[will0957]

Nobody has mentioned Billie Holiday?


others...
fiona apple
hope sandoval
beth gibbons

 

[Nightfall]

Sandy Denny
Kate Bush
Sarah McLachlan
Maddy Prior
Dar Williams
Lisa Gerrard
Elisabeth Fraser
Dolores O'Riordan
Mary Black
Loreena McKennitt


JC

 

[adhoc]

Aimee Mann
Beth Gibbons (of Portishead)
Sarah Mclachlan
Tori Amos
Shirley Manson
Diana Krall

 

[JMT]

In no particular order:

- Ella Fitzgerald
- Sarah Vaughn
- Karen Carpenter
- Janis Siegel (Manhattan Transfer)
- Cheryl Bentyne (Manhattan Transfer)

 

[erikzen]

Something about Blossom Dearie always haunted me. She sounds at once like a little girl and a jaded woman who's been through it all. It's hard to explain but very unforgettable.

 

[Gundam]

In no particular order but all worth mentioning because they can ALL sing


Carole King (how many artists have covered her songs?)

Joni Mitchell (again how many artists have covered her songs?)

Nina Persson (Cardigans)

Louise Rhodes (Lamb)

Sarah Cracknell (Saint Etienne)

Diana Krall (a bit deep but technically brilliant)

Lisa Ekdahl (Swedish stunner with a voice to dream to)

Lisa Gerrard (Dead Can Dance)

Norah Jones (smoooth)

Katie Melua (sweet)

Nina Simone (she's been through it and her voice tells it like it is)

Sarah Vaughn (ditto)

Ella Fitzgerald (brilliant - boy she knows how to sing!)

Billie Holiday (jazz phrasing par excellence!)

Aretha Franklin (Queen of Soul)

Dusty Springfield ('Spooky' is a great song for instance...)

Anita Baker (real soul)

Eva Cassidy (although her delivery can be a bit OTT)

Joss Stone (ditto the OTT delivery but there's real talent there)

Erykah Badu (Baduism is her best...)

Jill Scott (but only her first album...)

India Arie (anyone hear 'Acoustic Soul'? Beautiful...)

Astrud Gilberto (The Girl from Ipanema...)

Kate Rogers (the Aim collaborator...)

And finally:

Eloisia (from the EXCELLENT 'Nouvelle Vague' with her sexy French accent... Especially when she sings 'In A Manner Of Speaking')

 

[digitaldave]

Sorry to come to this a bit late, but here's my votes:

Julianne Regan (All About Eve)
Suzanne Vega (vertainly on her first two albums)
Bic Runga (wow!)

 

[philodox]

The female vocals of Alice Russel in 'quantic soul orchestra - stampede' are very nice.

 

[dave-the-rave]

Lucinda Williams - You can practically smell the booze, cigarettes and sex on her breath.

 

[Jasper994]

Lee Ann Womack
Sarah Mclachlan
Diana Krall
Sade
Charlotte Church
Trisha Yearwood
Norah Jones
Mandy Moore
Jewel
Amy Grant
Sheryl Crow
Christina Aguilera (sometimes, she tends to overstylize)
Deana Carter

 

[SunShip]

As people've said before
Bjork
Carole King
Ella Fitzgerald
Sarah Vaughan

Also, I'd like to add Ani Difranco. I highly recommend her live album "So much shouting, so much laughter"

 

[rsaavedra]

I should add my recently discovered Madeleine Pereaux to my previous submissions in this same thread.

 

[geoges.ravel]

Marian Anderson had a beautiful voice and an absolutely sublime vibrato

 

[juneamour]

Vocal/New Age:

Linda Eder
Sarah Brightman
Barbra Streisand
Judy Collins
Loreena McKennitt

Pop/Rock

Tori Amos
Sarah McLachlan
Sinead O'Connor
Jennifer Warnes
Bjork

 

[GlowWorm]

Sarah Vaughn (Key Largo)
Aretha Franklin (Until You Come Back To Me)
Patrice Rushen (Forget Me Nots)
Denise Williams (Free)
Linda Ronstadt (Different Drummer)
Roberta Flack (The Closer I Get To You, Where Is The Love)
Judy Collins (Both Sides Now)
Mary Travers (of Peter, Paul, and Mary)
Judith Durham (of The Seekers)
Patula Clark (Downtown)
Dale Bozio (of Missing Persons)
Ann Wilson (of Heart)
Janis Joplin (Summertime)
Annie Lennox (of Eurythmics)