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Dirk 
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 Posted: May 08 2006 at 17:07 |
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From this list i voted Heather Findlay. I agree with all of Ghostriders choices except
Skin and Jane Sorrenti, don't know them very well.
Christina from Magenta also has a good voice, a bit childlike.
Annie Haslam is a very good singer obviously.
Rachel Jones from Karnataka has a magnificient voice which was quite important for Karnataka's sound. Some of Karnataka's songs are quite good, they also recorded some mediocre material and they're not that progressive.
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el böthy
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Posted: May 08 2006 at 20:52 |
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Marcela Bovio!!!
and then Heather Findlay
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"You want me to play what, Robert?"
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heyitsthatguy
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Posted: May 08 2006 at 22:28 |
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Wow I feel stupid...I don't recognize a single one of these women....and I've always wanted to hear a prog band w/ a female vocalist
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progadicto
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Posted: May 08 2006 at 22:59 |
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Sorry but my vote goes to DIAMANDA GALAS... You have to listen THE SPORT LIFE the album she made with John Paul Jones... yes, you're right the same guy from Led Zeppelin...
DIAMANDA IS A GODDESS!!
Edited by progadicto - May 08 2006 at 22:59
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mrgd
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Posted: May 08 2006 at 23:19 |
Slim pickings for female vocalists in prog. with the foremost ones having been mentioned. My vote goes to Sonja Kristina also. There are certainly more to choose from in prog-folk.Sandy Denny has already been mentioned, but there are the likes of Maddy Prior[Steeleye Span], Maire Brennan[Clannad] and Jacqui McShee[Pentangle].
Anyone for Petronella from PAATOS?
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Looking still the same after all these years...
mrgd
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richardh
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Posted: May 09 2006 at 02:22 |
Christina - Magenta
BUT DON'T FORGET Magdelena Berg of Par Lindh Project who has a lovely voice as well. 
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BaldFriede
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Posted: May 09 2006 at 02:28 |
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Sonja Kristina should definitely have been on the list. But my vote goes to Anna Meek of Catapilla.
Edited by BaldFriede - May 09 2006 at 02:29
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 BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue.
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Rocktopus
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Posted: May 09 2006 at 03:54 |
Ghost Rider's suggestions: Sandy Denny, Maddy Prior and Jacqui McShee. I'd like to add Barbara Gaskin of Spirogyra.
Amon Düül II's Renate Knaup is also great. Amanda Parsons sings
wonderfully on National Health's debut. But that's the only place I've
heard her. I prefer all these to the ones in the poll.
But my 'other' vote goes to Sonia Kristina from Curved Air. Passionate,
powerful, warm, weird and quirky singing on four underrated album
progclassics.
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Over land and under ashes
In the sunlight, see - it flashes
Find a fly and eat his eye
But don't believe in me
Don't believe in me
Don't believe in me
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memowakeman
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Posted: May 09 2006 at 11:42 |
 el böthy wrote:
Marcela Bovio!!!
and then Heather Findlay
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Bravo!! 
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Forgotten Son
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Posted: May 09 2006 at 12:11 |
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Rachel Jones, Marcela Bovio, Heather Findlay and Kate Bush.
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memowakeman
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Posted: May 09 2006 at 12:15 |
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Is strange that you mentioned Rachel Jones.. maybe she is the hottest of them.. but not my favorite singer at all...
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Forgotten Son
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Posted: May 09 2006 at 12:41 |
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I find The Right Time breathtaking.
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mrgd
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Posted: May 09 2006 at 19:50 |
TO BALDFRIEDE :
I remember hearing CATAPILLA in the 70s and thinking the vocalist was pretty quirky. I've checked them out on this site and they seem interesting. Are they worth following up do you think?
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Looking still the same after all these years...
mrgd
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BaldFriede
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Posted: May 09 2006 at 20:09 |
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We have both albums and like them. The singer is in a way a female
version of Peter Hammill; you either love her or hate her. Since I am a
big Hammill fan, I like the vocal antics of Anna Meek too.
Their sax player Robert Calvert (not to be confused with the Hawkwind
singer of the same name) later wound up in Mother Gong, by the way, a
band he still is in.
Edited by BaldFriede - May 09 2006 at 20:11
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laplace
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Posted: May 09 2006 at 20:14 |
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I clicked other, referring to Dagmar Krause.
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Viajero Astral
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Posted: May 09 2006 at 20:21 |
memowakeman wrote:
el böthy wrote:
Marcela Bovio!!!
and then Heather Findlay
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BaldFriede
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Posted: May 09 2006 at 20:28 |
laplace wrote:
I clicked other, referring to Dagmar Krause.
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Since you mention Dagmar Krause, another female singer from Germany
comes to my mind: Inga Rumpf of Frumpy and Atlantis. Frumpy are on the
borderline to prog, Atlantis are definitely not prog, except perhaps
for "It's Getting Better" (in parts). But Inga Rumpf's vocals are
great. She and Dagmar Krause used to sing in a band called "City
Preachers", in which a certain Udo Lindenberg, who later had a big solo
carreer in Germany as a singer, played drums.
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mrgd
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Posted: May 09 2006 at 22:35 |
TO BALDFRIEDE :
Thanks for that info. on CATAPILLA . I think I'll follow up 'Changes'.
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Looking still the same after all these years...
mrgd
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Posted: May 09 2006 at 23:20 |
 I Think Jon Anderson is The best Female Prog Singer
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Tony Fisher
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Posted: May 10 2006 at 02:40 |
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Heather Findlay. Annie Haslam was the queen, but doesn't quite have the emotional range that Heather has. MA's backing singer, Olivia Sparnenn is also pretty special. Also they are both easy on the eye, to say the least.
Also woth a mention is Capercaillie's wonderful Karen Matheson.
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