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Poll Question: So. Who has the best pipes?
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36 [22.64%]
17 [10.69%]
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 24 2004 at 01:41
Annie Haslam, Kate Bush and Jill Saward from Fusion Orchestra !!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 24 2004 at 03:10
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... 
You can´t say no to the beauty and the beast!!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 24 2004 at 16:03
Originally posted by Blacksword Blacksword wrote:

Originally posted by Dragon Phoenix 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.

Kate has the most outstanding voice in the realm of pop/prog music.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 24 2004 at 16:12
Originally posted by oliverstoned oliverstoned wrote:

It's not really labelled as prog, but what about

Fairport convention

Their singer has a beautiful voice

"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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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 24 2004 at 16:16
Originally posted by maani maani wrote:

oliver (obviously still) stoned:

Renaissance's singer was Annie Haslam...

but also Jane Relf...

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Direct Link To This Post 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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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 24 2004 at 19:30

There's also

Maggie Bell from Stone the crows, the scottish Joplin

 

 

 

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Direct Link To This Post 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.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 25 2004 at 00:09

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

But Peter, you ask, who are the last two?

 Angry Peasants!Wink



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 25 2004 at 04:05
...and what about the Northettes?
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Direct Link To This Post 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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Direct Link To This Post 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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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 25 2004 at 06:20
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

But Peter, who are the last two?

 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 25 2004 at 10:22

^ Peasant!Wink

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!Big smile

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.Clap

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 25 2004 at 18:47
Originally posted by Peter Rideout Peter Rideout wrote:

^ Peasant!Wink

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!Big smile

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.Clap

I'd stop the bugger from singing outside your window of a morning, surprised your wife puts up with it!Smile

Maybe you could start a Morris Dancing revivalLOL

With a Hey and a Ho and a Hey nonny-nonny!




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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 26 2004 at 15:39

^ Could be fun -- apart from my size 12 two left feet....Confused

WinkAnd you know what they say, girls: big feet = .....

 

 

 

 

BIG SHOES!Shocked



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 26 2004 at 16:18
Maddy Prior sung with Mike Oldfield's band so she could be brought under the category of Prog.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 26 2004 at 16:47
^ Please don't do so, though.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 26 2004 at 17:29
Originally posted by lucas lucas wrote:

Agnes Buen Garnas



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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