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Another mention for District 97 and Leslie Hunt
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My favourite.


Nightwish – Tarja Turunen, Anette Olzon

Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣
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Ruphus - Gudny Aspaas (quite a voice)
Madder Mortem - Agnete M. Kirkevaag (one of my favorite bands)
Blood Ceremony - Alia O'Brien (also plays the flute & keyboards)
 
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Updated list coming at ya

Can you progheads add to it cos i know it aint complete

 

Albion

POL

Ania Batko

After Forever – Floor Jansen

Ambeon

NL

Astrid Van der Veen

Aries

I

Simona Angioloni

Babe Ruth

UK

Jennie Haan

Blackmore's Night

UK-USA

Candice Night

Breathing Space

UK

Olivia Sparnenn

Cirrus Bay

USA

Sharra Acle

Conqueror

I

Simona Rigano

Crimson Sky

UK

Holly Thody

Curved Air – Sonja Kristina

Epica – Simone Simons

Fauns

D

Kirsten Meineke

Flamborough Head

NL

Margriet Boosma

Frequency Drift

D

Antje Auer

F.r.e.u.d.

D

Cora O'Donovan

Introitus 

S

Anna Bender

Iona

UK

Joanna Hogg

Karnataka

UK

Lisa Fury, Rachel Jones, Hayley Griffiths

La Tulipe Noire -

Legend

UK

Debbie Chapman, Kerry Parker

Magenta

UK

Christina Booth

Mostly Autumn

UK

Olivia Sparnenn, Heather Findlay

Nemezis

POL

Karolina Struzicka 

Nightwish – Tarja Turunen, Anette Olzon

Oldfield

UK

Maggie Reilly

Panic Room

UK

Anne-Marie Helder

Quasar Lux Symphoniae

I

Annalisa Malvisio

Quidam

POL

Emilia Derkowska

Renaissance

UK

Annie Haslam

Secret Green - Hillary Palmer

Shine Dion

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Anna Jenssen

Stolen Earth

UK

Heidi Widdop

Strawberry Fields

POL

Robin

The Gathering

NL

Annieke van Giersbergen

The Reasoning

UK

Rachel Jones

Touchstone 

UK

Kim Seviour

To-Mera         - Julie Kiss                                                                 

UTO

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Anna Torres Fraile

White Willow

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Silvia Erichsen, 
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I would recommend you check out Mermaid Kiss, especially their 'Etarlis' album - well worth a listen
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Originally posted by Aragon Aragon wrote:

Originally posted by tszirmay tszirmay wrote:

Albion POL Ania Batko
Ambeon NL Astrid Van der Veen
Aries I Simona Angioloni
Babe Ruth UK Jennie Haan
Blackmore's Night UK-USA Candice Night
Breathing Space UK Olivia Sparnenn
Cirrus Bay USA Sharra Acle
Conqueror I Simona Rigano
Crimson Sky UK Holly Thody
Fauns D Kirsten Meineke
Flamborough Head NL Margriet Boosma
Frequency Drift D Antje Auer
F.r.e.u.d. D Cora O'Donovan
Introitus  S Anna Bender
Iona UK Joanna Hogg
Karnataka UK Lisa Fury, Rachel Jones, Hayley Griffiths
Legend UK Debbie Chapman, Kerry Parker
Magenta UK Christina Booth
Mostly Autumn UK Olivia Sparnenn, Heather Findlay
Nemezis POL Karolina Struzicka 
Oldfield UK Maggie Reilly
Panic Room UK Anne-Marie Helder
Quasar Lux Symphoniae I Annalisa Malvisio
Quidam POL Emilia Derkowska
Renaissance UK Annie Haslam
Shine Dion N Anna Jenssen
Stolen Earth UK Heidi Widdop
Strawberry Fields POL Robin
The Gathering NL Annieke van Giersbergen
The Reasoning UK Rachel Jones
Touchstone  UK Kim Seviour
UTO I Anna Torres Fraile
White Willow N Silvia Erichsen, 


Ehy you miss the best Neoprog band! La Tulipe Noire :D

nice list


Have to mention To-Mera, that was already mentioned here.

