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Poll Question: Never Fear! It's The Ladie's Turn!
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    Posted: November 13 2020 at 12:03
Welcome to the Friday the 13th Interactive Poll.  It's the ladies' turn to take the stage.

Here are the rules:
The song must be both written and performed by a female singer-songwriter, please, some of the lesser-known ones (not Top 10 hitmakers, even though there are certainly some fine ones in that number).  Doesn't have to be primarily acoustic, as long as it's more in a singer-songwriter vein.  I am thinking 3 is a good number for most, if they are not terribly long, you may post up to 5, since that is what I'm going to do.

Schedule:
The voting will open in a week, next Friday. Please start letting me know of your final nominations by Thursday next, if you can.  This should give everyone plenty of time to listen and consider, without feeling rushed.

Very much looking forward to hearing what everyone brings, this is a favourite genre of mine, as I love a well-turned phrase.

Extra Note:  Someone voted in Spot #2 before it was determined who would fill that spot, so there will be one extra vote there that is erroneous, should I use the spot at all.  Noted that it was filled before voting begun, for now.

Here are my entries:

Eliza Gilkyson, with "Man of God," written during the George W years, but still holds true. 

And to lighten the mood, here is Cheryl Wheeler, with "Unworthy."

Next up is Dar Williams, with a beautiful song, "Calling The Moon."  

A bit more humour, from my friend, Jano Brindisi.  Not on Youtube, so must post a link to her bandcamp for "All My Heroes."  https://janobrindisi.bandcamp.com/track/all-my-heroes

And lastly, very serious piece that I find just chilling, by Heather Nova.  "Island."  





Edited by Snicolette - November 21 2020 at 08:43
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not exactly my kind of music, man or female, but I'll try to come up with at least the nomination LOL
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This gives me the opportunity to bring in another all time favourite musician of mine (not many non-prog ones still missing from this series, I guess), namely Laura Veirs. I thought quite a bit about which song of hers to nominate, there are at least ten favourites. My favourite today is this one, maybe not the most "singer/songwriter style-like" she has, but hey, she is a singer and songwriter, and damn good, so here's Secret Someones.
PS: The Cheryl Wheeler video doesn't play here.


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Let me stumble in once more. My first, and likely not my only, nomination:
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Originally posted by Lewian Lewian wrote:


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PS: The Cheryl Wheeler video doesn't play here.
Can someone help with this?  I found a Spotify link for this song, but won't you still have the same problem (if it's a country-to-country thing)?  https://open.spotify.com/album/3Qtl93GOy1xDL76sOmW416?highlight=spotify:track:0DR2n2wAnoQuXEWxUWfBIG

There's the link, in case it works.


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Suzane Vega with the song Solitude Standing, is one of the best songs ever. I love Suzanes 4- 5 first albumshttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=05AHPFPpHIM

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For Cheryl Wheeler this is one that works on this side of the pond:

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Originally posted by suitkees suitkees wrote:

For Cheryl Wheeler this is one that works on this side of the pond:
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^ My pleasure.

A first one I would like to propose is from An Pierlé. I already presented her in the covers poll (with a brilliant cover of Dutronc's "Il est cinq heure (Paris s'éveille)", but she is quite an interesting singer/songwriter, playing piano and/or accordeon (a.o.). An Pierlé - Helium Sunset:

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My artist choice is Annika Aakjær, and it it is between two songs. At the moment I can't decide between them, so I will post both of them.

1. Kjøvenhavner-sangen (The Copenhagen song)


Lyrics:
I'm just an ordinary girl
from a home with a piano
And my mum and dad, there's not so much to say
they are still married, and so
And now I've travelled the long way
to the way too big city
so that it can eat me
and I can be born anew

Chorus:
Peasants, carpenters, and Jutish girls
You better listen to what mum and dad are saying
For it's too dangerous in Copenhagen
It's irresponsible to leave your native soil

But it's nevertheless what I want to do
and you can say what you want
For you know very well what's at stake
It's the inner naive little girl

And her dad says:

"It will never work out, little girl
You have no job, you don't speak their language
You have to understand that
Please stay here and read a book"

Chorus

But the girl followed her biggest dream
of defying her dad and her mum
But she also followed the biggest stream
of people who retun to where they really belong

