Favourite contemporary female music artists

Who are some of your favourite contemporary/modern/ current female music artists, especially ones who will play, sing, write/ compose their music? And please mention any favourite albums and or songs focusing on music from the the 2010s until now.

Some of my favourites are:

Anna von Hausswolff
Julia Holter
Lingua Ignota (aka Kristin Hayter) (thanks to Sap...).
Uboa (aka Xandra Metcalfe)
YAYA Kim

With Anna von H., I like all of her albums, but have been fixated on Dead Magic the last few days. The Miraculous and Ceremony are both terrific too (as well as live music).

With Julia Holter, Aviary is my favourite now. Have You in my Wilderness is the album that first hooked me.

Lingua Ignota: I like all of hers, but despite the screams, Caligula is the one that really wowed and enthralled me. that said, hearing Sinner Get Ready made me an instant fan that wanted to hear more.

Uboa has similarities to Lingua Ignota, but one will find some similarities with all of these. At this time I favour The Sky May Be over The Origin of My Depression.

YAYA Kim. Really like very long with 33 tracks album of this year, a.k.a YAYA

Here is a track from each that I love:











This past decade until now has been such a great time in music -- the decline of music has been greatly exaggerated imo. Please share your favourites.



Edited by Logan - August 16 2022 at 00:09

Logan wrote: Uboa (aka Xandra Metcalfe)

Nice! I'll check out some more of her music.

Thanks, there are a few mentioned by others that I also have really liked, some of which I found on my own and others through people's posts at this forum (like in the post a youtube video thread or interactive polls...). I have listened to and liked Chelsea Wolfe's Abyss album, Susanne Sundfor is great (been a while since I last listened to her). Weyes Blood I had heard music from before (love the track posted), and I liked what I had heard of Juana Molina and and Kahdja Bonet. One of my children exposed me to Billy Eilish thinking I would like it (big name, and I liked the music). Barbara Morgenstern I had heard and liked Laura Veirs. As for what counts as "contemporary/modern/current" as I put it in the OP, that is open to interpretation and I'll leave that up to you. As long as you think the artist has been creating original music from 2010 up that is relevant, fresh, still with it and hip with today's hep cats maybe, then I'm okay with it as long as we are focusing on the more recent music. I do think of, say Kate Bush and even Bjork as more classic artists. I was thinking mostly of one's though that found their greatest success in 2010 up even if they have been around longer music career-wise.

By the way, I really love that Jorja Chalmers. I like Sylvaine a lot too! Thanks all.

This is the YAYA Kim song I brought up for potential nomination in the latest Interactive Poll (just beautiful I think).
Providence of Providence




Edited by Logan - August 16 2022 at 18:14

Speaking of the Interactive Polls, I suggested a recent track by S.G. Goodman there and she's one of my current favorite female singer/songwriters. Definitely rooted in Americana, country, blurs. Outstanding voice. From her 2020 debut.

Christina Booth (Magenta)

Edited by Jared - August 18 2022 at 05:37

I like many of the artists mentioned, especially Julia Holter and Anna von Hausswolff, but need to add 

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