Now, list underrated female singers

[mvd]

You know, those who don't get quite enough attention or credit for being great singers. Of course, I can't get to all of them. Sample list:

Maria Taylor
Amy Ray & Emily Saliers (together they would make my top ever)
Becky Stark
Alanis Morissette (acquired taste)
Emily Haines
Natasha Khan of Bat For Lashes
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Courtney Love (gets a lot of flack, but is a great rock singer like Shirley Manson, who gets more credit)
Cindy Alexander
Hope Partlow
Z Berg from The Like
Fransisca London
Eliza Gilkyson
Kate Pierson (B-52s are more known as a fun band than a singer's band, but I love her voice)
Priscilla Ahn
Molly Jenson
Vanessa Carlton
Madonna (also not enough credit given to the vocals)
Nina Gordon
Stacie Rose
Leona Naess
The Pierces
Noelle from Damone
Kelly Ogden
Mandy Moore
Aly & AJ
Nerina Pallot
Tamia
Susan Cagle
Avril Lavigne (underrated for vocals)
The women in Tilly & The Wall
Regina Spektor
Anna Nalick
Miranda Lee Richards
Leslie Mills
The Veronicas (underrated for vocals)
Brooke White
Tracyanne Campbell (Camera Obscura)
Corinne Bailey Rae
Melanie Safka
Bonnie McKee
Janis Ian

List goes on..

Please help me add some underrated R&B/soul singers. I know mostly main ones who get recognized a lot.

[mvd]

1. A note

I didn't list singers I put on my other topic, but some of them also qualify.

[Shell Beau]

2. I don't think Madonna has good vocals.

She is more of an entertainer for me.

I am embarressed to say that I don't know a lot on your list! :blush:

[mvd]

4. That's the reason I put her on

Not given enough credit. Great purity, tone, range of mood..

[blue_onyx]

19. Madonna is a decent singer

Being a great singer isn't what she's known for but she can sing. I would add Britney to the list. She's clearly no Celine Dion but she's not as bad as some make her out to be.

[cemaphonic]

27. She has definitely put some work into it though.

Compare the thin nasal quality of her earliest hits to "Like a Prayer" or later. She's still a long way from great, but she has improved a lot.

[Richardo]

3. Jill Scott

[mvd]

6. Excellent singer

She's highly rated, but the topic has no clear line. I won't get picky about if they are underrated or not.

[underpants]

5. Celine

:shrug:

[Richardo]

7. I hope you mean Celine Kowalski

[bif]

8. Cat Power

Jonatha Brooke, Jem, Shirley Manson from Garbage, Ailsha Chinoy( she sang one of the songs in "Slumdog Millionaire".)

[mvd]

9. Hi, bif!

Shirley's definitely one of the best singers in rock.

I really like Angus & Julie Stone too, who you have mentioned before. :hi:

[bif]

10. Hey there!

Those are just a few off the top of my head. I'd have to check my other hard drive for a more complete list.

[tigereye]

147. Jonatha is way under-rated

[DemBones DemBones]

11. Bettye LaVette

[tigereye]

148. boy is she great- wonderful to see her having a revival

saw her live here- really gutsy, soulful and fun.

[hamsterjill]

12. Norah Jones

Easy to listen to!

[dembotoz]

13. a few more

Kate bush (at least underrated in the us)
Ingrid Michaelson
Kathleen Edwards
Imagine(spelling) Heap
Hawley Westenra
the old Coucteau twins

[mvd]

14. While we are mentioning Ingrid, Imogen, and Kathleen

I'll also throw in St. Vincent.

Again, I haven't gone through my whole collection.

[bif]

15. Hey, I can't remember if I mentioned my music blog to you or not

http://marksmusicmemo.blogspot.com/

[mvd]

17. Yep - bookmarked it

Excellent work!

[SoxFan]

16. Sinead O'Connor

Her weird personality has overshadowed some fantastic work. She can blast out an alt rocker like "Mandinka", or gently deliver a soft lullaby like "This Is To Mother You" with equal skill.

[mvd]

18. One of my faves, for sure

She hasn't had an album out in a while, has she?

[PerpetuallyDazed]

20. Siouxsie Sioux!

I'm also really into Emiliana Torrini, Kate Bush, and Goldfrapp at the moment :)

R&B/Soul: Nikka Costa, M.I.A., Santigold

[blue_onyx]

21. Vanessa Carlton is good

I know she released a CD in 2007 or 2008 but I didn't hear much about it. I remember I didn't like the first single. I love her songs "A Thousand Miles" and "White Houses" though.

