@ everyone else; please excuse the inclusion of some male artists in this reply. It's not my intention to polute/dilute/derail the thread. This is just a one-off, specifically in response to request for artist suggestions, as per quote below:
Quote:
i like Sarah Jaffe, Melody Gardot, and Beth Gibbons (Portishead), i'd be grateful if anyone could recommend me some singers to check out
Re' Melody Gardot, you
might like Stacey Kent. Not exactly the same, but... well, just check her out and make up your own mind:
Also check out Rumer:
Re' Beth Gibbons, I don't have a specific suggestion for anyone similar, but, on the Portishead side of things, I highly recommend you take a listen to John Martyn's cover of
'Glorybox' - it's absolutely superb:
I used listen to Portishead, Morcheeba, and Massive Attack a lot, during my university days... memories... If you haven't heard Morcheeba or Massive Attack, you might find enough of their sound in common with Portishead's 'trip-hoppy' sound:
Hoover:
Axiom Funk (feat. Bootsy Collins):
Nightmares on Wax:
Re' Sarah Jaffe, you might try Julia Stone:
Laura Marling:
Amy Mann:
Patti Rothberg:
and, although they are male artists, you might like Ray LaMontagne:
Damien Rice:
Paulo Nutini:
Ryan Adams:
David Gray:
And, of course, there's Lana Del Ray, though she seems to attract strongly polarised love/hate opinions from the listening public, so she may not be your cup of tea:
Or Paloma Faith:
If I think of any others, I'll let you know. To be honest, I didn't find it particularly easy coming up with suggestions for the 3 artists you mentioned, because all three of them have quite a unique sound.
