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    Quote Originally Posted by progeezer View Post
    Males trained at The Vienna Choir Boys School For Castrati Vocalists still are not eligible until and unless they have the surgery.
    So does that mean Jayne County is out too then?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scrotum Scissor View Post
    All fantastic singers; too bad 3/4 of "prog" listeners are unlikely to have heard any of them.
    But you're special I worked on a couple Amy Denio projects (2nd hand, I never met her but I've worked with the Shaking Ray Levis...)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scrotum Scissor View Post
    All fantastic singers; too bad 3/4 of "prog" listeners are unlikely to have heard any of them.
    That is why I listed them...everyone knows Bjork, Kate Bush or Annie Haslam...but that is also why there is no value discussing them any more...

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    I liked Maggie Reilly with Mike Oldfield.
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    Not progressive, but Christine Perfect recorded some forgotten classics with Chicken Shack. I also love Sandy Denny's voice on Tam Lin, from Liege and Lief, by Fairport Convention.
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    [QUOTE=trurl;18307]But you're special [QUOTE]
    Yes, I suppose, in that I don't like that much of what others seem to like in here. Not special in a positive tense, though. I'm just some freaky geek with a weirdo hairdo.

    I've got an extra nipple too, and that scrotum is in fact an adopted titty sans latte.
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    Quote Originally Posted by progeezer View Post
    Judith from Kingfisher
    Here is another singer I did not think of who has a brilliant voice Judith Rijnveld . I would love to see them live, but as usual many wonderful
    European bands never get to the States.


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    Quote Originally Posted by bill g View Post

    Amy Darby (Thieves' Kitchen)
    That's a great shout

    I'm also a fan of Patricia Tapia (Nexx) now KHY

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    Wow!!! Three pages into this thread and no one has mentioned Sonja Kristina of Curved Air!
    How disappointing...



    Edit: Sorry, I have just noticed one mention - but it was misspelled...

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    Kim Seviour (Touchstone)
    Sue Element (Janison Edge)
    Tracy Hitchings (Landmarq)
    Karolina Struzycka (Nemezis)
    Anja Guenther (Saris)

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    I don't care too much for female singers, sure a song or two here or there might be nice, but the only female singer that I have bought has ever been Sade...

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    I really love this singer from Quidam. They do a nice little "firth of fifth" diversion in the guitar solo as well. As for the non-prog female singers, I like Tara VanFlower with Lycia, Autumn's Grey Solace, Love Spirals Downwards, Lydia Pense (Cold Blood) .

    Here's Quidam from the Baja Prog
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TdCR6qhH0w
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    I really enjoy Aleena Gibson from Kaipa. She sounds very unique...I can't really describe it, but she grabs my attention immediately.

    Also, another big thumbs up for Christina from Magenta

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    [QUOTE=lycialive;19352]I really love this singer from Quidam.QUOTE]
    If you're thinking of the one who sang on their debut (waaaay back in the 90s!), I personally think she's the greatest female "neo-prog" vocalist of all time. But then again I don't usually enjoy "neo" at all.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rarebird View Post
    Inga Rumpf (Frumpy, Atlantis and solo)
    Now playing: Atlantis - "It's Getting Better Now"...love Inga's voice.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Octavio Trimmingham View Post
    Now playing: Atlantis - "It's Getting Better Now"...love Inga's voice.
    Alas, the only Atlantis I can find nowadays is a completely different group, which has absolutely nothing in common with the Atlantis Inga Rumpf sang. I still regret not having bought those Frumpy and Atlantis CD's, when I saw them some years ago. Alas I'm stuck with one Frumpy CD and one Frumpy reunion CD.

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    If we are going to add non-prog vocalists, I could add:
    Judith Holofernes (Wir Sind Helden)
    Tamara Danz and Anna Loos (Silly)
    Beth Hart

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    Jody Turner - Rock Goddess

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    Quote Originally Posted by Octavio Trimmingham View Post
    Inga's voice.
    Inga Rumpf's singing on the second Frumpy-album (awesome record!) is on my top-5 female rock vocalist performances - ever. No one even sounded anything remotely like her; that organic concoction of Dusty Springfield, Nina Simone and Janis Joplin - Inga would have been a superstar if she were Angloamerican.
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    I read a review(Prog Archives, I think) that compared her to Alana Myles.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Larry Canary View Post
    Isn't Stevie Nicks female?
    Sure doesn't sound like it when she sings.
    Last edited by JIF; 12-16-2012 at 08:41 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Big Ears View Post
    I also love Sandy Denny's voice on Tam Lin, from Liege and Lief, by Fairport Convention.
    And my favorite singer alive: Maddy Prior (even now that her voice has deepened quite a bit).

    Also, Mary Timony of Helium (now Wild Flag) and Eleanor Friedberger of the Fiery Furnaces.

    And the wonderful Kristin Hersh-- not really prog, but in a category of her own.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mythos View Post
    I don't care too much for female singers, sure a song or two here or there might be nice, but the only female singer that I have bought has ever been Sade...
    That's interesting - I think I'm the opposite. Most of my recent purchases have had female vocals, especially of the folky variety. Recent faves include The Staves, First Aid Kit, Hafdis Huld, Bat For Lashes, Beth Gibbons, Claudia Brucken, Espers, Feist, Laura Marling, The Unthanks, Mum

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    I am surprised nobody has mentioned Karen Carpenter, Astrud Gilberto or Norah Jones.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JIF View Post
    I dig Pat Benatar, Ann Wilson, Tori Amos, Annie Haslam, and Bonnie Raitt. She was on Jimmy Fallon the other night, and she sounded great. Her cover of Baker Street kills. Give It Up should be as popular as Nick Of Time.
    I am guessing you meant her cover of Right Down The Line.


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