Favorite female singers

[Hydguy]

So who do ya'll gravitate towards?

For me, I will always stop the dial when I hear Stevie Nicks. She has so much natural talent, and didn't need to have her voice run through any kind of board or autotune like so many 'artists' (both male and female) do today.
Here is an example of what I mean:

Of course, being smokin' hot clearly doesn't hurt, but man what a voice.

Another is Janis Joplin. While she could belt it out, my hands down fav is Mercedes Benz... So tragic that the music world lost her.

Post up your favs...

 

[EclipseRedRing]

My favourite is Judith Durham from The Seekers.

 

[sdimartino]

Natalie Merchant, formerly of 10,000 Maniacs, now solo. The day she left the Maniacs was a dark day indeed. I still listen to my old 10,000 Maniacs albums wistfully, losing myself in her powerful, velvety voice and wondering what might have been.

 

[WetShaveVet]

Sarah Mclachlan. Building a Mystery and Angel are masterpieces.

 

[pyronut]

Reba!!!

 

[Bakker1964]

Right now?

P!nk and Miley Cyrus.

 

[Stubblebum]

Emmylou Harris
Allison Krauss
Lucinda Williams

 

[MrSpeedy]

Shirley Manson

 

[TexOkie Shaver]

So many to choose from, but right now it’s Nora Jones. Smooth silky voice that makes me want to go away with her.

 

[rockviper]

Wendy O'Williams

No really


Alison Krauss and Melissa Etheridge : Both ladies sound exactly the same live as from studio recordings.

 

[Esox]

So many...

Oleta Adams comes to mind.

As does Jennie Skulander of Devilskin.

I cant be a Canadian and not mention K. D Lang though. She can sing.

 

[shoelessjoe]

The list is endless......
Carole King
Tammy Terrell
Sarah McLachlan
Nora Jones
Sara Brightman
Dinah Washington
Linda Ronstadt
Cheryl Wheeler (excellent songwriter!)
Diana Ross
Billie Holiday
Loreena McKennett
Ruth Moody

Cheryl Wheeler ... 75 Years

 

[RookieGuy]

Oh, so many good ones! Leading the charge will always be Tina Turner and Joan Jett. Although I do very much like Delores o'Reardon when she's not doing her banshee shrieking.

 

[ChewyChef]

A few of my all time favorites;
Joss Stone

The late great Amy Winehouse

and finally fellow Canadian Martina Sorbara

 

[krause99]

 

[mrlandpirate]

Janis
Nora Jones
Christina Marrs - asylum street spankers

 

[JWCowboy]

Several of these have already been mentioned but the ones that immediately come to my mind are Amy Winehouse, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Stevie Nicks, Patsy Cline, Rhiannon Giddens, Lucinda Williams, Nina Simone, Allison Krauss, Dolores O'Riordan, Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, Gillian Welch, Neko Case, Cary Ann Hearst, Brandi Carlile, Jonette Napolitano, Loretta Lynn. So many talented female artists out there....

Check out The Secret Sisters...

 

[Ravenonrock]

Amy Winehouse hit all the right notes for me. A soulful complicated mix who’s life ended tragically. I watch her performances once in a while. What an incredible talent IMHO. RIP Amy

 

[CJB3]

Joni Mitchell
Eva Cassidy
Patty Griffin
Sarah Vaughan
Gillian Welch
Brandi Carlile
Patsy Cline

 

[njpaddy]

Too many female favorites over the years, and too few brain cells left to remember them all. Without sorting through hundreds of CDs, my taste in female artists depending on mood and the amount of gin I've consumed, ranges from 1930s Billie Holiday, to Patsy Cline, the great female rock&roll groups of the early 1960s, Meesha Shafi (Coke Studio Pakistan), and more recently the lead singer of Bridge City Sinners. Sadly, I can't think of any from the 1970s thru 2010, as my music taste in that period was mostly punk and Irish punk, which was dominated by male bands.