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One I haven’t seen yet is Sarah McClachlan.


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Maria Brink - In This Moment
Jen Ledger - Skillet
Lacey Sturm - Flyleaf
Tatiana Shmaylyuk - Ginger

Just a few off the top of my head.

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Add Dianh Washington . Go generational and add Aretha .

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Aretha Franklin.

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For me, by a landslide......

Whitney Houston











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Whitney Houston had a once in a lifetime kind of voice. She was incredibly talented.


Micah 6:8; He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.

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Like I said, she’s the GOAT.


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I read a lot of these responses and agree with a many of the names. I would have a really hard time picking one, but another I would add (I apologize if her name was posted earlier) is Marilyn McCoo from the Fifth Dimension.

I think to single out a single voice is impossible because there is so much difference between some vocalists, but to me that does not make one better than the other, just different.

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j/c...

There was nobody better than Whitney...


MTv days....



Best National Anthem...




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Maria Brink - In This Moment
Jen Ledger - Skillet
Lacey Sturm - Flyleaf
Tatiana Shmaylyuk - Ginger

Just a few off the top of my head.



Along those lines...

I really like Dorothy Martin






Taylor Momsen has a damn good rock voice too...


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Annie Lennox doesn't get much love but she is terrific IMO.

Clem posted this video on the video thread. I had not seen and it knocked me out.



She has always had that "look."

Just makes you look at her. Not real beauty but something unusual and intriguing.

Her voice is top quality. Together it is Anne Lennox.

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Enya is my favorite female singer.


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If time travel was ever possible I would go back to the early forties and watch Billie Holiday with Lester Young on saxophone.



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With no time travel only distance if I ever get anywhere close this lady I am going to see her.


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Like to give a thumbs up to Dionne Warwick !

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The voice of an angel....


...did I say angel? I meant angle as in an angle grinder.


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Maybe I missed it but I can’t believe she hasn’t made the thread...


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Did you know Heart paid their dues in Elyria Ohio at the Joker? They were the girl band that played Zepplin. They were just starting out and unknown at the time.


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The voice of an angel....


...did I say angel? I meant angle as in an angle grinder.


Sounds like a can opener having an orgasm. crazy


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Or a 50 gallon drum filled with rocks and alley cats rolling down a hill.


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I understand that a lot of folks don't listen to all of these songs, but I encourage you to listen to this one. I sent it to a couple of dudes I respect, but I don't think they listened.

She is an angelic voice that is extremely pure. She struggled for a long time and chose to follow her own convictions instead of doing what the record companies wanted her to do.

She didn't find global fame until after her death, when some industry guy from England heard her music and researched her story. She had succumbed to cancer after a long battle. She was a true musical artist because the work was more important than the fame and money

Ladies and Gents, this is Eva Cassidy:


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Denyse Graves in the Carmen role.
Elmo be one lucky Muppet.
Clemmy be sleepin' on his back all night, yo-




"too many notes, not enough music-"

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I've watched that before. It's magnificent!

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So, last Sunday, I found a new favorite soprano. Her name is Janinah Burnett . She performed this incredible new-ish work with us by living contemporary composer by Nkeiru Okoye.

In this movement, she portrays Harriet Tubman after her transformation from victimized slave Minty Ross to Railroad conductor known to many as 'Moses.'

'My Name is Harriet Now.'
-from the 2-act theatrical production "Harriet Tubman- When I Crossed that Line to Freedom."

It was such a treat and inspiration to perform this work with Ms. Burnett last Sunday. The venue absolutely vibrated with the energy she poured into her performance. Not a dry eye in the house, and that includes my colleagues onstage, who have pretty much seen and heard it all.



"too many notes, not enough music-"

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Is this Amy Winehouse 2.0? Last night on Idol:


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That’s awesome


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Ran through the posts quickly, so may have missed these and not thought of others, but surprised if these were not mentioned:

Adele
Carly Simon
Diana Ross
Tracy Chapman
Melissa Etheridge
Natalie merchant
Patti Smith
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I liken Janice Joplin to perhaps a Jimi Hendrix. Imo when they burst onto the scene they sounded like no other.

The music world of that era lost 2 good ones at young ages.










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Nice story I wish her well.

Side note. I was at a party for a kid this past year and the parents hired some girl to perform. She had a loop machine which could make her a one person band. She would lay down a guitar track. Then key board and add drums and base if needed. She was a young pretty girl with talent.

She opened up about her struggle with depression. Something she had from a early age. Sounding exactly like what this girl stated about her struggles with suicidal thoughts and depression in general.

When you watched her perform and her looks. You would think wow she has everything going for her.

Mental health is a real battle for many.

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Janice had power. She was someone who could not be defined as pop or classic. She came from way back blues like Bessie Smith.

When you watched her perform. You felt her as much as heard her.

Every time I watch her performance at Monterrey Pop Festival I get chills.


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Amy is such a sad story. A great talent but like others she struggled with success and excess.

Sorry she is no longer with us. Her performance at Dingle in Ireland is a classic. If you like her and had never seen the entire performance well worth it.


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Amy Winehouse was a tremendous vocal talent. She had that smokey feel down pat.

I was never a big fan of Janis Joplin's voice.


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I have to add this session with Tony Bennett
because she just sparkles. She was raised on this kind of music and adored Tony. And of course Tony Bennett is amazing.


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Not to often that a father is able to say that a song is about his son.

But that is the case with this song. Jade MacRae is from Australia. She has been a star there for years and she now performs with Joe Bonamassa. She wrote this song and it is on her new album.

We were just together last Saturday when the band played the Fox theater in Atl. My son works and travels on the tour. He owns the catering business that works the tour both domestic and international.


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As a plug. I am hoping you all put her on spotify etc. Jade is trying to promote her own album.

Tough these days with spotify etc. No record deals and promotion with the internet.

So listen and put her on your lists. thx


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Karen Carpenter
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Alanis Morrissette


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It simply doesn't get better than this right here:



"too many notes, not enough music-"

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