Greatest Female Voice In Prog?

Dirk wrote: Jerney Kaagman is a great singer, she's now a member of the jury in Idols here.

I can hardly see *that* as a recommendation...  

Okay, female singers. Here we go:

Anathema's Lee Douglas, Portishead's Beth Gibbons, Paatos' Petronella, White Willow's Trude Eidtang, Ambeon's Astrid van der Veen, Leaves' Eyes' Liv Christine, and, not to be forgotten, all those wonderful lady singers that hang around in the quite prog-related gothic rock (the Jansen sisters, Simone Simons, as well as the singers of Elis, Edenbridge, Nemesea, Sengir, Xandria etc.).

Oh, and I'm probably the only one around here that cannot stand those PF-backing vocalists. They sound like screaming pigs to me ... same with those, ehm, screetching 'creatures' that appear on Spock's Beard's The Light.

Marcela Bovio.

shame to not see Renate Knaup-Krotenschwanz included


Annie Haslam would be be my choice though

Batts wrote: ShrinkingViolet wrote: Heather Findlay and shes not on the list sensational voice thats sweet and inspirational. This lady deserves to recognised..shes apart of Mostly Autumn, sang at the Magicians Party with Uriah Heep and she featured on Ayreons new release.                                 ....Cross The Ocean Deep                                       Wake now from your sleep                                             Kiss the Past Goodbye....                                                                                       The thruth the whole thruth and nothing but the thruth so help me... Couldn't agree more. She certainly should get the credit she deserves. Amazing voice!!!!

Right on! Mostly Autumn are awesome and Heather has taken Annie Haslam's crown as best female singer (just).

Karen Matheson (Capercaillie) is also magnificent, as is Maggie Reilly.


Edited by Tony Fisher

From this poll, Annie Haslam - her voice sends pleasurable shivers down my spine. Missing from the poll is Kate Bush - who would definitely get my vote. Heather Findlay is up there as well as Marcelo Bovio and Tarja Turinen (ex Nightwish). Non Prog voices that are top with me include, Grace Slick (Jefferson Airplane/Starship); Annie Lennox; Sharon den Ardel (Within Temptation and has featured on Ayreon projects) and Pamela Moore (Queensryche's Operation Mindcrime I & II).

There are many more female voices that are worthy of inclusion - too many to list...

Barbara Gaskin ("Spirogyra")

I feel I must stick up for Dagmar Krause. you melodic fools can't stand ze raging, scattered polemic of the best singer ever! ;) ;) ;)

Jon Anderson

Dagmar Krause. Experimental and strong vocals that goes way beyond the usual meaning of sing. Most of the list are just good singers, while she is an explorer of vocal techniques. I can't say this about Karnataka, October Project and Quidam's vocalists, since I haven't heard anything from those bands. But it is pretty obvious were to find the difference for the rest of them. Off course, strength is not a quality that most people appreciate in a woman, given the usual ideas about how they have to be sweet and kind and sound like a flute or a swan, not as a monster. Dagmar Krause people; a true artist floating almost alone in a much to conventional line of work. And world.
    
Marcela Bovio... cliché, I've heard thousands of them...

Edited by cuncuna - August 07 2006 at 21:02

Dirk wrote: Antennas wrote: Dirk wrote: Jerney Kaagman is a great singer, she's now a member of the jury in Idols here. I can hardly see *that* as a recommendation...   It isn't. On the other hand someone has to tell these poor devils they'll never make it. Better it's Jerney at least she know's her bussiness.