yk