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Female Artist Appreciation Society

Israfel	Date: November 3, 2007 @ 11:15 PM Female artists I have always admired...if not for their music, for their lives...not in any particular order. Patsy Cline - this was one hard livin', hard lovin', hell of a singer. Her short life left some great songs that, even today, no one has been able to do justice to. Annie Lennox - this woman's vocal expression just gets to me time and time again. Cyndi Lauper - forget Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, this chick can sing and the emotion she can evoke is killer. Christina Aguilera - a victim of bad material but you can't slight the chops she has with her voice. Bjork - often known just for the stranger performances she's been known for but she writes deeply felt, insightful lyrics with imagery that is unparralleled. Nina Simone - emotion, emotion, emotion...enuf said. Any female artists that you love? Why?
Woof	Date: November 3, 2007 @ 11:47 PM Oh, gosh... Deborah Harry - Frontwoman for the band that defined the entire New Wave genre. Suzanne Vega - Probably the best voice, ever... as one person put it: "She is the portrait of restraint". Joni Mitchell - Poet, Idealist, Spokesperson for everything that was good about the peace and love movement... and still brilliant after all these years. Johnette Napolitano - Rough around the edges, smart as hell, and passionate. Martina McBride - Maybe the last of the truly great pop singers to come out of the soon-to-be-extinct major labels. She probably only was given a decent chance, because she'd been singing since she was a kid... Finally, DM's own Sherise Valley. Represents everything that's good about the indie movement: Great songwriting without corporate execs breathing down her neck, superb production, a voice that's simply ideal for her style, and a knockout album called "Blackout" that I'll put up against anything that the majors have done.
tsand20175	Date: November 3, 2007 @ 11:48 PM For me: (among many others) Billie Holiday. She had a lot of pain and suffering in her life...Even got arrested on her death bed. Awesome talent. Chaka Khan. Sexy and talented Aretha Franklin. Saw her in a PBS documentary singing Amazing Grace when she was 12 years old....I had tears in my eyes....really. Ella Fitzgerald...An absolute master at vocal improv. And of course...The Spice Girls.
leedsquietman	Date: November 4, 2007 @ 12:13 AM Perkie, Israfel, Elly Kellner and Rodrica rulez !! Honourable mentions to Songstress, Diane Jessurun, Valerie Diane and Wailing Miserere. Other favourite females - Juliana Hatfield, Chrissie Hynde, Laetitia Sadlier (stereolab), Tracy Chapman, Sarah Cracknell (St. Etienne), Joni Mitchell, Oleta Adams, Paris Grey (Inner City), Janis Joplin, Caron Wheeler (Soul II Soul), Carly Simon, Harriet Wheeler (The Sundays), Rachel Gosling (Slowdive, Mojave 3), Miki Berenyi (Lush) etc.
leedsquietman	Date: November 4, 2007 @ 12:47 AM and also Barbie (ebarbarella) sould have been mentioned above, a very talented songstress/musician.
tsand20175	Date: November 4, 2007 @ 1:39 AM ....Billie Holiday's song "Strange Fruit" should be a mandatory listen for all high school students.
leedsquietman	Date: November 4, 2007 @ 1:38 AM yes, agreed...
zedsalt	Date: November 4, 2007 @ 11:11 AM A few come to mind who have yet to be mentioned- Sarah Vaughn, Siouxie Sioux, Exene Cervenka, Anne & Nacy Wilson, The singer from Cowboy Junkies whose name escapes me at the moment... Here at DM, Laurie Patterson RAWKS!
zedsalt	Date: November 4, 2007 @ 11:11 AM Margo Timmens? Timmins? Tibbets?
perkie1973	Date: November 4, 2007 @ 3:50 PM Where do I begin.... For Vocal Technique & Diction: Barbara Streisand Ella Fitzgerald Sarah Vaughn K.D Lange Celine Dion Nancy Wilson StoryTelling & Vocal Deliverance: Janis Ian Teena Maria Anita Baker Oleta Adams Dianah Washington Deborah Cox Unique & creativity Vocals: Cassandra Wilson Lisa Stansfield Janis Joplin Labelle (patti/nona/sarah} Jill Scott Fantasia Absolute Fabulous Stage Present: Aretha Franklin Nancy Wilson (Jazz) Pat Benatar
HenriRoger	Date: November 4, 2007 @ 5:54 PM Grace Slick . Diane Reeves . Abbey Lincoln .
AgentMGD	Date: November 4, 2007 @ 7:55 PM my favorites - Roberta Flack, Carly Simon, Marian Anderson (for breaking the color barrier by being the first Afro-American to sing at Carnegie Hall), Sade, Norah Jones, Stevie Nicks and Beverly Sils and of course - i cannot forget the many fine DM ladies
leedsquietman	Date: November 4, 2007 @ 8:46 PM Oh yeah, I forgot Stevie Nicks (an all time favourite), also Kristin Hersh and Tanya Donnelly (Throwing Muses, Tanya also in Belly), Kim Deal (Pixies/Breeders), Sonya Aurora Madan (Echobelly), Suzanne Vega (but hate that bloody Tom's Diner !).
Tattoomom	Date: November 5, 2007 @ 12:48 PM Grace Slick and Anne Wilson because they have distinct and original voices Lita Ford because she could kick some serious ass on that BC Rich and Wendy O. Williams because she could kick ass just about anywhere!
perkie1973	Date: November 27, 2007 @ 7:10 AM Annie Lennox awesome stage and vocal performance...
Distilled1	Date: November 27, 2007 @ 8:04 AM India Arie - for her lyrics and acoustic soul! Ella - there is no other like her Stevie - just incredible Juliet lewis- for her balls out can do it F U attitude (and I love her ) sade - cause she can make me melt
ebarbarella	Date: November 27, 2007 @ 1:26 PM Siouxsie Sioux is my girl i dont have to explain in the 80s her and Robert Smith were my idols also i love Blondie punk pop rock this is from the top of my head right now, i ll be back oh and Leeds baby thanks!!
evilprince	Date: December 6, 2007 @ 12:58 AM Chrissie Hynde, (Pretenders) Annie Lennox
GTOriginal	Date: December 7, 2007 @ 8:47 AM Cynthia Rothrock, artist of pain.
ChillinBuzz	Date: December 7, 2007 @ 9:07 PM Bjork rocks! She's even cooler live. how about Female Artists Rock Totally?