Best Female Vocals

[Yawning Chain]

Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth)

[LuckOfTheDraw]

I like female jazz/blues singers.

Ella Fitzgerald
Etta James
Julie London
Madeleine Peyroux

[Rick Nebiolo]

Margo Timmins of the Cowboy Junkies. This band gets more play from my collection than any other over the past twelve years.

~ Rick

[Rick Nebiolo]

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How is Nina Simone not on anybody's list?

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Good point/choice. I think Billie Holiday was overlooked too.

~ Rick

Edit to add Turnipmonster got it right!

[wdcbooks]

Damn you Rick, you beat me to the punch. Margo Timmins has a wonderful, pure voice.

[RyanR]

Someone current that I enojy and hasn't been mentioned: Joss Stone

[Rick Nebiolo]

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Lucinda Williams
Bonnie Raitt

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I love both but just recently discovered Lucinda Williams and only have "Car Wheels on a Gravel Road". Any recommendations for a good second choice CD for my Christmas list?

~ Rick

[KLLions]

Patsy Cline.
Enya - crappy chill-out music, great voice.

[Rick Nebiolo]

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Some country music singers:

Iris DeMent
Emmylou Harris

And in the same vein as Janis Joplin - - not a classically beautiful voice, but women who sing their guts out:

Mary Gauthier
Lucinda Williams

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Since I like Emmylou and Lucinda so much I defenitly need to check out these other two. Best Emmylou album is Wrecking Ball IMHO.

~ Rick

[AngusThermopyle]

Some more:
Lydia Pense (Cold Blood)
Annie Lennox (Eurythmics)
Shirley Bassey
Melissa Etheridge