Female Singer/Songwriter Thread

[Myrtle]

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Joan Baez:

I am probably the only person under 30 in the world who likes her music.

Wiki says it best:

Joan Chandos Baez (born January 9, 1941) is an American folk singer and songwriter known for her highly individual vocal style. She is a soprano with a three-octave vocal range[1] and a distinctively rapid vibrato. Many of her songs are topical and deal with social issues

Joan, always honest, aware, and soothing through it all.


Diamonds and Rust

Meh, I don't like her live stuff, but if you are into it, take a look. If anyone is able to find some recorded stuff, please post it.



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dave,

This is pretty creepy...........

I started catching up to the latest posts in this thread, and, just like that, a particular song came to mind.

Care to guess what it was??!!

I began rummaging through the old memories surrounding this particular song (an old friend had a brief fling with Baez way back when) so I "U-Tubed" and and had just finished listening to it when I got to your post.

Geezez Keerist.....

[Kimbell175113]

Oh gross - I was putting together a big Regina Spektor post and it got deleted. Whatever, I'll do it again, this time more concise. Before that, however, let me share a discovery with you nice folks. Here's someone I randomly stumbled upon (in fact, I thought I knew her name from this thread, but I just checked and that's not true, so who knows).

Kate Nash



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

Her debut album hasn't even been released in North America yet, but she's been a hit in the UK and on myspace for a while. Very young (born in the same month as me, which I find strangely fascinating), Kate Nash has very quickly went from totally unknown myspace performer to having a #1 album and #2 single in the UK.

That single is "Foundations," which both sounds cool when performed live and has a well done video that made me lol twice. It was such a success that the album's release date was pushed forward more than a month.

Thanks to the magic of YouTube, I've listened to most of this album, titled Made of Bricks. It has its moments, but Nash is still clearly a beginning artist. Half the time she sounds like Lily Allen, as in the clip above, and half the time she sounds like Regina Spektor (see here, and please listen to the whole song if you listen at all). Both are interesting, but it's hard to see through to Nash's personality. I know that's kinda the point, but it's not completely satisfying.

I'm very surprised that she can pull off the things she does in some of those songs, though. Definitely some talent and intelligence there, and definitely someone I'll be paying attention to in the future.

[DoubleDealDecker]

Cassandra Wilson... a 21st Century Billy Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, and Sarah Vaughn all rolled into one. Each of her albums is stylistically unique. Just try her, you'll like her.