Forum Home Forum Home > Progressive Music Lounges > Prog Recommendations/Featured albums
  New Posts New Posts RSS Feed - Female-fronted prog bands
  FAQ FAQ  Forum Search   Events   Register Register  Login Login

Topic ClosedFemale-fronted prog bands
 Post Reply Post Reply Page  <12345>
Author
Message
  Topic Search Topic Search  Topic Options Topic Options
TheProgtologist View Drop Down
Special Collaborator
Special Collaborator
Avatar
Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin

Joined: May 23 2005
Location: Baltimore,Md US
Status: Offline
Points: 27802 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 27 2012 at 04:57
District 97,Leslie Hunt is an incredible singer.


Back to Top
TheProgtologist View Drop Down
Special Collaborator
Special Collaborator
Avatar
Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin

Joined: May 23 2005
Location: Baltimore,Md US
Status: Offline
Points: 27802 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 27 2012 at 06:57
Moved to Prog Recommendations


Back to Top
Eetu Pellonpaa View Drop Down
Special Collaborator
Special Collaborator
Avatar
Honorary Collaborator

Joined: June 17 2005
Location: Finland
Status: Offline
Points: 4828 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 27 2012 at 09:03
Originally posted by jayem jayem wrote:

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)
Back to Top
prog4evr View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: September 22 2005
Location: Wuhan, China
Status: Offline
Points: 1455 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 31 2012 at 23:49
Annie Haslam fronting Renaissance - still has the same great voice after all these years...
Back to Top
Dayvenkirq View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: May 25 2011
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Status: Offline
Points: 10970 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 01 2012 at 01:31
^ 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).

Edited by Dayvenkirq - November 01 2012 at 01:31
Back to Top
Warthur View Drop Down
Prog Reviewer
Prog Reviewer
Avatar

Joined: January 06 2008
Location: London, UK
Status: Offline
Points: 617 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 01 2012 at 07:07
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.
Back to Top
AtomicCrimsonRush View Drop Down
Special Collaborator
Special Collaborator
Avatar
Honorary Collaborator

Joined: July 02 2008
Location: Australia
Status: Offline
Points: 14258 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 04 2012 at 20:12
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




Edited by AtomicCrimsonRush - November 04 2012 at 20:15
Back to Top
the only sane man View Drop Down
Forum Groupie
Forum Groupie
Avatar

Joined: October 13 2012
Status: Offline
Points: 43 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 05 2012 at 13:47
I would recommend you check out Mermaid Kiss, especially their 'Etarlis' album - well worth a listen
Back to Top
AtomicCrimsonRush View Drop Down
Special Collaborator
Special Collaborator
Avatar
Honorary Collaborator

Joined: July 02 2008
Location: Australia
Status: Offline
Points: 14258 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 06 2012 at 06:23
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

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

To-Mera         - Julie Kiss                                                                 

UTO

I

Anna Torres Fraile

White Willow

N

Silvia Erichsen, 
Back to Top
Prog Sothoth View Drop Down
Collaborator
Collaborator
Avatar
Honorary Collaborator

Joined: May 03 2011
Location: MA
Status: Offline
Points: 1940 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 06 2012 at 08:06
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)
 
Back to Top
progbethyname View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: July 30 2012
Location: HiFi Headmania
Status: Offline
Points: 7849 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 06 2012 at 08:10
My favourite.


Nightwish – Tarja Turunen, Anette Olzon

Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣
Back to Top
npjnpj View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member


Joined: December 05 2007
Location: Germany
Status: Offline
Points: 2720 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 06 2012 at 10:36
Another mention for District 97 and Leslie Hunt
Back to Top
Prog Sothoth View Drop Down
Collaborator
Collaborator
Avatar
Honorary Collaborator

Joined: May 03 2011
Location: MA
Status: Offline
Points: 1940 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 06 2012 at 11:19
Originally posted by npjnpj npjnpj wrote:

Another mention for District 97 and Leslie Hunt
One of those unusually rare bands in which the attractive female singer also looks to be the most imposing regarding photoshoots.
 
