The Donkey Walker's Favourite Female Vocalists

[Simon]

Now this is pure devil's advocate so don't bombard me with rotten fruit.....Chrissie Hynde (Pretenders)? Linda (ex-Mrs Richard)Thompson? Michelle Shocked? Beth Orton? Aimee Mann? Bjork?

Tori Amos is most excellent, mostly!

[John]

Its strange I notice the female vocalist I enjoy listening to usually have some kind of quirky quality to them so my favourite female artists are Kate Bush Tori Amos Nina Simone and Beth Hart. Beth just has a voice from all that pain and anguish the others well I tend to love there song writing

[Barry]

I should also have added:

Linda Ronstadt, Janis Ian, as well as Margo Timmins (Cowboy Junkies) to the list.

Finally -

Duffy
Madelene Peyroux
Corrine Bailey Rae.

I must have had a 'senior moment'; the last three are amongst my most recent purchases, yet they slippped my mind.

Barry

[Sand Dancin Donkey Walker]

I should also have added:

Linda Ronstadt, Janis Ian, as well as Margo Timmins (Cowboy Junkies) to the list.

Finally -

Duffy
Madelene Peyroux
Corrine Bailey Rae.

I must have had a 'senior moment'; the last three are amongst my most recent purchases, yet they slippped my mind.

Barry

Barry

I myself have had few of the 'Senior Moment' episodes over the course of this thread. You have all posted artists that I love but forgot to mention in my OP.

Will put some recommended CD's from my original post into a list, if anyone is interested.

There are some new and to me obscure artists being mentioned here. Purely from a personal point of view, it would be good to give a short recommendation of their better CD's. So I know what to look out for if I decide to buy any.

Andy - SDDW

[Barry]

........There are some new and to me obscure artists being mentioned here. Purely from a personal point of view, it would be good to give a short recommendation of their better CD's. So I know what to look out for if I decide to buy any.

Andy - SDDW

Will do, but it will take me some time. To make a start, simply because I have just listen to them, we have:

Cowboy Junkies (Margo Timmins): 'The Trinity Session', Cooking Vinyl COOKCD 011

Janis Joplin (with Big Brother and the Holding Company): 'Cheap Thrills', CBS (Columbia Legacy) COL 492863 2

Janis Joplin (with Full Tilt Boogie): 'Pearl' CBS (Columbia Legacy) COL 492865 2

and because I have just thought of her:

Mary Coughlan: 'Under the Influence', WEA 2292-42185-2

Regards
Barry

[Sand Dancin Donkey Walker]

Hi Guys

Music recommendations from some of the Donkey Walkers favourite female singers;

Shirley Horn

• A Lazy Afternoon
• May The Music Never End

Nnenna Freelon :

• Soul Call
• Nnenna Freelon - Live

Cassandra Wilson :

• Travelling Miles
• New Moon Daughter
• Rendezvous with Jacky Terrasson

Nancy Wilson :

• If I Had My Way

Rachelle Ferrell :

• Rachelle Ferrell
• First Instrument

Layla Hathaway :

• With Joe Sample
• With Marcus Miller – The Ozello Tapes

Ruby Turner :

• Women Hold Up Half The Sky

Andy - SDDW

[Beechwoods]

I'm coming to this one late, but can't let it pass without my four-penneth

Some will know that I am a Laura Nyro obsessive...



Her music is in the Brill-Building style, soulful, gutsy, orchestrated arrangements, often brassy, certainly needing a deft touch on recording and playback.

Eli & The Thirteenth Confession, 1968
Luckie
Original - Columbia CK 9626 (1990)
Remaster - Columbia Legacy 508068 2 (2002)

New York Tendaberry, 1969
Save The Country
Original - Columbia CK 9737 (1990)
Remaster - Columbia Legacy 508069 2 (2002)

Christmas & The Beads Of Sweat, 1970
Beads Of Sweat
Original - Columbia CK 30259 (1990)
No remaster, but a Japanese Ltd Mini-LP style CD released in 2008.

Her voice isn't perfect, but has a passion and quality that lends itself to a cult following, and she's one of those artists' artists

I'm also going to vote for Linda Ronstadt.



Her first four albums were released a while back on a 2CD set called 'The Best of Linda Ronstadt: The Capitol Years' which has got some fantastic early stuff. I love her cover of Willin', and 'Silver Threads & Golden Needles' is a classic early country rock song. I have a fantastic live version of her cover of Elvis Costello's 'Alison' from 1978, which is miles better than the studio version, but that's all I could find on Youtube!

Willin'
Alison
Silver Threads & Golden Needles

[Barry]

I'm coming to this one late, but can't let it pass without my four-penneth

Some will know that I am a Laura Nyro obsessive...



Her music is in the Brill-Building style, soulful, gutsy, orchestrated arrangements, often brassy, certainly needing a deft touch on recording and playback.

Eli & The Thirteenth Confession, 1968
Luckie
Original - Columbia CK 9626 (1990)
Remaster - Columbia Legacy 508068 2 (2002)

New York Tendaberry, 1969
Save The Country
Original - Columbia CK 9737 (1990)
Remaster - Columbia Legacy 508069 2 (2002)

Christmas & The Beads Of Sweat, 1970
Beads Of Sweat
Original - Columbia CK 30259 (1990)
No remaster, but a Japanese Ltd Mini-LP style CD released in 2008.

Her voice isn't perfect, but has a passion and quality that lends itself to a cult following, and she's one of those artists' artists

I'm also going to vote for Linda Ronstadt.



Her first four albums were released a while back on a 2CD set called 'The Best of Linda Ronstadt: The Capitol Years' which has got some fantastic early stuff. I love her cover of Willin', and 'Silver Threads & Golden Needles' is a classic early country rock song. I have a fantastic live version of her cover of Elvis Costello's 'Alison' from 1978, which is miles better than the studio version, but that's all I could find on Youtube!

Willin'
Alison
Silver Threads & Golden Needles

Ah! you beat me to it........

Linda Ronstadt is about as close to country as I get (apart from Johnny Cash and some Appelachian guitar and banjo picking). The LPs that I have, and can recommend, are:

'Hand Sown...HomeGRown', Capitol E-ST 208,
'Silk Purse', Capitol ST-407,
'Hasten Down the Wind', Asylem K53045,
'Simple Dreams', Asylem K 53065.

Agree with you about Laura Nyro; another great artiste who died tragically young.

Barry

[Sand Dancin Donkey Walker]

Hi Guys

There are a number of threads now that are great, pointing me to music and artists that I've not heard of before, and something new is always interesting.

What I like about the direction these threads are now taking is we are getting recommendations of music to buy or at least to check out first along with the original listing. This is great for me, please keep it up guys. Much appreciated from a music hungry Donkey Walker.

Andy - SDDW

[shane]

Hi Steve

Forgot about Cara Dillon and surprise I didn't mention Loreena McKennitt.
Marissa Nadler, Vashty Bunyan and Sandy Denny are all new to me. Will have to do some research and see what I can find. Any recommendations of the better CD's etc to buy from them?

Andy - SDDW

Snady Denny's definitely one of the greats. Try "Unhalfbricking" or "Liege And Lief" by Fairport Convention, or Fotheringay's eponymous album. Glorious...