Mandy Moore does have a pleasant voice. I don't like her music though. I didn't like the "Wild Hope" CD and I don't like the clips of her upcoming CD "Amanda Leigh."

[mvd]

22. We definitely differ on Mandy's CDs

I like her more when she's in singer/songwriter mode.

[blue_onyx]

28. I would rather listen to her teen pop music

over her new stuff. I really, really didn't like Wild Hope. I do like her version on "Have A Little Faith In Me."

[mvd]

29. Well, can't agree there

Sometimes we agree on types of music, but have big disagreements within that music. I do hope you like the new one, though - I think it sounds like her best and I LOVED Wild Hope. A couple of the clips from the new one have the perfect pop/rock of Michelle Branch IMO.

[bif]

23. Jewel--when she's singing folk

Saw her live and thought she was charming, with good chops.

[mvd]

24. Yep, she has a unique voice when you think about it

I think her country CD was good, though Spirit, This Way, and Goodbye Alice In Wonderland are better fits for her voice.

She's one that I think can mess up certain kinds of songs, too.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

25. DARLENE LOVE...

...and what has to be the greatest of her many annual performances of "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" on David Letterman's show:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mbzhrjz_gVc

:toast:

[abq e streeter]

26. Johnette Napolitano, and I'll second Bettye Lavette

[blondeatlast]

97. I was just going to post Johnette (and she's a really nice person as well!). nt

[tigereye]

149. Napolitano's voice is amazing

she should be famous. It's a crime that she isn't.

[bbernardini]

30. Mieka Pauley (from Boston)

www.mieka.com

Been a fan of hers for 5-6 years now. Wonderful stuff.

[mvd]

64. Good for Mieka - she's still giving her album away free at Amazon.com mp3s

I liked her voice, so I went ahead and downloaded it.

[SwissTony]

122. Mieka has a new fan

Me!!! Thanks for throwing her name into the ring. If you have any contact with her, can you ask her if she has plans to come to Darwin (Australia)? Darwin seems (amazingly enough) to be missing from her list of gigs.

[Mike 03]

31. Maria McKee (especially her Lone Justice days). She knocked me out.

I thought she was incredible.

[SoxFan]

53. Oooh! Good one!

For the uninitiated, imagine Dolly Parton fronting a garage punk band, or a somewhat twangier X, and you get the general idea of Lone Justice.

[tigereye]

150. I still get an "I found real love" earworm (I think that's the title?)

from time to time. Great voice.

[hellbound-liberal]

32. K.D. Lang

Maybe not underrated but definitely under-appreciated!

Helpless
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5KRVtjgMkM

[mvd]

42. I agree

:hi:

[donheld]

68. She's putting on weight

She needs to stop that!

[MissMillie]

81. I also agree (n/t)

.

[Dulcinea]

142. She has a wonderful voice.

She could sing the phone book & make it sound good!

[Inchworm]

33. Allison Crowe

I may be a bit bias since Leonard Cohen in one of my favorites.

Hallelujah - Allison Crowe live performance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIMOdVXAPJ0

:hi:

[Mike 03]

34. Allison Moyer (I hope I am spelling her name right)

Especially her solo albumb "Hoodoo," which is one of the top fifty albums in my personal favorites list.

[SwissTony]

120. Alison Moyet

Mike, hope I don't come over as too anal. Generally, I don't nitpick. I just want people to know her name. And, you're absolutely correct. She is outstanding. Hadn't thought about Alison for years. Got a few cassettes...maybe time for an upgrade. Thanks for reminding me.

Edited because I left a word out and I'm a lousy typist.

[flvegan]

35. Bif Naked.

[Mike 03]

36. About Courtney Love. She is my favorite. If you are correct that she is under-rated, then I

agree with you.

But just in general, her albums have sold well and her concerts sell out, so the reason I didn't list her is because I don't consider her under-rated.

She taught me how to play the guitar. I thought "Live Through This" was better than "Nevermind," and damned close to as good as "In Utero."

[Inspired]

40. Her song Doll Parts is one of my all time favorites.

I also really like Celebrity Skin. She's a great performer even if she's personally a mess.

[DevonRex]

95. I absolutely LOVE that song. She is definitely underrated. nt

[mvd]

41. It's just when I hear the rock greats talked about, I haven''t heard her mentioned much

And her talent does get lost for many in her antics. That's why I listed her. I loved her stuff through Celebrity Skin and thought she lost her touch on America's Sweetheart a bit. I think she has an album coming out this year. :hi:

[Mike 03]

44. It's shameful.

The only album I can play straight through on guitar from memory is "Live Through This" by Hole.

