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Poll Question: So. Who has the best pipes?
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70 [44.03%]
5 [3.14%]
6 [3.77%]
4 [2.52%]
36 [22.64%]
17 [10.69%]
1 [0.63%]
8 [5.03%]
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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...

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WOW!

a year and a half later and no one ever mentioned Partonella Nettermalm from Paatos

you people are missing in some beautiful female vocals if you haven't heard that band

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Originally posted by Batts Batts wrote:

Originally posted by ShrinkingViolet 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.

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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.


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I would vote for Kate Bush. From your list I'd choose Sonja Kristina -- I really love her raw and powerful performance on Curved Air Live (1975). It's a great album -- really puts that extra raw, live punch into their material much like Genesis Live and Rush's All the World's a Stage. 
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shame to not see Renate Knaup-Krotenschwanz included


Annie Haslam would be be my choice though
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Sophie Erichsen (White Willow)
Marcelo Bovio (Elfonia/Ayreon - THE)
Heather Findlay (Mostly Autumn/Ayreon - THE)
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Originally posted by Antennas Antennas wrote:

Originally posted by Dirk 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.
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Originally posted by Dirk 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.


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Originally posted by Dragon Phoenix Dragon Phoenix wrote:

I'm still sticking with Kate, but one name is sadly lacking in the discussion so far, because the band never got the international acclaim they deserved. I'm talking about Jerney Kaagman of Dutch legends Earth and Fire.

Jerney Kaagman is a great singer, she's now a member of the jury in Idols here. Kate Bush is also
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Marcela Bovio and Heather Findlay...both did an amazing work in Ayreon´s Human Equation
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Originally posted by ShrinkingViolet 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.

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Well you beat me to it. I occurs to me that someone who knows Karnataka would certainly know Mostly Autumn and so put Heather Findlay in the poll...

So Heather Findlay it is.

BTW Rachel Jones has a great voice but Karnataka is not a very interesting  band. They had a few great songs though.
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Originally posted by Rocktopus Rocktopus wrote:

Sonia Kristina. Not so underrated anymore? Very happy to see a poll she where she's on top (Thanks to my vote). Annie Haslam's perfect voice sometimes gets on my nerves, and Curved Air's music is much more fun.

Sonia might have gotten harder competition if the female vocalists in Pentangle, Spirogyra and Amon Düül II were in the poll. 


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Sonia Kristina. Not so underrated anymore? Very happy to see a poll she where she's on top (Thanks to my vote). Annie Haslam's perfect voice sometimes gets on my nerves, and Curved Air's music is much more fun.

Sonia might have gotten harder competition if the female vocalists in Pentangle, Spirogyra and Amon Düül II were in the poll. 
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I voted for Annie Haslam but my favourite female prog singer is SARAH TRONDALL from White Willow...

Other great voices:

KATE BUSH, MAGGIE REILLY, MADDY PRIOR, CLARE TORRY, ARLETTE JECQUIER (chilean singer from FULANO, queen of scat), ANNIE LENNOX (pop music, I know, but WHAT A VOICE!)...

And the superb, gloomy, dark and terrific voice of Ms. DIAMANDA GALAS... She is the best!!
... E N E L B U N K E R...
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You forgot Linda Hoyle from AFFINITY.
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I miss Kate Bush in this poll
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I LOVE Annie Haslam!!!

 

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Originally posted by Peter Rideout Peter Rideout wrote:

There are precious few Unhappy in this male-dominated genre! Kate Bush or Annie Haslam gets the nod....

My fave overall (non-prog) female vox?

Annie Lennox

Maddy Prior

Kate Rusby

Karen Matheson

 

Peter

 

Somehow I figured at least one form: Doris Day Connie Francis and Rosemary Clunnie would be on your list.
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