Most beautiful and melencholy female vocalists?

Oh, and I'm talking about their voice, not their body or emotional state.

I nominate;
Lisa Gerrard
Sinead O'Connor
Lisa Hannigan
Runhild Gammelsæter
Maddy Prior

Ok its an old dance thing but Opus III and Kirsty Hawkshaw (better still when sampled for Halcyon+On+On by Orbital IMHO). Shes done a lot of new stuff too. And she is stunning

Theres quite a few on my list, but the first name I thought of was Sinead O'Connor.

Heres her doing "Mother" by Pink Floyd. Beautiful job. Great voice for this song.

Anybody heard of Regina Spektor? Is it gay for me to like her music?

Originally Posted by Contra

Anybody heard of Regina Spektor? Is it gay for me to like her music?

Love her music - and last time I checked I was pretty much straight .

Lisa Gerrard -and Amanda Palmer from the Dresden Dolls are pretty good as well...

Originally Posted by Bovril

Oh, and I'm talking about their voice, not their body or emotional state.

I nominate;
Lisa Gerrard

Seconded.

Dead Can Dance ftw!

Regina Spektor!

I like Imogen Heap, the singer's voice is beautiful. Especially in 'Goodnight and Go.'

Also, the woman singing in the backgroud of this song has such a beautiful voice, though you can only hear her doing this singing sigh in this song. Ignore the random Anime show.

Forward to 2 minutes to hear her, but listen to the song!


It's called A Sea Shanty of Sorts and it's sung by Margot and the Nuclear So & So's.

Good, i was worried there for a little bit.

neko case

Originally Posted by MrMofo

neko case

+ rep.

Much beloved of John Peel (RIP, and much love to the pig) I saw Neko a couple of years ago and it was the mutts.

What no mention of the sexiest most succesful female artist of all time .
When it comes to great ballads she is the queen.

Im talking of course about

Vision of Love - Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey - Forever live @ MSG

Both of these are from her 1986 concert at MSG. I was there and I still cant believe she can sing like this live.

Heres something really different by her. Wish she would do more stuff like this. Please give it a listen and tell me what you think. I know a lot of people dont like her recent stuff even if it was the biggest album ever.

So Cold

That was cold now tell me this aint hot

Originally Posted by The Fuzz

Strangly, it is a female singer or male singer? The sound is closer to male from my personal view!

Off topic: And it is not from Fruit Basket isn't it? I check out the anime both opening and ending theme and none of them are related.

Edit: I would also like to know what the song is about, my English is not so good after all...

Not all of her music, but Ani DiFranco. Always had a thing for her.

Jarboe - swans , none can defeat her

I've been digging this female vocalist lately:



EDIT: And of course, Nancy Sinatra does it for me. Oh yes.

Originally Posted by Chaigidel

Jarboe - swans , none can defeat her

Eerie and Trance-like are the words that come to mind regarding her voice but that could just be because of the Music.

Anyway, Utada Hikaru.



And who ever sings this.



Yoko Kanno ?

How can no one have mentioned Enya?

Lisa Gerrard and nobody else for me..


Let's have a poll?:hmmm:

Enya and Mylene Farmer for me

Katerina Sitaras Makiej. Daughter of a Greek immigrant to America, she was Miss Pennsylvania 1987. You can find a sample of her work at http://www.ancienthymns.com/