This is GREAT timing haha, I made a playlist of my favourite prog fronted by women for a party/rave i'm throwing today actually! A good proportion of these have videos, but all of them are really great prog anyhow:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLunvjIPqYWG36yF0zU6ZoHoiFGZDw2udj" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLunvjIPqYWG36yF0zU6ZoHoiFGZDw2udj

these are some of them that have an actual video

Also MoeTar is my favourite, really really LOVE it!

You know what "Evocation" reminds me of? Peter Hammill in "In Camera" when he had at least one side of what many of us thought was an assault of some kind, but I think that at the time, it helped him provide more ideas for some of the music, if not take away his really tough and hard edge that many folks liked, but also alienated a lot of listeners. 

Anna's material is worth getting and a very well done and intelligent stuff done. What is more scary is that at one time she quit music (to go back to school!), because she was tired and exhausted from not getting any attention or enough appreciation, and then come back later, even stronger. 

Amazing stuff.

I like Bent Knee a lot ... however, not seeing much of a discussion on it, makes me think that many folks have a problem making up their minds about this stuff ... and that what appears to be haphazard emotional material exploding all over the place, is just something that we have a hard time relating to. It reminds me, as well as Anna, of the early days of VdGG and PH, when folks could not believe, or understand, that REAL MUSIC WAS NOT JUST A SONG made for radio ... that there was some other outstanding material out there that we hardly ever listen to. 

This is just excellent stuff, and deserves more discussion.

Hiromi, is on another level altogether. She is much more flexible than the early stuff that Keith Jarrett was doing, who all of a sudden, by comparison, seems to sound a bit mechanical, where Hiromi, is all over the place ... and you can see it, when the two folks with her, outstanding both they are have a hard time even keeping up with her ... and you can tell Mr. Jackson needs a breather here and there! The material arrangement i fantastic, but her playing is out of this world, and something that the more serious "classical" stuff can not understand or give a feel to! If you want to see more, look up her duet with Chick Corea, who also did well to just keep up with her!

Most of the other material shown, is rather tame for my ears, and mostly pattern based on everything that is being sold these days. Originality is really hard to come by with most of these bands, sadly enough. Some things are enjoyable, but by the time that you hear that same old metal riff, or that same old growl, I think that things have a tendency to dry up in my ears. 

I loved the videos by Cellar Darling and Covet! Those were the two videos that I enjoyed most from the recommendations so far! I think that the Cellar Darling song sounds like Tool, but with a female singer!  Covet is precisely the kind of thing that I had in mind when I said the phrase "female-fronted progressive hard-rock"! It's exactly what I had hoped for! I liked the videos by Purson and Dark Horse White Horse.  I had already seen the videos by The Gentle Storm and Vintersea- They're great!  I'm not the biggest fan of extreme metal, but I still enjoyed Vintersea.  I know The Gentle Storm because I'm a huge fan of Arjen Lucassen! And I know the singer of Dark Horse White Horse because she seems to work with Arjen Lucassen often.  I couldn't get into the rest of the bands, but I checked them all out! 

Please keep the great recommendations coming! 

For history's sake, and for the sake of all members, please label the artist/title because many videos are taken down for whatever reason.

Rock on -- I have some spare time to listen to music, and love going into something random. Don't always want "The Same.... Old Song" :)

(Jane Relf)

Illusion - Madonna Blue

Killer guitar riff.. Wonderful vocals. Fine production.

Curved Air - It Happened Today

cold103 wrote: I loved the videos by Cellar Darling and Covet! Those were the two videos that I enjoyed most from the recommendations so far! I think that the Cellar Darling song sounds like Tool, but with a female singer!  Covet is precisely the kind of thing that I had in mind when I said the phrase "female-fronted progressive hard-rock"! It's exactly what I had hoped for! I liked the videos by Purson and Dark Horse White Horse.  I had already seen the videos by The Gentle Storm and Vintersea- They're great!  I'm not the biggest fan of extreme metal, but I still enjoyed Vintersea.  I know The Gentle Storm because I'm a huge fan of Arjen Lucassen! And I know the singer of Dark Horse White Horse because she seems to work with Arjen Lucassen often.  I couldn't get into the rest of the bands, but I checked them all out!  Please keep the great recommendations coming!

Oh nice, thanks for taking the time! I think covet is like very wholesome sounding math rock, good for relaxing. The cellar darling song comes from a concept album about a woman who falls in love with death, very interesting.

Wow. This is the first time I've heard of Anna von Hausswolff. Man what a class act. Certainly not prog, more so ambient/drone, but this is incredible. She's also signed to Southern Lord, apparently, which is great because are an great label. Reminds of Darkher, to a small degree. Definitely adding her to my explore list...