I just think it is the greatest album of the 90s, followed closely by Nirvana's and Smashing Pumpkins work.

What an exciting period that was for music.

:hi:

I miss Lolapalooza...

[AwakeAtLast]

37. Kate Bush

and agreed on Mary Chapin Carpenter

[Inchworm]

38. Tracy Chapman

The Promise
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvC77iWO648

I Am Yours (if you are mine)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85fa7s7-bX8

:hi:

I picked Regina Spektor as well
Samson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKZ5XSKRBJ0

Those are my "common" picks.

:)

[bigwillq]

57. Chapman is my pick (nt)

[A-Schwarzenegger]

39. Wendy Rene (After Laughter Come Tears)

r&b masterpiece

[BlueIris]

43. Alison Kraus. Should be at least as famous as Norah Jones.

But I can't say I think she's on that level, recent Grammy notwithstanding.

[mvd]

46. I mentioned her on my other thread

What a soulful bluegrass/country voice she has.

[BlueIris]

48. Oh. Well, good. nt

[Inchworm]

49. She was my "uncommon" pick

not for singing in particular for me. For guts and the want for lyrics and history.

When You Say Nothing at All
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjsjZWlRVvo

:hi:

[A-Schwarzenegger]

50. More Grammies than any other female singer.

[litlady]

126. She has a beautiful voice! nt

[ellaydubya]

45. Toni Price, Swim Away name of CD

A Texas artist- bluesy, rocking......she always moves me....listen and you won't be disappointed....get the CD and you will thank me!!:smoke: :applause:

[blockhead]

47. Susan Tedeschi

[Dulcinea]

143. I just picked up a CD of hers.

I'm enjoying it very much.

[Bennyboy]

51. Waddabout some younger ones?

Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ouI5KcyHfE

Carolyn Wonderland (she sings like Janis and Aretha, amazing voice)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3hE7FxG6H8 (She can playa lick too!!) a song for Molly Ivins http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zm1WGJvhkdo

Grace Potter! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8FPwNDOd_I And she plays a B3 and a Flying Vee!

Susan Tedeschi! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlcP3FOTM0U She can play a bit too. And her husband is the best guitar player on the planet (Derek Trucks).

[mvd]

52. I know about Grace - good choice

I'll check out the ones I don't know.

[Mudoria]

54. Sandra Nasic, formerly of Guano Apes

[BlueIris]

55. Dar Williams. nt

[hellbound-liberal]

56. I love Dar Williams! I heard her on a demo CD when I worked at Borders

I'd love to see her in concert!:hi:

[Lydia Leftcoast]

105. I have--I'd never heard of her, but she opened for Joan Baez and Bruce Cockburn

in an outdoor concert in Portland, and I was impressed.

[mvd]

58. Forgot that one! Love her voice

:hi:

[Xipe Totec]

59. Nana Mouskori

Perfidia - Nana Mouskori

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAkK6FolXig

[Lydia Leftcoast]

104. Widely known in Europe, shamefully unknown in America

+1

[SwissTony]

121. Nana was quite big in Australia in the 70s and 80s.

She has an amazing voice.

[Xipe Totec]

60. Maria McKee

Lone Justice - Shelter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGc_dXC9h_c

[abq e streeter]

70. a guy I play with occasionally was asked to be their bass player when first putting L.J. together

turned it down because he was making too much money on the LA wedding and Bar Mitzvah circuit to back up some unknown young singer. Haven't listened to Lone Justice in quite awhile; thanks for the youtube.

[Xipe Totec]

61. Teresa Salgueiro

Madredeus - O sonho

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMOF-LBEqL8

[femmocrat]

62. Darlene Love

(I never heard of most of the women on your list!)

[mvd]

63. Just so they aren't left out, there are some underrated singers on my other thread

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x8669878

[tigereye]

151. ok, more to discuss!

:)

[enigmatic]

65. "Ruby's Arms"- Connie Champagne

http://recluseshow.blogspot.com/2007/02/rubys-arms-connie-champagne.html

[gratuitous]

66. Phoebe Snow and Joan Armatrading

Aw hell, I'm old.

[donheld]

69. Old but good!

[cemaphonic]

67. Lori Carson

I'm surprised that Lucinda Williams hasn't turned up yet either, although I wouldn't exactly say she's underrated - she's more of a case of a long-running critical darling that doesn't seem to have as widespread appeal as you would think.