Simply stunning vocals from Julie Kiss

To-Mera picture


New album arrived and I am loving it so far

The Illusionist, The Descent, its all great prog and she sings her heart out.

To-Mera Exile album cover




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Guldbamsen already named my two picks - Cos and Catapila are incredible and feature some fantastic female vocals. Curved Air are very good too.

@Dayvenkirq: I'm fairly sure frontman/frontwoman is exclusively used to refer to the lead singer of bands. I think it comes from the fact that regardless of who's actually writing the songs behind the scenes, it's the lead singer who's usually up front and in the spotlight live.
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^ The title "frontman"/"frontwoman" is pretty ambiguous; is it the lead singer, the chief songwriter, or both? I know Annie was not a chief songwriter, though she did make some behind-the-scenes contributions to the band's work besides singing (to my certain knowledge).

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Annie Haslam fronting Renaissance - still has the same great voice after all these years...
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Not metal but very powerful prog finnish band

http://www.youtube.com/user/Tuvaluband


Party If you like the singer of Tuvalu, she has announced a solo being released in 2013 (http://passinghumanparade.blogspot.fi)
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District 97,Leslie Hunt is an incredible singer.


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Not metal but very powerful prog finnish band

http://www.youtube.com/user/Tuvaluband
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Toubabou. Brilliant jazzy Quebecprog
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Originally posted by tszirmay tszirmay wrote:

Albion POL Ania Batko
Ambeon NL Astrid Van der Veen
Aries I Simona Angioloni
Babe Ruth UK Jennie Haan
Blackmore's Night UK-USA Candice Night
Breathing Space UK Olivia Sparnenn
Cirrus Bay USA Sharra Acle
Conqueror I Simona Rigano
Crimson Sky UK Holly Thody
Fauns D Kirsten Meineke
Flamborough Head NL Margriet Boosma
Frequency Drift D Antje Auer
F.r.e.u.d. D Cora O'Donovan
Introitus  S Anna Bender
Iona UK Joanna Hogg
Karnataka UK Lisa Fury, Rachel Jones, Hayley Griffiths
Legend UK Debbie Chapman, Kerry Parker
Magenta UK Christina Booth
Mostly Autumn UK Olivia Sparnenn, Heather Findlay
Nemezis POL Karolina Struzicka 
Oldfield UK Maggie Reilly
Panic Room UK Anne-Marie Helder
Quasar Lux Symphoniae I Annalisa Malvisio
Quidam POL Emilia Derkowska
Renaissance UK Annie Haslam
Shine Dion N Anna Jenssen
Stolen Earth UK Heidi Widdop
Strawberry Fields POL Robin
The Gathering NL Annieke van Giersbergen
The Reasoning UK Rachel Jones
Touchstone  UK Kim Seviour
UTO I Anna Torres Fraile
White Willow N Silvia Erichsen, 


Ehy you miss the best Neoprog band! La Tulipe Noire :D

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I saw MoeTar recently, a truly excellent female (Moe) fronted band.



Thinking Plague aren't strictly female fronted as they are Mike Johnson's band but they've always had excellent female vocalists.
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Frumpy were mentioned in the other thread, and they deserve to be mentioned again. Heavy organ-laden prog with a vocalist who is nothing like Janis, despite willy-nilly comparisons in every review.

Also, Affinity. Lovely English band with one album and a lead vocalist who was a teacher both before and after her stint in prog.
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Originally posted by infocat infocat wrote:

Originally posted by sagichim sagichim wrote:

Another great band that doesn't get any mention, although they have also a male singing are Halloween. Excellent sweet french vocals. Can't find any youtube videos Disapprove
I have Merlin.  Absolutely lovely!!


Glad to hear that. Merlin was my first album I got by them, now that I have all their albums I can say their latest Le Festin is really their best. Amazing set of songs but what strikes me the most is the incredible sound and production, everything is so clear and sounds so good! One of the best sounding albums I own.
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Originally posted by sagichim sagichim wrote:

Another great band that doesn't get any mention, although they have also a male singing are Halloween. Excellent sweet french vocals. Can't find any youtube videos Disapprove
I have Merlin.  Absolutely lovely!!
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