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Velvetclown 
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 Posted: September 24 2004 at 01:41 |
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Annie Haslam, Kate Bush and Jill Saward from Fusion Orchestra !!
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dafva
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Posted: September 24 2004 at 03:10 |
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You are totally foregetting the late 60s female singer Grace Slick. She sang in Jeffersson Airplane from 1967-1972.The band at their artyest point in their career played some kind of psychedelic proto-artrock...
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You can´t say no to the beauty and the beast!!
/David Bowie 1977
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lucas
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Posted: September 24 2004 at 16:03 |
 Blacksword wrote:
Dragon Phoenix wrote:
I vote Kate Bush. I consider many of her works prog. And I don't care that she's not listed in the poll.  |
Agree 100% 
Kate Bush made some very progressive albums IMO. I love 'The Dreaming' album, and 'The ninth wave' suite on the 'Hounds of love' album is superb.
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Kate has the most outstanding voice in the realm of pop/prog music.
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"Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood)
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lucas
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Posted: September 24 2004 at 16:12 |
oliverstoned wrote:
It's not really labelled as prog, but what about
Fairport convention
Their singer has a beautiful voice
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"Their singer" is actually Sandy Denny, who lead also a short (RIP Sandy) but briliant solo career. Her voice is as beautiful as Maddy Prior's or Annie Haslam's.
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"Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood)
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lucas
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Posted: September 24 2004 at 16:16 |
maani wrote:
oliver (obviously still) stoned:
Renaissance's singer was Annie Haslam...
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but also Jane Relf...
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"Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood)
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Fragile
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Posted: September 24 2004 at 18:30 |
Agreed Sandy had a lovely voice but outwith the prog scene the timeless beauty of Joni Mitchell's voice is unsurpassable.
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oliverstoned
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Posted: September 24 2004 at 19:30 |
There's also
Maggie Bell from Stone the crows, the scottish Joplin
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Ivan_Melgar_M
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Posted: September 24 2004 at 23:42 |
I know they are not exactly progressive rock but IMO Medieval Baebes and Miranda Sex Garden (Gothic/Celtic/Folk) have a common denominator, the wonderful voice of Katharine Blake.
Excelent vocalist and closer to prog' than most people believe.
Iván
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Peter
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Posted: September 25 2004 at 00:09 |
There are precious few  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
But Peter, you ask, who are the last two?
 Peasants!
Edited by Peter Rideout
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.
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oliverstoned
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Posted: September 25 2004 at 04:05 |
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...and what about the Northettes?
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lucas
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Posted: September 25 2004 at 05:52 |
Also worth mentioning :
Maggie Riley (Mike Oldfield)
Agnes Buen Garnas & Mari Boine (Jan Garbarek group)
Sally Oldfield (Mike's sister)
Sarah MacLachlan
Björk
Carina Kjellberg (Evergrey)
Christine McVie & Stevie Nicks (Fleetwood Mac)
Vanessa Falabella & Paula Santoro (Sagrado coraçao da terra)
the various female singers who provide her vocals in the Cirque du Soleil's soundtracks
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"Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood)
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Easy Livin
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Posted: September 25 2004 at 06:07 |
Annie Haslam for me, Maani summed up my reasons nicely.
Sonja Kristina a very close second though, very distinctive and atmospheric.
A couple of non prog ones - Karen Carpenter, now what could she have done with a good prog song? "Goodbye to love" gave some indication, but she had a wonderful voice. She started off singing in a higher key, it was only when it was suggested in the studio that she try deeper tones that the magic of her voice appeared.
Emmylou Harris has a very emotional voice. Her "Wrecking Ball" album produced by Danny Lannois is great, and a million miles from her country roots.
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lucas
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Posted: September 25 2004 at 06:20 |
Peter Rideout wrote:
There are precious few 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
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But Peter, who are the last two?
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"Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood)
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Peter
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Posted: September 25 2004 at 10:22 |
^ Peasant!
They are active in traditional/Celtic music. Kate Rusby is a solo act -- lovely, emotive voice, beautiful accent.
Karen Matheson sings for Scottish Celtic act Capercaillie -- great voice, & a stunner too!
Lots of great female vox in that field. I'm at least as big a fan of "trad" as I am of prog (200+ CDs). Woke up to the dulcet strains of fair Kate today -- my wife's a big fan too.
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.
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Prog_Bassist
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Posted: September 25 2004 at 18:41 |
Jon Anderson 
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Posted: September 25 2004 at 18:47 |
Peter Rideout wrote:
^ Peasant!
They are active in traditional/Celtic music. Kate Rusby is a solo act -- lovely, emotive voice, beautiful accent.
Karen Matheson sings for Scottish Celtic act Capercaillie -- great voice, & a stunner too!
Lots of great female vox in that field. I'm at least as big a fan of "trad" as I am of prog (200+ CDs). Woke up to the dulcet strains of fair Kate today -- my wife's a big fan too.
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I'd stop the bugger from singing outside your window of a morning, surprised your wife puts up with it!
Maybe you could start a Morris Dancing revival
With a Hey and a Ho and a Hey nonny-nonny!
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Peter
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Posted: September 26 2004 at 15:39 |
^ Could be fun -- apart from my size 12 two left feet....
And you know what they say, girls: big feet = .....
BIG SHOES!
Edited by Peter Rideout
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.
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richardh
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Posted: September 26 2004 at 16:18 |
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Maddy Prior sung with Mike Oldfield's band so she could be brought under the category of Prog.
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Peter
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Posted: September 26 2004 at 16:47 |
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^ Please don't do so, though.
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.
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Dick Heath
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Posted: September 26 2004 at 17:29 |
lucas wrote:
Agnes Buen Garnas
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Agnes Buen Garnas (with Jan Garbarek) does a masterful recording with Rosensfole (ECM)
And for the more mature listener:
Annette Peacock, even with a limited vocal range, breathes sex on Bill Bruford's Feels Good To Me, making it my all time favourite jazz rock album. And check out Sidsel Endresen singer with nu.fusionist Bugge Wesseltoft, for Scandanavian vocal sexiness as it is happening right now.
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