Prog's Best 'Classic Era' Female Singer?
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Topic: Prog's Best 'Classic Era' Female Singer?
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Subject: Prog's Best 'Classic Era' Female Singer?
Date Posted: August 01 2023 at 12:00
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NOT your favorite: In your opinion, who was the most talented, gifted, or accomplished female vocalist of the "Classic Era" (1966-78) of Progressive Rock Music? Feel free to name anyone I left out. (Gilli Smyth immediately comes to mind.) Sorry I didn't have space for the brilliant duo of Lilly Fiszman and Maria Neumann who created and released the amazing one-off album in 1968, Lily & Maria.
------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: August 01 2023 at 12:09
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Catherine Ribeiro and Jerney Kaagman (Earth and Fire) were the first to come to mind. As a favourite I love Pascal Son, but formally I doubt she would be considered a great singer, but I don't know about best (or have a belief there). Someone like Dagmar Krause and Annie Haslam are so different. Different ones have different merits. A bunch of great names, in my opinion, here with various different merits. No vote from me unless someone provides a compelling argument for one that sways me. EDIT: by the way, if I were forced to choose one then it would be Annie Haslam despite her not being one of my favourites due to the success and recognition of Renaissance with her as singer. Imagine the history of Prog without a Time-Line. ------------- "Questions are a burden to others; answers a prison for oneself" (The Prisoner, 1967). |
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: August 01 2023 at 14:09
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Dagmar Krause. I swallowed a star before realizing that hydrogen gives me gas. ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: MortSahlFan
Date Posted: August 01 2023 at 14:21
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Tough only to choose, but I went with Sonja Kristina... Sandy Denny is 1b. SO glad Beate Krause gets a mention. In my opinion, one of the last great prog albums (Carol of Harvest) ------------- https://www.youtube.com/c/LoyalOpposition https://www.scribd.com/document/382737647/MortSahlFan-Song-List |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: August 01 2023 at 15:23
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I surely like Sonja Kristina and Jacqui McShee , but I find Nanny De Ruig just amazing on Hölderlins Traum. ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: August 01 2023 at 15:44
| My vote goes to Annie Haslam, a great classically trained singer, with an angelical voice. |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: August 01 2023 at 17:37
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Pascal Son ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: August 01 2023 at 18:15
Was Annie classically trained, Manuel? I always thought she was a natural who just happened to show up for the gig. ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Manuel wrote:Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: August 01 2023 at 18:24
I wouldn't be surprised if Pascal(e de Trazegnies) "Son" had some formal training as she is from a high-born aristocratic family (her family still occupies a 13th Century castle in the Belgian countryside: Corroy-le-chateau). Plus, seeing how well she has taken care of her voice over the years (one can still find a few recordings of her singing as recently as ten years ago with Didier Malherbe in Paris, where she has resided since the 1980s), I cannot help but believe that she has had some training in order to maintain such a nice instrument. ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: August 01 2023 at 19:26
| Sonja Kristina for sheer talent. Would also give a shout out to Maire Brennan of Clannad. Great voice. |
Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: August 01 2023 at 22:50
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I also voted for Annie, but would like to suggest Gayle Moran, the wife of Chick Corea. Her work with Mahavishnu Orchestra was sublime, and often unrecognized. ------------- I am not a Robot, I'm a FREE MAN!! |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: August 02 2023 at 00:47
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Annie Haslam, followed by Sandy Denny and Jacqui McShee. I have a soft spot for Dagmar Krause and I think Jerney Kaagman (Earth & Fire) would be a nice addition to this list. Not a fan of Sonja Kristina. Quite a few folkies in this selection btw.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 02 2023 at 00:55
I like all of the songstresses mentioned here, but the northern lights shine brightest for me over the Greater Manchester town of Oldham. 
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Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: August 02 2023 at 01:26
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Annie Haslam, surely? ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: VianaProghead
Date Posted: August 02 2023 at 02:47
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Probably Anne Haslam. Still, there are here great female vocalists I like very much too, like Dagmar Krause, Sonja Kristina, Sandy Denny and Maddy Prior, for instance.
------------- "PROG IS MY FERRARI". Jem Godfrey (Frost*) |
Posted By: Octopus II
Date Posted: August 02 2023 at 02:57
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Maddy Prior Annie Haslam Sandy Denny Sonja Christina
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: August 02 2023 at 04:07
Jerney Kaagman (Earth and Fire) |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: August 02 2023 at 05:16
Great call! I'd totally ignored the J-R Fusion element! I also love Gayle's work. Like that of Annette Peacock, her vocals are a lightning rod for controversy though. ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: August 02 2023 at 05:18
It seems that the folk, folk rock, and Prog Folk subgenres had the most female vocalists moving within their circles, n'est-ce pas? Sorry 'bout the absence of Jerney. Only been getting to know her band's stuff since creating this poll! ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: August 02 2023 at 06:17
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Annie H - like there was even a choice :-) ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: August 02 2023 at 08:56
Okay, Paul: you've got me stumped. Annie Haslam is from Bolton, west of Oldham, and your heroine, Heather Findlay is from Bessacarr, in Doncaster, so who, praytell, is from Oldham? ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: August 02 2023 at 09:01
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 02 2023 at 09:04
My mistake then. I thought Annie Haslam was from Oldham.
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: August 02 2023 at 10:59
Love her vocals. and maybe she is. She certainly is very good at what she does. I was watching a little bit of America's Got Talent recently, and the audiences were oohing and ahhing this singer, and to me it sounded pretty dull and generic. Competent. I value a certain uniqueness over virtuosity, and Pascale Son has that. And Catherine Ribeiro has a great voice. I would take Björk over Selena Gomez any day. ------------- "Questions are a burden to others; answers a prison for oneself" (The Prisoner, 1967). |
Posted By: Frets N Worries
Date Posted: January 13 2024 at 20:20
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Not on the poll, but I love Sally Oldfield's voice. Of the poll, I quite like Annie Haslam
------------- The Wheel of Time Turns, and Ages come and pass. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the shadow. Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time... |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: January 14 2024 at 09:10
| I don't know all of these but Annie Haslam would probably be my choice. |
Posted By: Floydoid
Date Posted: January 14 2024 at 12:51
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So many great voices there. Annie > Sonja > Jacqui > Catherine Ribeiro (not listed) I suspect Annie will win by a mile... might be more interesting to see the results of a similar poll but without Annie. ------------- Is it any wonder that the monkey's confused? |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: January 14 2024 at 12:56
Inga Rumpf |
Posted By: Moonshake
Date Posted: January 14 2024 at 15:08
| Annie Haslam |