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11-05-2007, 07:00 PM
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Re: Female Singer/Songwriter Thread
Indigo Girls
 Amy Ray and Emily Saliers of the Indigo Girls are an exceptional singer/songwriter duo. I wish that people would not feel the need to mention their sexual orientation every time, because their music is very good work. I am especially a fan of their older material, from Strange Fire to Swamp Ophelia. I personally own Nomads, Indians, Saints and Rites of Passage, and can recommend both as options for solid acoustic-based music. 
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11-05-2007, 10:51 PM
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Re: Female Singer/Songwriter Thread
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Indigo Girls Amy Ray and Emily Saliers of the Indigo Girls are an exceptional singer/songwriter duo. I wish that people would not feel the need to mention their sexual orientation every time, because their music is very good work. I am especially a fan of their older material, from Strange Fire to Swamp Ophelia. I personally own Nomads, Indians, Saints and Rites of Passage, and can recommend both as options for solid acoustic-based music. [/ QUOTE ] I second the Indigo Girls. 1200 Curfews is easily one of my favorite live albums. Love their versions of Tangled Up in Blue, Midnight Train to Georgia, and a bootleg version of Paul Simon's American Tune (acapella(sp)). Also, their version of Dire Strait's 'Romeo and Juliet' is so power and so different than the original, it's fantastic. I really dig their original stuff too. Some favorites: Strange Fire, Closer to Fine, Love's Recovery, Least Complicated, Virginia Woolf, Pushing the Needle Too Far, Ghost, Land of Canaan, Galileo.
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11-05-2007, 10:58 PM
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11-05-2007, 11:04 PM
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Re: Female Singer/Songwriter Thread
I'd like to request that people include links to YouTube videos or whatever else in their discussions of an artist/band. I'm much, much, much more likely to check someone out if I can just click a single link and hear their music without having to diddle around and track them down.
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#5
11-06-2007, 05:44 PM
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Re: Female Singer/Songwriter Thread
[ QUOTE ]
Indigo Girls Amy Ray and Emily Saliers of the Indigo Girls are an exceptional singer/songwriter duo. I wish that people would not feel the need to mention their sexual orientation every time, because their music is very good work. I am especially a fan of their older material, from Strange Fire to Swamp Ophelia. I personally own Nomads, Indians, Saints and Rites of Passage, and can recommend both as options for solid acoustic-based music. [/ QUOTE ] It is really unfortunate that they come with a label. They are very good and have great songs, but god forbid that if you are a male that enjoys the Indigo Girls you must be gay. There are probably a lot more people who would enjoy them if they could get over themselves. I have had friends that have had Indigo Girls records that would make excuses why they had them if I asked them about it thinking that I was going to make fun of them, when all I wanted to do was ask them if it was good or not.
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11-05-2007, 07:14 PM
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Re: Female Singer/Songwriter Thread
Kathleen Edwards, Canadian singer songwriter, born 1978.
Edwards is probably my favorite gal singer songwriter at the moment, as I love her voice, her lyrics, her melodies, hell just about everything. She's also a looker. Her style is in that alt-country/folk-rock vein that I'm just gaga over. She has two studio albums, Failer and Back to Me, as well as some EPs and a live recording. I have to thank 2+2er Whiskeytown for turning me on to her, and if I remember correctly, another 2+2er actually knows her! some videos: Back To Me In State Old Time Sake (live)  
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11-05-2007, 11:09 PM
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Re: Female Singer/Songwriter Thread
I love music threads, and this is a very good one.
Iris DeMent's voice is miraculous. Some of you may be turned off by the fact that her voice is as Southern as Southern gets, but DeMent is no redneck. Allmusic calls her "country-folk", which I guess is accurate. Allmusic bio - http://wm09.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?...iftxql5ldte~T1 Here is a more extensive biography from enotes - http://www.enotes.com/contemporary-m...iris-biography And an interview - http://www.populist.com/4.97.dement.html Live performance of "Our Town" with Emmylou Harris - http://youtube.com/watch?v=5v7dXA-LWVk Country voice singing a gospel song - Iris DeMent and Joan Osborne with "He Reached Down". I hope the country/gospel combo doesn't cause 2+2 to crash. http://youtube.com/watch?v=WSsYJd5PxZo Many female performers are over-produced. It seems like music companies are willing to put out "real" male voices, but scared to do it with women. Iris DeMent is for real - no frills. If you like better known, no-[censored] female singers - Janis Joplin, Aretha Franklin, Mavis Staples - listen to Iris DeMent.
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11-06-2007, 01:29 AM
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Re: Female Singer/Songwriter Thread
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Iris DeMent's voice is miraculous. Some of you may be turned off by the fact that her voice is as Southern as Southern gets, but DeMent is no redneck. Allmusic calls her "country-folk", which I guess is accurate. Live performance of "Our Town" with Emmylou Harris - http://youtube.com/watch?v=5v7dXA-LWVk [/ QUOTE ] Awesome thread guys. Because of your recommendation, Odell, I'm listening to Iris DeMent's Our Town right now. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] Very cool, I'd never heard of her before. I'm an Emmylou Harris fan and love the fiddle too. The voices go very nicely together. Thank you so much for this.
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11-06-2007, 04:23 AM
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Re: Female Singer/Songwriter Thread
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ] Iris DeMent's voice is miraculous. Some of you may be turned off by the fact that her voice is as Southern as Southern gets, but DeMent is no redneck. Allmusic calls her "country-folk", which I guess is accurate. Live performance of "Our Town" with Emmylou Harris - http://youtube.com/watch?v=5v7dXA-LWVk [/ QUOTE ] Awesome thread guys. Because of your recommendation, Odell, I'm listening to Iris DeMent's Our Town right now. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] Very cool, I'd never heard of her before. I'm an Emmylou Harris fan and love the fiddle too. The voices go very nicely together. Thank you so much for this. [/ QUOTE ] I have an old Iris Dement CD sitting around here somewhere...I love the clip of her and Emmylou...
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#10
11-06-2007, 04:29 AM
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Re: Female Singer/Songwriter Thread
Iris Dement singing "Our Town" featured in the finale of Northern Exposure. After hearing it and having no idea who the singer was I went nuts looking for this song.
If you like that then Michelle Shocked's Arkanas Traveler would also be up your alley http://www.michelleshocked.com/detai...er_reissue.htm Women singing country & folk music really get me in. Female Pop/rock/blues/jazz singers much less so. Michelle Shocked covers a wide range of music genres in her search for musical roots. But the stuff on Arkansas Traveler seems to suit her best.
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