This is the second poll I have made with female artist names that focuses on singer-songwriters -- some would have greater input from others than others and be more independent than others....  In the first poll I focused on artists with releases from 2010 up that I really like, and in this on other names with earlier releases I really like.  Some of the ones in the last poll would have releases from earlier decades that I like.  I might do a third one that focuses more on female singers from bands, so for instance Siouxie of the Banshees, Elizabeth Fraser of Cocteau Twins, maybe Beth Gibbons again (she was in the first poll) due to Portishead, maybe Jarboe again with Swans, and Catherine Ribeiro with her "groups" (originally wanted to put her here).

Here is direct youtube link to playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4Jon2E02fTVrf_YKUEU-JB3" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4JoN2E02fTVrf_YKUEU-JB3

Feel free to vote no matter how familiar you are with the artists.  Multiple votes are enabled.  Please vote for up to three (or more if you really want to) artists.

Here is the past poll:   https://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=133256" rel="nofollow - 26 Female Artists with 2010-up Releases I Love

2. Linda Perhacs

3. Kate Bush

4. Loreena McKennitt

5. Joni Mitchell

^ Thanks, Paul.  I often prefer not to vote in my own pols curated based on my interests as I could give them all votes, but I guess as my top five right now (in alphabetical order):

Laurie Anderson

Björk

Kate Bush

Juana Molina

Douji Morita

Kate Bush

Joni Mitchell

Joni Mitchell

Bjork

Enya

Thanks gents. I wonder for so called-solo singer-songwriters what might seem the most obvious omissions?  In the male one I had meant to include another, and often there are omissions that make me think "duh", how could I not think of that?

Here is the list I made based on 2010-up releases I appreciate -- a few having releases I love from earlier as well.

Maria Bobbitt-Chertock  (aka Maria BC)
Taja Cheek (aka L'Rain)
Annie Clark (aka St. Vincent)
Pan Daijing
Alexandra Drewchin (aka Eartheater, aka Trinity Vigorsky)
Beth Gibbons
Polly Jean Harvey (aka PJ Harvey)
Kristin Hayter (aka Lingua Ignota)
Julia Holter
Jenny Hval
Yaya Kim
Natalie Laura Mering (aka Weyes Blood)
Xandra Metcalfe (aka Uboa)
Camila Moreno
Martha Skye Murphy
Joanna Newsom
Agnes Obel OR Angel Olsen
Lane Shi Otayonii (aka otay:onii)
Chloé Pelletier-Gagnon (aka Klô Pelgag)
Melody Prochet (aka Melody's Echo Chamber)
Emma Ruth Rundle
Susanne Sundfør
Isabelle Thorn (aka Dear Laika)
Anna von Hausswolff
Chelsea Wolfe

Enya

Bjork

I think that Alanis Morrisette and Suzanne Vega deserve a mention. I love both their debut albums. They failed to top them unfortunately but that must partly be because they were so good. I don't listen to the 'hippy folk' of Joan Baez or Joni Mitchell or even Carly Simon (probably the most commercial of the 3) but I respect them (actually I don't listen to folk music in general).My knowledge of female artists is generally very poor has to be said.

I'm listening to it at the moment. I love the track Some Journey especially but every song is great and the production is perfect. I went off her a bit when she adopted a more 80's production style for her second album Solitude Standing.

I had a look on Wiki for any interesting trivia. A couple of things stand out.

She was the first female artist to headline Glastonbury (1989). That's really interesting as they were crediting Shania Twain with that accolade at this years festival! I suppose Glasto wasn't big enough in 1989 to be significant.

She's also been tagged as the 'Mother Of The MP3' due to her song 'Tom's Diner' being used as a test during the creation of the MP3 format. Not sure how proud she should be of that!

EDIT - apparently I didn't read the word 'almost' before 'became the first female artist to headline Glastonbury'. So she didn't but still there is a further fun fact that she played her set wearing a bulletproof vest due to a death threat from an obsessive fan.