Female Lead Singers

[jim1961]

My new favorite is Charlotte Church. Surprised she wasn't mentioned since we did a whole thread on her.

You might give Haley Westenra a try. She sings in the same genre as Charlotte. I discovered her on Mike Oldfield's "Music of the Spheres".

[Stanislavski]

Yes, George. Magenta for the 15th Rosfest anniversary along with The Tangent!!!!!

[Troopers For Sound]

A current fav of mine is Charlotte Hatherley's new record True Love. I was never a fan of the band she was in (Ash) so was quite surprised to see the direction she was going in now. Very electronic/ambient...but basically a really good pop album. Great vid too:

[Man In The Mountain]

You might give Haley Westenra a try. She sings in the same genre as Charlotte. I discovered her on Mike Oldfield's "Music of the Spheres".

No, this is the kind of stuff Charlotte Church used to do as a kid. I was referring to her Progressive-Pop EP's that she released a while back. Anyways, seems Charlotte shifted gears again and she's doing glorified cover shows now.

[Progbear]

No, this is the kind of stuff Charlotte Church used to do as a kid. I was referring to her Progressive-Pop EP's that she released a while back.

You mean the four numbered discs?

[TheH]

An artist who would fit in any gender based thread. Just an incredible voice.

Antony and the Johnsons

[revporl]

Anneke van Giersbergen of The Gathering and DTP is peerless I think
https://youtu.be/FZLgXOz1om4

[MortSahlFan]

I always forget some, but here goes

Catherine Howe
Roberta Flack
Sonja Kristina
Jane Relf
Fairuz
Sandy Denny
Karen Carpenter
Kate Bush
Janis Ian
Linda Hoyle
Clodagh Simonds
Joan Baez
Dionne Warwick
Laura Nyro

[TheH]

[TheH]

[Zeuhlmate]

Sandy Hurwitz

https://wiki.killuglyradio.com/wiki/Sandy_Hurvitz

[MortSahlFan]

Rose Royce - Love Don't Live Here Anymore
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5gFAiPJhvI

[Yaman Aksu]

4 KC then 2 Rush covers, with pretty good (or better!) vocal performances pitch-accuracywise.
The first vocalist has 2 more similar KC at same youtube acct and another one at Cal Gtr Trio acct.
The last vocalist has an almost Enya-like soft-vocals take on a band's Rush-like performance of a Rush song :-)

https://youtu.be/ufw3fMo8BtU
https://youtu.be/LpxnvrtUPMU
https://youtu.be/vc1H3t6yvJk
https://youtu.be/MTEqXH9dB2g

https://youtu.be/0g1aYt1-X6g
https://youtu.be/t-THekUZBs4

[Progbear]

How about Annie Lennox? And there's a singer named Jayney Klimek who worked with Tony Banks and Tangerine Dream among others; I always liked her.

I remember Jayney from the band she was in with her two brothers, The Other Ones. Two minor hits: “Holiday” and “We Are What We Are.”

Rose Royce - Love Don't Live Here Anymore
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5gFAiPJhvI

It’s reminding me of Cado Belle, the soul-rock band Maggie Reilly was in before hooking up with Mike Oldfield. Her voice here reminds me of Gwen Dickey’s. (I also never realized until watching this video how TINY she is! She looks like a Hummel figurine compared to her band members!)

[txprog]

Anneke van Giersbergen of The Gathering and DTP is peerless I think
https://youtu.be/FZLgXOz1om4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbebO5BZi-I

[Zeuhlmate]

Annisette

[UnephenStephen]

Jacqui McShee (Pentangle) is a bit of an old timer now but great voice..

[clivey]

Check this if you like something and someone you might like to learn about.
https://www.soundclick.com/music/son...ongID=14463244

[clivey]

Double post. Please excuse

[Lino]

The best female progressive rock singer on the planet is a no brainer for me: Ana Torres from Universal Totem Orchestra. They have 3 albums out over a near 20 year span. She sings mostly in Latin and Italian, however, it really doesn't matter.
I can't recommend the band highly enough. I would start with the last of the 3 - Mathematical Mother. For me, a truly brilliant progressive rock album, one of the Italian greats of all time. The 2nd The Magus is also brilliant. The albums take time to open up, the songs are long and have so many brilliant things going on. Prog, jazz, space, fusion, zheul. If you take the time, you'll be rewarded...and you'll fall in love with Ana torres like I did.

[TheH]

Awesome

[TheH]

The Kate Bush of Heavy Metal: Sharon den Adel

[Progbear]

Has anyone mention Toyah (Mrs. Fripp) Wilcox? I actually only like a tiny bit of Toyah, but there she is...

Toyah was actually really exciting at the beginning (Sheep Farming in Barnet and The Blue Meaning), an actual, vital British alternative to the Nina Hagen Band. Unfortunately, I first discovered Toyah during the later period, which was like an embarrassingly watered-down version of same. Still, glad I gave them a second chance. “Ieya” is such a post-punk epic.

[dropforge]

I've always liked this one, composed by Tony Banks (from his album Soundtracks), and sung by Toyah.

[MortSahlFan]

Fairport Convention - One More Chance