Chorus

2. Min pris (My price)


Lyrics:
You have been put on ice
So now it is cold
I have mentioned my price
For here is all sold out

For you give up too easily

I've been waiting for too long
for you to fill my half-empty glass
And I've been lying alone in half-empty beds
where there isn't enough space anymore

For you give up too easily
And I don't get any claim
And you got off before the last stop
And you have burned both me and the bridge

And there's a blur before my sight
And everything gets postponed
And I feel your last sting
And meanwhile the film is over

But you gave up too easily


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@ The Anders:  Those wouldn't play for me, I found these, let me know if they are the wrong versions, or if they're good:


and
 I found a Vimeo link that is not a cover of "min pris:"  
https://vimeo.com/166694424


Edited by Snicolette - November 14 2020 at 11:22
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Originally posted by Icarium Icarium wrote:

Suzane Vega with the song Solitude Standing, is one of the best songs ever. I love Suzanes 4- 5 first albumshttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=05AHPFPpHIM

Indeed... Suzanne Vega fan here too. Gotta think whether I nominate one, too, as I normally try to avoid whom others (or myself) have already nominated. But I may make an exception here, because she has a few more best songs ever. Wink
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Thank you for opening this thread Nickie, I've been waiting a long time for this one.

I have to start with one of my favorite female singer-songwriters.  I love Neko Case's haunting voice and songs, and this one is an all time favorite, in fact, it's the one that got me interested in her music in the first place.  She has that stormy, Nancy-Sinatra vibe to me, just much more relevant.  By the way, she is also in the alternative band "The New Pornographers"

Neko Case - "Deep Red Bells"



Ani DiFranco is another artist that I have come to respect, even though I am not quite as familiar with her music as I am with Neko Case's, I am growing to really love her music too.  Most of her songs are acoustic-based, but they are definitely different, complex and also contain occasional additional instruments, like in this song with piano, horns, and etc.

Ani DiFranco - "So What"



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I didn't see any rule against artists in the Archives, so I will post this one, as I feel it really deserves to be here.

Dawn McCarthy originally created this project which is basically headed over by her and Nils Frykdahl (who, incidentally, is with the band "Sleepytime Gorilla Museum").   She composes many of the songs, including the one posted here.  If it's not eligible because it is in the Archives, please let me know, but otherwise, it is will be my third entry.  I absolutely love the artistry from this project:

Faun Fables - "Goodbye"

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Originally posted by TCat TCat wrote:

I didn't see any rule against artists in the Archives, so I will post this one, as I feel it really deserves to be here.

Dawn McCarthy originally created this project which is basically headed over by her and Nils Frykdahl (who, incidentally, is with the band "Sleepytime Gorilla Museum").   She composes many of the songs, including the one posted here.  If it's not eligible because it is in the Archives, please let me know, but otherwise, it is will be my third entry.  I absolutely love the artistry from this project:

Faun Fables - "Goodbye"

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  Not a problem, Mike.  As long as it's essentially a female singer/songwriter piece and not someone as familiar to all as Joni Mitchell (who is wonderful, but we all kind of know her, I would think).
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I don't have too many to draw from, so I am going back to the very first artist I had suggested for the Interactive Poll (#2) with Angelica Garcia.

Angelica Garcia - Valentina in the Moonlight


Angelica has a distinction of having one her songs making Obama's best of 2019 list, as did this next artist, Adia Victoria.

Adia Victoria - Horrible Weather
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I wonder who's the person who's intelligence told him to vote already. Why am I trying to use kind euphemisms, I don't know Ouch
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My second one is an example of the WOW-effect...

On the evening of 20 september 2011 I was watching my favourite talk show on French TV (not the band...), which had the custom to end every show with live music. This evening it was Anna Calvi. She just had her first album out and was on her first tour... Instant awe... What a playing, what a voice...! I was mesmerised.
Found that performance of that night on YT. It's a cover, so it doesn't qualify, but I want to share with you that moment of instant awe... (well, I hope you like it too):

Anna Calvi - Jezebel:
(the video is out of sync, but the music is there...)



Now, for the competition, a more recent one (2018), from her album Hunter.
Anna Calvi - As a Man:

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That Anna Calvi track "As A Man" was the first one I heard from her earlier this year and prompted me to get her album. I was thinking of that one as a third choice!

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