Female Singer with the Most Beautiful Voice? (1 Viewer)

[Karl_Luph]

Add another name to this list,19 year old Hayley Westenra, OMG!!! She has the voice of an angel.

 

[Matt Fisher]

Sade.

 

[Todd H]

Dolores O'Riordan

 

[Henry Gale]

Martha Velez

k.d. Lang

 

[Aaron Silverman]

Jon Anderson!

 

[DavidBC]

The correct answer is Emmylou Harris.

here's some others who weren't mentioned or weren't mentioned enough:

Joan Baez

Joni Mitchell

Ronee Blakley only recorded two records, but they're both terrific

Neko Case

Carolyn Mark

Dolly Parton

Tammy Wynette

Kelly Hogan

Natalie Merchant

Jann Arden has a great voice, even if her output in the last decade has been pretty weak

Shawn Colvin

Jill Sobule

Lena Horne

um, Judy Garland, people?

 

[Dome Vongvises]

Alison Krauss

Christina Aguilera

 

[KurtEP]

Another vote for Neko Case.
Oh, and Laetitia Sadier .
Edit: Of course, I forgot Astrud Gilberto. Love some of the Bossa Nova stuff Miho Hatori did too.

 

[MikeH1]

Emmylou Harris
I got her Producers Cut on DVDA and its a treat!

 

[EricB]

Natalie Merchant
Natalie Imbruglia
Sarah McLachlan
Dido
Cristina Scabbia
Tina Arena

 

[Egbert Souse]

Billie Holiday

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

Beth Orton. Deb Talan of The Weepies is my favorite, though.

 

[Parker Clack]

Many of the great talents have already been listed here.

I submit the following:

Quest for Love by Jewel as a song that I cannot get out of my head.



I would also add Sally Oldfield and Annie Haslam.

Parker

 

[Jeff Pryor]

Hope Sandoval.

She's an aquired taste for many, but I fell in love with her the moment I first heard 'Fade Into You' in 1994. Since then, I've collected just about everything she has recorded which isn't enough for me.

 

[Malcolm R]

Heather Small

 

[JonZ]

Out of the names Ive looked up here one I picked out of the air was Neko Case "John Saw That Number" - wow! Ill have to check out some more of her music.
Ive heard so many Ive liked over the years including many Motown singers I cant remember the names of.
My brother would say Alison Krauss.
"I am in a band with a female singer"
Me too. The music is sort of punkabilly for lack of a better term.
Thanks for all the suggestions,will spend some time looking them up.

 

[David Hobbes]

i didn't look through this whole thread so i don't know if she was mentioned:

Mary Black...wonderful singer...

 

[Eric_Connelly]

Nobody mentioned Diana Krall???

Tara Maclean who is too bad not in music anymore.

I agree with most on the list but I'll be damned if I can get into Neko Case.

Margo from the Cowboy Junkie's probably has the most powerful voice but if you listen to her on the CD's they are so poorly produced not much comes across.

I have them live on Soundstage in HD off of HDNet and its fantastic.

 

[Luis Esp]

Tara Mclean is still in music.

She is currently a member of Shaye, with Kim Stockwood and my personal favourite, Damhnait Doyle.

Their lastest cd "Lake of Fire" came out last month, the follow up to "The Bridge".

Tara's finished a solo cd which is to be released next year, according to her myspace page.

Also check out Damhnait Doyle's myspace, especially her song "Afterglow".

Simply amazing.

 

[Henry Gale]

I need to second an earlier nominee and add some others. Need to.
Joan Baez
Elva Miller
Florence Foster Jenkins