Hello again, question about posting
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Topic: Hello again, question about posting
Posted By: aldri7
Subject: Hello again, question about posting
Date Posted: January 10 2013 at 22:15
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HI fellow proggers - I'm re-registered with a new username after joining up a few years back. I'm 58 and was born in 1954. All the classic prog came out when I was in college. I don't know how I ever managed to find time to study with all of that great music around :) OK, I was going to post a question in the prog lounge, but I was given an error saying I could not create a new topic. Can someone help me out? I was going to ask members why they think that there is such a paucity of female vocalists in prog. A discussion on this would really interest me. If I were to ever form a prog band (not very likely now at my age :), I would want 3-4 vocalists including at east one female. And so I'd also like recommendations from anyone about prog bands (classic or symphonic) with female vocalists. National Health and IZZ come to mind. Not much else, but I'm not acquainted with prog past 1980...(yes, I am that old :)). I'd like to be able to post this question in the discussion forum. I'll never forget the night I was formally introduced to prog in 1973 by a guy down the hall in my dorm. I knew about Yes and ELP at the time as they had songs on the charts, but his reverent whispers told me that he had something even more special in mind. So I followed him into his dorm room and found me a comfortable chair. He cued up the music and then sat back and smiled, convinced it would blow my socks off. It did. The song? "The Fountain of Salmacis" by Genesis. From that point on, my life changed forever....:) aldri7 |
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: January 10 2013 at 22:41
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Female fronted prog bands that you might want to checkout include Mostly Autumn, Panic Room, Karnataka, and The Reasoning. A prog-related band that I enjoy is The Wishing Tree, which includes Steve Rothery from Marillion.
You may also enjoy a band like Phideaux, who uses a number of vocalists, both male and female. ------------- 
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Posted By: timothy leary
Date Posted: January 10 2013 at 22:41
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Posted By: timothy leary
Date Posted: January 10 2013 at 22:42
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Posted By: aldri7
Date Posted: January 10 2013 at 23:18
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Thanks for the quick reply, guys.. Already, I've got Mostly Autumn up and I like it. it also reminded me of "After Crying" which has a female vocalist that no one mentioned yet. Its not on that list posted anyway. I'm off to do some listening, then I hope to be back because I want to explore this some more... aldri7
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Posted By: dtguitarfan
Date Posted: January 11 2013 at 05:40
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Since you were talking about multiple vocalists, male and female, the first one that came to mind for me was Glass Hammer. My favorite female vox band is Epica, but they are quite metal and I'm guessing that's not what you're going for. ------------- http://tinyurl.com/cy43zzh" rel="nofollow - My 2012 List 
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Posted By: Kati
Date Posted: January 12 2013 at 16:45
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Hello Adri7, Welcome  I am personally not fond of many if any female vocalists in prog bands, if I would suggest anyone it's Magenta coz she's hot   Again nice to meet you  and more Sonia
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Posted By: aldri7
Date Posted: January 12 2013 at 19:35
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I agree. Wonder how the music sounds. I think I will check it out.. OK, I came back into this thread because I'd like to know why I can't post topics in other forums, like the prog lounge. Any mod want to tell me what I need to do to be able get around this error message I get (you do not have permission to post topics...etc)? I also want to plug a band out here in Seattle that I recommended a long time ago under a different username. The musician is Shawn Farley and his band is Half Zaftig. He mixes humor, Zappa like craziness, lush vocals, intelligent acoustic guitar work, liberal amounts of metal and excellent songwriting together into a mix that is unique and one that to my ears is prog enough to warrant inclusion in this website. On his website (http://www.shawnfarley.com) you can listen at your leisure to four volumes of work. Vol 1 seems to have much of his best material. Check out "Help is on the way", "The last time we talked" (simply gorgeous), Gratitute (an ode to a daughter) and "things look bleak". Other songs to try are Sad (vol 3) and "color me corrected" (vol 2). Spotify has the Half Zaftik album "Life like Luster". Check out "Sublimeinal", "Our Guarantee" "Fair use", "inscrutable You". Shawn also played on Andrew Gorczyca's album "Reflections" which was reviewed by the www.therecordlabel.net. Shawn was listed there as a "top-tier artist" along with the others that appeared on that album. I see where you have a formal process for recommending new bands now. I will look into that.... It also looks like someone submitted him as an artist over at progfreak... aldri7
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Posted By: lucas
Date Posted: January 13 2013 at 15:37
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For female vocals, I would like to suggest : - Corde Oblique - Urszula Dudziak - COS - Seven Reizh - Trees - Kathy Smith - Mary Hopkin - The Pentangle - IONA - Mike Oldfield - Claire Hamill - Sagrado Coraçao da Terra (the album 'farol da libertade') - Banda do Casaco - Sintesis - Svann - Tale Cue - Kate Bush - Blackmore's Night - Red Chair Fadeaway - Richard & Linda Thompson - Maddy Prior - Roksana - Ion - XVIIe Vie - Lisa Gerrard (alone, w/ Klaus Schulze) - Jordan Rudess' 'Listen' - Breakout's '70a' and 'Mira' - Janison Edge - Elisabeth Caumont's 'Cia mon amour' - Mark Isham's self-titled album (Tanita Tikaram on two tracks) - Eduardo del Barrio's 'Free Play' (progressive jazz) has Dianne Reeves on track 6 - Eberhard Weber's 'Fluid Rustle' has bonnie Herman and Norma Winstone - Os Mutantes - Its' A Beautiful Day - Jade - David Sancious & Tone's 'True Stories' - Earth & Fire - Bruford's 'Feels Good to Me' / Annette Peacock - Sally Oldfield - Renaissance - October Project - Illusion (Jane Relf of Renaissance) - Dalbello ('whomanfoursays' is art-pop) - Laurie Anderson - Trader Horne - Stolen Babies - Vashti Bunyan - Happy Rhodes - Window - Tudor Lodge - Bread, Love & Dreams - Spirogyra - These Trails - Susan Christie - Linda Perhacs - Forest - Vestenvinden - Games ('stargazer' from 1977 is a crossover between ABBA and UK !) - Ithaca - Carmen - Nexus - Elend - Atrox - Miranda Sex Garden - Engelsstaub's 'Anderswelt' - Veronica Lipgloss & the Evil Eyes - APSE - Rachel's - Haizea - Hardscore - iwrestledabearonce - Caamora - Rebekka - Fotheringay - Fairport Convention - Gong (Gilly Smith) - Joanna Newsom - Trama - Lisa o Piu - Espers - Extradition - Dando Shaft - Judy Henske & Jerry Yester - Iva Bittova - Saint-Just - Pierrot Lunaire - Mellow Candle - Aquaplan - Solstice - Affinity - Arrakeen - Sinkadus - Thinking Plague - Ooioo - Matraz (album 'Gritaré') - Kristeen Young ------------- "Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood) |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: January 14 2013 at 07:24
Blimey, I don't remember reading about that!