[donheld]

71. Brandi Carlisle and Tori Amos

Brandi's Turpentine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzXhoMOn90Q


and Tori Sleeping with a Butterfly :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hr0wRxVr30k

[mvd]

74. Brandi's amazing - thank you for contributing her here

:hi:

[Beaverhausen]

72. Ann Wilson from Heart never gets the credit she deserves

I also love Jonatha Brooke, Shawn Colvin and Patty Griffin.

How about Kat from EastMountainSouth? http://www.myspace.com/eastmountainsouth

Then of course, there's me...

[mvd]

75. I've followed Shawn since her "Sunny Came Home" days

Patty also never gets as much credit as she's thought of more for the songs others covered.

[av8rdave]

73. Lucinda Williams and Deborah Coleman

Lucinda has had some commercial success, but I don't think she's appreciated. Her voice is incredibly unique, and rather addicting over time.

Deborah Coleman has one of the greatest female blues voices, IMO.

[BurtWorm]

90. I agree about Lucinda. Love her eccentric phrasings and pronunciations.

[cemaphonic]

113. I'd say underappreciated rather than underrated (for Lucinda)

She's been a critical darling since forever, but yeah, not as much commercial success as she deserves.

[Inchworm]

76. noone is posting links

might as well talk about that 6 year old that peed in front of me when I was 4.

jest sayin...

:hug:

[mvd]

77. I know what you mean. If I just had a few, I'd post links

Are there some you are particularly interested in? :hi:

[Heidi]

78. Not R & B / soul, but Anjani Thomas.

http://www.anjani-music.com/index_site.html

[mvd]

79. I was listening to "Downtown," and Petula Clark doesn't get recognized enough

More for the hit than her strong voice.

I'm about done listing, though of course I could go on.

[MissMillie]

80. Aimee Mann and Shawn Colvin

2 of my all-time favorites.

[mvd]

82. Yep, they both would make my list

Aimee's vocals are really pretty, but in her own way. I still think her best CD is Bachelor #2.

From my faves thread, here are the underrated ones:

Michelle Branch
Alison Sudol (from A Fine Frenzy)
Andrea Corr
Kay Hanley
Harriet Wheeler
Natalie Maines
Gladys Knight
Aimee Mann
Lucinda Williams
Loreena McKennitt

I'm not sure Neko Case from the faves list is underrated, since she's fairly well known and people concentrate on That Voice.

[ashling]

83. Linda Ronstadt

could never be rated highly enough to suit me

[astral]

85. That reminds me of Linda Ronstadt's albums where she's

singing in Spanish. Seems the Spanish songs give her a much better opportunity to show off her powerful voice than the pop radio songs we're used to.

[hellbound-liberal]

89. Have you ever heard her singing with Nelson Riddle?

Simply beautiful!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1AS-IOlUgI

[mvd]

98. Linda's a great interpreter

One of the best ever, in fact.

[argyl]

84. Michelle Shocked. This one's from her masterpiece Americana album "Arkansas Traveler."

She's still performing and recording. If she hadn't been blessed (or cursed) with exceptional integrity and courage,she'd be selling a lot of CDs. She got into a contract wrangle with Mercury over keeping the rights to her songs.She sued them under the 14th Amendment,the one abolishing slavery,and won her case. It was the kiss of death as far as ever recording for a major label again,though.

She was also extremely hardheaded about the material she recorded. She wanted to record a gospel album after "Arkansas Traveler" and Mercury put its foot down on it. Then the fireworks began.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vFe7LGmBis

[suninvited]

86. You mentioned the top two

underrated female performers: Amy Ray and Emily Sailers. I have seen them in concert many times, and never get enough of listening to their old Indigo Girls CD's.

One of my favorites

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbJrHGLwFlg

[JCMach1]

87. Johnette Napolitano of Concrete Blonde

Come one already! She's great.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOSQzSxMRfI

[tigereye]

152. this is nice although the sound quality is a tad off

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEbOm_QyUr4&feature=related


and a cover of Everybody Knows http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axnCMV-on9Q&feature=related


and one of the old but great ones, with a video Dance Along the Edge http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkGV2qJUouM&feature=related


now I'm on a kick. She's so great.

[raccoon]

88. Me. nt

[oregonjen]

91. Pat Benatar

Loved seeing her in concert in the 80's. She has a classically trained powerhouse voice.

