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    Posted: December 05 2005 at 22:30
Theres Shadow of the Moon, its got a pretty good female vocalist, its Prog Folk.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 05 2005 at 12:53

Babe Ruth wasn't exactly prog., but they did have some somewhat heavy stuff, with singer Jenny Haan.  The self-titled third album is fairly good.

 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 05 2005 at 12:30
Art bears, Nil, Curved air, Fulano, News from babel. Good female lead vocals. Good luck.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 05 2005 at 12:26
Originally posted by adlick adlick wrote:

Also, whilst I'm here, anyone heard that Martha Velez album 'Fiends & Angles'? I got the single 'Tell Mama' (which is crappy) but the b-side swamp man is rawkess blues-psych. Just wondered what the album might be like?

 

Only heard the original vinyl and it's not bad, it comes off the shelves fairly regularly to be played. Martha Velez was an American lady who came to London to record, and so  who's unnamed session musicians (unnamed for contractual reasons) are British, including  by the sound of it, Free, Keef Hartley Band, John Mayall, Chicken Shack etc. Hence a  late 60's British blue boom set of tracks. BTW are you suggesting a CD have been issued - hopefully with liner notes filling in the gaps wrt to naming names of the session musicians?

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 05 2005 at 12:13

Kate Bush, Annie Haslam ( Renaissance), Marcela Bovio ( Stream of Passion, Elfonia), Heather Findlay (Mostly Autumn), Sonja Kristina ( Curved Air), Anneke van Giersbergen ( The Gathering) , Tarja ( Nightwish)

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 05 2005 at 11:42
Bate Bush / Sally Oldfield / Nana Mouskouri / Annie Haslam 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 05 2005 at 01:34
One more.  The band is no longer together, but you can certainly enjoy the Drain STH album "Horror Wrestling."  This is just plain old kick ass rock with lots of power chords.  I wouldn't put them in the progressive bag, but they certainly know how to rock.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 05 2005 at 01:34

Lacuna Coil & The 3rd and the Mortal

 

 

 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 05 2005 at 01:26
The Renaissance tip is a very good one.  If you can get your hands on "Scherezade and Other Stories" that is one of their best efforts.  It doesn't rock hard, but it has lots of lovely melodies.  My wife, who has sensitive ears that can only seem to bear classical music, actually likes that album.

For a bit more of an edge, I highly recommend Lana Lane.  She patterns herself after her mentor, Ann Wilson of Heart.  But this girl rocks even harder.  I would start with "Secrets of Astrology."  You can check out some album samples here: http://www.thetank.com/audiofiles.htm

Also, give a listen to the Kate Bush album "The Dreaming." 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 05 2005 at 01:17

Quote: "good females vocalists that are HEAVY"

Arch Enemy with Angela Gossow  at first I was sure this is a man singing/growling but the then I saw the name of the singer and then the pictures...you can't go wrong with these...

I reckon you didn't mean that style of music...

 



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 05 2005 at 00:54
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 04 2005 at 19:31

Paatos

White Willow

These two bands are far from happy, and have full time female vocalists.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 04 2005 at 19:07

Annie Haslam & Renaissance. Incredible vocalist! Incredible Prog/Classical Rock of the 70s! And; they actually re-grouped (to some extent) in 2000, and released another album.

http://www.anniehaslam.com/

 

 



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 04 2005 at 17:56
Buy STONE THE CROWS' "Ode To John Law" - possibly my favourite album
of all time. Imagine a more organic, bluesier and much more progressive
LED ZEPPELIN fronted by JANIS JOPLIN, and you're coming close! Or get
"Skeleton In Armour" by FUSION ORCHESTRA - imagine an ultra-heavy,
manic, breakneck speed cross between YES and JETHRO TULL! That
band's leader and singer Jill Saward later went on to SHAKATAK, believe it
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 04 2005 at 17:41

Try The Gathering out,they have a good female vocalist,Anneke van Giersbergen

Arjen Lucasson's new band Stream of Passion features the excellent Marcela Bovio,who is one of my favorite female singers right now(She is also on Ayreon's Human Equation album as "The Wife",and is also in a band called Elfonia).



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 04 2005 at 17:30

So anyone out there wanna give me some recommendations....

I've been listening to Affinity's 1st (and only?) album as well as Linda Hoyles' solo album. I've also been going nuts over Curved Air's first 2 albums. I wanna know some other prog bands with good females vocalists that are HEAVY, i don't want any of that whimsy hippy sh*t. Basically I want anything that sounds like Julie Driscal singing with Hairy Chapter.

Also, whilst I'm here, anyone heard that Martha Velez album 'Fiends & Angles'? I got the single 'Tell Mama' (which is crappy) but the b-side swamp man is rawkess blues-psych. Just wondered what the album might be like?

Cheers.

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