Awesome voices - Semi Singer/Songwriter and Folk thread

**quarky** · January 28 2012, 11:07:12 AM

Will start with the obvious:

**Al Simmons** · January 28 2012, 06:19:42 PM

**SAI Peregrinus** · January 28 2012, 06:37:07 PM

Cerebral Jam FTW

The original singer is great too.

Loreena McKennit is awesome:

Melissa Ferlaak is great:

As is Simone Simons:

And Fabienne Gondamin:

The Baltimore Consort has some excellent singers. Danielle Svonavec and José Lemos are great.

**Stoffl** · January 28 2012, 08:10:53 PM

Originally Posted by Al Simmons

**Stoffl** · January 28 2012, 08:23:16 PM

**quarky** · January 29 2012, 12:06:58 PM

@Peregrinus
Just a personal taste and not disputing the voices, but its just a bit too "clean" a sort of music for my liking. No offence intended.

@Stoffl
Mark Langegan I knew only from QotSA songs. I like listen to his voice just as I like listen to Tom Waits.

Anyway, some ladies:

And in a bit of stretch of the thread intentions but certainly a singer/songwriter.... and so damn sexy (look at that sexy smile at the end)

**rufuske** · January 29 2012, 12:24:21 PM

Thread named awesome voices without Mike Patton, Freddie Mercury or Phil Collins?

**Stoffl** · January 29 2012, 03:16:26 PM

To obvious meight.

@Quarky
Check out his bubblegum album, or if you like 90s rock Screaming Trees(lol dat bandname) - Sweet Oblivion
And by all means PJ Harvey is a fuckin awesome singer/songwriter and should be in here.

Anyways, patton:

**Devec** · January 29 2012, 03:51:56 PM

Not very big yet but this guy has such an awesome voice, looking forward to more work in the future:

Spoiler:

Not a big fan of Johnny Cash usually but the cover of NIN's Hurt is awesome:

Spoiler:

**rufuske** · January 29 2012, 04:12:43 PM

Needs more Patton

**Voulture** · January 29 2012, 05:37:44 PM

Dunno if those fits there, but let's try:

Both also got holy fuck that good videos.

**SAI Peregrinus** · January 29 2012, 07:32:05 PM

Originally Posted by quarky

@Peregrinus
Just a personal taste and not disputing the voices, but its just a bit too "clean" a sort of music for my liking. No offence intended.

For the 3 metal singers I chose their cleanest songs to highlight the voice. Here's some less clean stuff.

Melissa Ferlaak:

Simone Simons:

Fabienne Gondamin:

Should also add Sabine Dünser of Elis, though she's now dead (cerebral hemorrhage during a rehearsal in 2006

.)

**Rai Deo** · January 29 2012, 07:39:37 PM

No Sufjan Stevens?

**Tordin Varglund** · January 29 2012, 08:47:25 PM

Originally Posted by Voulture

good stufs

Karin Dreijer Andersson is absolutely amazing.

Fever Ray - If I Had A Heart

**SAI Peregrinus** · January 29 2012, 11:20:24 PM

Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwoʻole

**Maximillian** · January 31 2012, 12:01:13 PM

Gerry Rafferty - pitch perfect voice and he once had Billy Connelly as a band mate.

Could add Kate Bush but which song to choose?

**F*** My Aunt Rita** · February 19 2012, 08:25:09 PM

Ya'll need to put your shit under spoilers.

Way back in the day, when I was still young and just starting college, I was a confused little kid that wanted to no longer be alive. I bought a cd on a lark because I liked the cover. The first song moved me to the point of tears and made me hold off my plans of not-living-anymore. 11 years later I'm still not dead and that band has only gotten better and better.

Spoiler:

**Sykes** · March 30 2012, 10:45:06 PM

Folk music's Janis. Sandy Denny. (Only girl who ever guest starred on a Led Zep track)

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**Sykes** · March 30 2012, 11:18:02 PM

There was also, more or less from the same mileu, Steeleye Span. If Sandy was the English Janis, Maddie was the English Joan Baez, a plain girl who was somehow sexy as fuck, with aircooled teeth and a vibrato that could kill you stone dead.

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