[Patiod]

92. Susan Werner

Petaluma Sunday Afternoons

[Lydia Leftcoast]

93. Momoé Yamaguchi and Sayuri Ishikawa

From the days when J-Pop singers could actually sing (roughly before 1980)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRoBkXEXPD8&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4krJkg-Blg&feature=channel_page

Momoé is long retired, but Sayuri is still singing, and remarkably for an enka singer, she hasn't totally wrecked her voice.

[hellbound-liberal]

94. Did somebody say Loreena McKennitt? I agree. I also think she is an underrated songwriter

Dante's Prayer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTLX7h54jIg

[DevonRex]

96. IMO, her voice is perfect. nt

[mvd]

99. Yes, but it's easy to miss

I transferred my list from my other thread later in this thread.

[hellbound-liberal]

101. Was Beth Nielsen Chapman on your list? Another awesome singer songwriter!

This song also made the "Soundtrack of my Life"

Sand and Water
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5ZxU-q0B68

[mvd]

102. She wasn't - I don't remember her much

Thanks for the video.

[mvd]

103. The song/vocals in the video were gorgeous

Whoa, that chorus!

[hellbound-liberal]

108. I originally saw that song with clips from On Golden Pond with Henry Fonda and Kate Hepburn

I don't know how old you are or if you have seen that movie but it was a VERY powerful video. I'm sorry to see that it has been removed. Maybe. I'll have to make my own!

[blondeatlast]

100. Exene Cervenka (X); clip of "The Hungry Wolf"

http://www.livevideo.com/video/801CE8D5426743F3B699F108401B4CDA/x-the-hungry-wolf.aspx

[Starbucks Anarchist]

106. Beth Gibbons of Portishead.

[ghostsofgiants]

107. Karen O

[blondeatlast]

109. Karen Carpenter; considered a lightweight, but oh, the emotion in that lovely contralto.

Just listen to "Goodbye to Love" and imagine her with a great Cole Porter tune; :wow:

[blueknight]

110. i really like

adele, talk about a soulful voice

[mix]

111. Emily Haines (and the Soft Skeleton)

as well as being talented, she's too beautiful, it's distracting....enjoy:

"Our Hell"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwMj8pGpIKE

[mix]

112. Neko Case - Maybe Sparrow

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qclxx4uO0ac

[GOPisEvil]

114. This thread needs more Kelly Willis.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_Willis

[Zomby Woof]

115. Bonnie Raitt

Also an underrated guitarist.

[DFW]

127. My vote!

I first saw her in 1970 near Boston. I was so blown away, I couldn't believe she wasn't a star. I asked her if she had ever
made any records, and she shyly told me that she was nowhere near that stage yet. She wasn't quite accurate with her prediction.
Within a year her first album came out, and she hasn't looked back.

[Dulcinea]

144. I LOVE Bonnie Raitt!

Can't believe no one mentioned her before now!

[Zomby Woof]

116. Lisa Gerard

Dead Can Dance

[rucky]

117. Hope Sandoval

Neko Case

[mix]

123. Hope Sandoval and JMC

love this one

http://www.clipser.com/watch_video/726547

[SwissTony]

118. A couple of mine

Thea Gilmore: English singer/songwriter who has been compared to Dylan and Waits as a songwriter but sings a million times better thn either (and I'm a big fan of Tom)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbv315-y8EU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEx4cvBdzcE

Tori Amos: nuff sed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWmETxWM0h0&feature=PlayList&p=5D2CF455B2810792&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=19

Wendy Waldman: American singer/songwriter who should be much better known

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArNtSeu426s

[chknltl]

119. Sabrina Rockarena

Sadly I can only provide the link, if you want to hear her voice you'll have to go the extra mile by clickin' on the song itself. Scroll down about half way, it's second from the top on the left...http://www.radi01.com/cookie.html

This is a VERY timely song performed by Cookie, sung by Sabrina. (rumor has it she once got into a fist fight with Courtney Love, knowing Sabrina, it's likely true)

MR. PRESIDENT
(words and music by S. Libertty, J. Landy, c/o 2000)

Mr. President, Sir,
I would like to be assured.
Will you act on my behalf?
Never take a promise back?

Chorus:
Revolution –You got to fight!
Revolution –Cuz it’s your right!
Revolution –You got to fight!
Revolution …

Your countrymen are full of doubt.
All their leaders sold them out.
Frightened, torn apart,
Prove to us you’re pure of heart.

(Chorus)

Bridge:
We need to know that you’re one of us.
Help us Sir, rebuild our trust.
We need to know that you live by the rules
The same set we are help up to.

