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Posted: September 20 2015 at 17:15
Annie Haslam, Peter Gabriel, Fish, Greg Lake, John Wetton, Peter Hammil, and Roye Albrighton are all good choices. I'm going to throw a little love out there for Glyn Havard. If we could somehow make Shawn Phillips into a Prog Folk artist, then his voice would have to carry the day without question.
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Posted: September 20 2015 at 15:47
Greg Lake and Justin Hayward run laps around pretty much anyone else out there for pure vocal ability and are the two 'prog' vocalists you will find, and high up there, on any respectable list of great vocalists, prog or not.
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Posted: September 20 2015 at 14:58
Back in English-speaking territory, I'll mention two of my favourites from the Seventies: Richard Sinclair (Caravan, Hatfield and the North) and Jacqui McShee (Pentangle). And the divine Kate Bush, of course!
As to the modern scene, lots of ladies deserving a mention. One for all: Moorea Dickason of MoeTar, a jazz-trained singer with an awesome set of pipes, and one of the nicest people on earth.
Classic period: Peter Gabriel > Jon Anderson > Greg Lake. Best acquired taste: Peter Hammill
Modern period: David Longdon / Ross Jennings / Phil Naro
Edit: Honorable mention to David Gilmour. His vocals have improved during the years. And though his last album is far from brilliant, at least he does not sound like a man who approaches his 70's.
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Posted: September 20 2015 at 13:57
Raff wrote:
Well, I understand that not singing in English may be seen as a handicap to some, but I feel the need to give a shout out to some of the outstanding Italian vocalists of the Seventies: first and foremost, Francesco Di Giacomo and Demetrio Stratos (both RIP forever and ever), then Lino Vairetti of Osanna and Alvaro Fella of Jumbo.
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Posted: September 20 2015 at 13:48
Well, I understand that not singing in English may be seen as a handicap to some, but I feel the need to give a shout out to some of the outstanding Italian vocalists of the Seventies: first and foremost, Francesco Di Giacomo and Demetrio Stratos (both RIP forever and ever), then Lino Vairetti of Osanna and Alvaro Fella of Jumbo.
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Posted: September 20 2015 at 11:04
I can't choose one for the "BEST". There are many Prog styles BUT IMO : Peter Gabriel , Fish (Marillion era) , Jon Anderson (as you said) , Roger Waters , Ian Anderson , Frank Zappa ,...
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Posted: September 20 2015 at 10:15
The best of the best? Foreigner singer:
Yugo-prog singer:
BorisAranđelović, a perfectsinger of a perfect Yugo-prog groupSmak, at 27.08.2015, moved toeternity. This Progressive blues song (what is so rarely in Prog in general) titled Blues u Parku (''Bluesin the Park'')(1975) is just onepart of a number of songs thathave madehim immortal in Prog Land.
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