The nerdy male musicians stay safely behind her as she snarls, "Don't worry boys, noone's gonna mess with you 'cause they'll have to get through ME." This would be followed by the boys' grabbing their calculators to estimate and deduce their chances for survival, and the results please them.
 
Good band too.
Back to Top
Aussie-Byrd-Brother View Drop Down
Special Collaborator
Special Collaborator
Avatar
Honorary Collaborator

Joined: October 12 2011
Location: Melb, Australia
Status: Offline
Points: 7951 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 06 2012 at 14:03
In regards to the wonderful District 97 and Leslie Hunt, I hope everyone has checked out the live DVD that comes with the first run of `The Trouble With Machines' album!

Man, she is tiny! But such a powerful voice for such a small frame, a cheeky sense of humour and a VERY tough personality! Her dodgy dancing to the tricky prog time signatures is worth watching the concert for alone!
Back to Top
Sagichim View Drop Down
Special Collaborator
Special Collaborator
Avatar
Honorary Collaborator

Joined: November 29 2006
Location: Israel
Status: Offline
Points: 6632 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 06 2012 at 17:18
Eclectic prog masters Sheshet have an outstanding woman vocalist. Vocals are in Hebrew though. A 70's masterpiece anyway.
Back to Top
Guldbamsen View Drop Down
Special Collaborator
Special Collaborator
Avatar
Retired Admin

Joined: January 22 2009
Location: Magic Theatre
Status: Offline
Points: 23104 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 06 2012 at 17:50
Personally, I feel Nico could fit well in early avant folk, and her feminine slightly evil vocals are downright gorgeous. Try out The Marble Index. So far ahead of its time...
“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”

- Douglas Adams
Back to Top
yam yam View Drop Down
Collaborator
Collaborator
Avatar
Crossover Team

Joined: June 16 2011
Location: Kerberos
Status: Online
Points: 6359 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 07 2012 at 05:31
Mermaid Kiss - New album released just last month: http://mermaidkiss.bandcamp.com/album/another-country, the last to feature Evelyn Downing on vocals, who is now handing over to Bristol (UK) based singer-songwriter Maria Milewska.
Back to Top
Jbird View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member


Joined: June 20 2011
Status: Offline
Points: 338 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 07 2012 at 06:39
Originally posted by progbethyname progbethyname wrote:

My favourite.


Nightwish – Tarja Turunen, Anette Olzon


Don't you mean: 

Nightwish - Tarja Turunen, Anette Olzon, Floor Jansen?

Wink
Back to Top
progbethyname View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: July 30 2012
Location: HiFi Headmania
Status: Offline
Points: 7849 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 08 2012 at 01:39
Originally posted by Jbird Jbird wrote:


Originally posted by progbethyname progbethyname wrote:

My favourite.


Nightwish – Tarja Turunen, Anette Olzon


Don't you mean: 
Nightwish - Tarja Turunen, Anette Olzon, Floor Jansen?
Wink


I actually have not heard FLOOR with NIGHTWISH yet. I understand that she has joined a few shows that are left from the IMAGINARIUM tour. I bet she is great. Loved her on AYREON's 100001001"" album. Super clean vocalist she is!
Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣
Back to Top
evilgypsy View Drop Down
Forum Newbie
Forum Newbie
Avatar

Joined: November 08 2012
Status: Offline
Points: 1 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 08 2012 at 04:14
Originally posted by Prog Sothoth Prog Sothoth wrote:

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)
 


+ Jex Thoth

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsJdiwlf_oU

and her other band,

Sabbath Assembly

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6qGPrT2KpY
Back to Top
 Post Reply Post Reply Page  <12345>

Forum Jump Forum Permissions View Drop Down



This page was generated in 0.164 seconds.
Donate monthly and keep PA fast-loading and ad-free forever.