(Chorus)

Others have done so in the past.
Have times changed as much as that?
What we’ve all grown to expect –
-For ourselves is so much less.

(Chorus)

(Guitar break)

FIGHT!

[enigmatic]

124. "Anthem"- Julie Christenson and Perla Batalla

Both Julie and Perla are supremet talented (and sadly underrated) singers; I've loved Julie since her Divine Horsemen days in thw 80's w/ Chris D.

They really do a great performance of Leonard Cohen's "Anthem" here:

http://recluseshow.blogspot.com/2008/03/anthem-perla-batalla-julie-christensen.html

[cherish44]

125. Dusty Springfield

She had a voice that sounded like she smoked 2 packs a day but DAMN it she was awesome. She should have been up there amongst the great female vocalists of all time

[blondeatlast]

129. Oh hell yes! nt

[cherish44]

131. Son of a Preacher Man

Loves me some Dusty

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp4339EbVn8

[rucky]

128. PJ Harvey

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8ZE6XK89YA

[RubyDuby in GA]

130. Joan Osbourne, Beth Gibbons of Portishead, Shawn Colvin, Heather Nova

On edit: Margo Timmins of Cowboy Junkies

[mvd]

133. Cool to see Heather mentioned

Joan Osbourne has a terrific voice - as bluesy voices go, I like her even more than Melissa Etheridge.

[RubyDuby in GA]

140. Wow. I can't believe someone else knows who Heather Nova is.

I always thought it was a shame she didn't make it bigger.
I love Joan Osbourne. She does a great live show too.

[mvd]

153. I thought the same about Heather! LOL.

I own her CD Siren, which also remains an underrated Lilith-era album. :hi:

[RubyDuby in GA]

156. I have Oyster and Siren. Nice to find a kindred spirit.

:) :hi:

[OwnedByFerrets]

132. Nina Simone

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkziR6HOCDs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAYVaHEMK0I&feature=related

.

[cherish44]

134. I should add Shirley Manson to this list

I've never heard anyone say she doesn't have a great voice but she and Garbage should be way richer and more famous than they are. And she's got the best voice of any female singer I can think of...

[TZ]

135. Kathy Mattea....

If you like Mary Chapin Carpenter, you will love her...

[Jetboy]

136. My favorite is Iris Dement. Her voice is non-traditional but very

good and I like her sassy delivery and the fact that she is just so damn REAL!

[tigereye]

137. Ian, Chapin Carpenter, Pierson and the Indigo Girls are under-rated?

That being said, I don't think Madonna sings very well. Better than the Britney's of the world, but that isn't saying much.


Here's someone who can really sing... http://www.last.fm/music/Shemekia+Copeland/_/Who+Stole+My+Radio%3F great blues and soul voice


Jessye Norman Ave Maria http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maZHi4C6Cf0&feature=related



Betty Carter Moonlight In Vermont http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWe3FDaWUS8



Maybe I should start my own thread with folks whom I think can sing really well, eh? :D :hi:

[mvd]

138. Under my standards, I would say so

I'm using a measure that includes popularity, and the Indigo Girls don't have the broad fan base they should have anymore. Same with Mary Chapin.

I'll check out your links. Fine to list them here. :hi:

[tigereye]

141. no one stays popular forever at the level that they used to, I suppose

I guess I was thinking more of actual vocal skill....


I think Chapin has a great voice and is a stellar songwriter, regardless of the whims of public opinion. She's written great songs for other folks as well, and she's probably going to get royalty credits and money for many years...


When I think of great singers, there are so, so many folks who really have skill, and i can think of plenty of those that aren't "popular" now by a long shot. But their great skill lasts.I I've seen so many shows over the years, and listened to so much music, that as usual, I feel like I have to point out those not in the "mainstream." ;)

[mvd]

154. After listening to your links, I really like Shemekia Copeland

Stands out from some of the other singers in R&B.

Have you checked out Mary Chapin's The Calling? It reminded me of some of her earlier stuff.

[tigereye]

155. Shemekia is great! Blues great Johnny Clyde Copeland's daughter and she

can really belt. She has a new album, too, where she belts a bit less.

[blondeatlast]

139. Gladys Knight. If she hadn't come along while Aretha was shining too, she might have gotten the cred

she richly deserves.

I love them both.

[ElmStreetPlaza]

145. Maria McKee

[seaglass]

146. Sade. I don't know if she is underrated but I love her voice. n/t

[redqueen]

157. Jenny Lewis