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lucas wrote:Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: January 14 2013 at 08:02
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Posted By: lucas
Date Posted: January 14 2013 at 09:16
Well, a few posts above me you can read this :
Maybe I should have phrased it : for bands/artists featuring female vocals. ------------- "Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood) |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: January 14 2013 at 09:43
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Posted By: aldri7
Date Posted: January 14 2013 at 18:19
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thanks, Rushfan - I already have a new love: Linda Perhacs. I'm really intrigued by her story, too - more goodies on the way, for sure... cheers, aldri7
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Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: January 14 2013 at 18:20
Every time someone posts here i think you've made another thread.  ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: aldri7
Date Posted: January 15 2013 at 21:05
yeah, I might have put five or ten up to satisfy my requirement for posting in other forums...:) But since its posts not threads that matter, I thought better of it :) aldri7
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: January 15 2013 at 21:15
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seems to me there's always been an abundance of prog ladies compared to other genres; Sonja Kristina (Curved Air), Annie Haslam (Renaissance), Annette Peacock (Bruford), Judith Rijnveld (Kingfisher Sky) -- |
Posted By: hangdog
Date Posted: January 16 2013 at 17:00
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Seconds (or thirds) on Rennaisance. Saw them several times in the 80s when they toured the US. Mostly based on classical, Prokoviev, etc. Maybe more Orchestral vs Prog. Annie Haslam had a very impressive vocal range. Also + for Sandy Denny, who was also in Fairport Convention with Richard and Linda Thompson. More Folk than Prog...
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Posted By: Kati
Date Posted: January 16 2013 at 19:03
Ok as said I am not fond of female vocalists but she is hot and they are quite good MAGENTA here's another pic  
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Posted By: Kati
Date Posted: January 16 2013 at 19:15
Hangdog, Annie does indeed no doubt have amazing octaves her vocals range is amazing, however for me I can only listen to her in small doses (yet in those be blown away) otherwise she starts to feel more theatre to me, that's enough really for me. hug to you
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Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Date Posted: January 18 2013 at 05:30
I like her cover of Wonderous Stories by Yes and did I mention she's hot------------- “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” ― George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four "Ignorance and Prejudice and Fear walk Hand in Hand"- Neil Peart |
Posted By: tamijo
Date Posted: January 18 2013 at 05:44
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I would have suggested
Magenta, and i didnt even know she was that hot.
------------- Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours |
Posted By: Miketherockstar
Date Posted: January 23 2013 at 20:18
| Kati, totally agree. However her backing band is pretty amazing. |
Posted By: FatOldSun
Date Posted: January 24 2013 at 02:35
Except that photo is of Hayley from Karnataka. I know that because I was there, and took that photo! 
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Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: January 24 2013 at 02:54
| ^ I thought so! Christina Booth looks way different from this Hayley. |
Posted By: Kati
Date Posted: January 24 2013 at 04:21
 hihihi Dayvenkirq what was I thinking, this proves how much I listen to female fronted bands. Ok now let me go hit my head against a wall somewhere. |
Posted By: Kati
Date Posted: January 24 2013 at 04:28
Errrmmm.. Paul, I posted two of your pics on here, both Hayley mistaken as Magenta.
 This proves that I am a nincompoop.  |
Posted By: FatOldSun
Date Posted: January 24 2013 at 16:19
I'm not sure we needed any further proof to be honest! The Hayley photos were taken at Karnataka's gig at The Scala in London in December. Was a bit surreal seeing this petite singer dressed in a skimpy Santa outfit, whilst belting out Led Zeppelin's Kashmir! But it was an excellent performance. Just to set the record straight, here's a photo of Magenta's Christina at Danfest 2012.  |
Posted By: Kati
Date Posted: January 24 2013 at 16:32
Ninny's rule!!!!!!
Besides both being hot, they also look very similar |