..:lovedup:..who knew that you were wise in some things..?...

...I’d also add another female voice to make a perfect holy trinity...:love:..

I've been listening to a lot of Joni Mitchell lately (I snapped up two of her albums "Blue" and "Ladies of the Canyon" for under a tenner from a local market - epic!) and she's the same thing as I said earlier - there's just something about her and that whole era. She doesn't have the greatest voice clearly, but she's just magnetic plus an incredible song writer to boot. Profoundly introspective and somewhat haunting lyrics and melodies in her songs. Up there with the other legends surely!



Reading back idk how that totally related to this thread but yeah.. Maybe the greatest voice doesn't always have to mean best "sounding"? Idk... :joker: :skull:

...ughhh, Joni is my heart and soul...I probably listen to her more than I listen to any other female artist..you have incredible taste in artists, LaLa...:lovedup:..

Karen Carpenter is great but for sheer clarity of tone - Eva Cassidy.

....Eva..:lovedup:..yeah I couldn’t really call it between Karen and Eva but I think Eva would probably just edge it for me...

Joan Armatrading? :umm2: Have you lost your mind :laugh: Joan voice is great too :love:

I cant listen to much Cassidy cuz it all too clear and too perfect and I like my music a little dirtier. Eva Cassidy has the clearest tone I've ever heard.

sabrina carpenter >

No mention of Nina yet? :(



No one tugs at the heartstrings like Nina.

In terms of voice alone, I'd also have to throw the names Etta James, Amy Winehouse, Joni Mitchell, Stevie Nicks and Kate Bush around. All for completely different reasons, of course. Kate for the quirky, ethereal quality; Etta for the sheer power; Stevie for the grit; Joni for the contemplative poetry; Amy for being the most unique voice of the 21st century and my formative years.

I caught a BBC2 thing a month or two ago with the bloke from the Carpenters (I'm terrible with names sorry) and it did awake a love of Karen's voice too, though.

Alison Hammond >

Medium sized these days, shepherd's Bush empire, palladium, hammersmith apollo


But always full, she's got loyal fan following

Maybe had an off day or a cold

Richard is the brother. Did you ever watch the film The Karen Carpenter Story? It's such a sad story

Jenny Ryan

It's Delores for me:

I like Amy Lee and Taylor Momsen's voice's the most out of the female singers.

Lzzy Hale, Sia, and Annie Lennox are near the top for me as well.

That's my favourite of their songs [emoji173]

Imagine thinking it wasn't KC

Just wow

...a shout out for Nancy Sinatra also...

Cheers Ammi!

I've been really into the "California Sound" of the late 60's/early 70's lately and the guys who all lived/jammed in the Laurel Canyon area of LA, particularly after seeing Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood.

The likes of Joni, The Beach Boys, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, The Mamas & The Papas, The Byrds and many more have been on repeat!

Personally, Pink/Amy Lee/Hayley Williams

But if we’re talking like, generally, then Janis Joplin, Alanis Morissete and Joss Stone have to be in the equation

agree.

I remember my dad raving about Jazz singers like Sarah Vaughn, Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald. He always maintained that Sarah Vaughn was the best Jazz singer he'd ever heard. Most would not have heard of her or be familiar with her work.

I think there are too many genre specific singers to simply judge one as the best. I mentioned Eva Cassidy simply because she has the clearest voice I've ever heard without being attached to any specific genre. Her voice is so clear you can almost hear her move from note to note.

:lovedup:

I like a few
Adele
Kate Bush
Dusty Springfield
Tracey Chapman
Dido
Whitney Houston
Karen Carpenter
there are so many really but this is one of my very faves.