Underrated Female Pop Singers

[Aluminny69]

Rather than hijack the Eva Cassidy thread, I thought of other female singers that people might not be aware of. I hope this isn't too many music threads. I have several nominations:

First up is Lucy Thomas

 

[Aluminny69]

I really liked the lead singer of the sixties group Bev Bivens. Saw them in concert at Jorgensen. Although they only had one hit, they had two albums with several standard songs. Although their voices blend in harmony, her voice really stands out.

 

[Aluminny69]

Please feel free to add your favorites! ( Left that off original post)

Another group singer steps out on her own, Kirstin Maldonado from Pentatonix.

 

[Aluminny69]

Allie Sherlock is a famous Irish busker. ( street performer)

 

[Mediocrites]

Harriet Wheeler of the Sundays!

 

[Bigboote]

Spanky McFarlane was amazing. Here she is doing an old depression-era song. I’d never really appreciated this song till I heard her do it.

 

[MdStang]

Rachael Price from Lake Street Dive with a Tom Waits classic

 

[Hoops66]

Here's someone special. One listen to this sold me, and she has many more that she has written and well worth a listen. Gaby is my new favorite. Wait for her chilling "long note."

 

[CB360]

Amy McDonald from Scotland:

 

[Hoops66]

Caro is big in the Netherlands with her catchy tunes.

 

[Hoops66]

It wouldn't be surprising if one hasn't heard of Sissel Kyrkjebo from Norway, but she has to have one of the most vibrant voices anywhere. This is a great rendition of Shenandoah.

 

[Bigboote]

Janis Ian had a couple of brief periods of popular success, the first in her mid-teens and the second about a decade later. I've always loved her. This one is from her "comeback" album, Stars, recorded when she was 21-22 years old. It's dark, just like most of her stuff.

 

[uconnfan68]

 

[uconnfan68]

Saw her live at SDSU in 1978(?). Just a few hundred folks. Her backup band was the same crew that played for Linda Ronstadt. Incredible.

 

[Blond D.]

Anna Nalick and one of her hard to find songs..Soldier

 

[nwhoopfan]

Anna Nalick and one of her hard to find songs..Soldier

I was thinking of her. She had one hit w/ "Breathe," but her career didn't really take off from there. I really like her voice.

 

[nwhoopfan]

So many directions you can go with this thread. In EDM the producer/DJ can be a huge star (at least internationally, sometimes not as much in the US). Sometimes they collab with well known singers, but often they find absolute no names to sing on the tracks. No names with really nice voices, who might get a bit of a bump from appearing on the track, but often still remain fairly obscure. I really like Runn's (real name Avena Savage) voice, there's something a bit different about it.

 

[CONN78SEJ]

Harriet Wheeler of the Sundays!

Judith Durham, she was terrific.

 

[nwhoopfan]

 

[cuzinvinny]

 

[nwhoopfan]

Natassja Shiner from Fickle Friends.

 

[cuzinvinny]

It wouldn't be surprising if one hasn't heard of Sissel Kyrkjebo from Norway, but she has to have one of the most vibrant voices anywhere. This is a great rendition of Shenandoah.

This is Sissel singing the haunting sounds "Hymn to the Sea" for the movie Titanic

Hymn to the Sea" — A sorrowful, melancholic theme which expresses the tragic side of the Titanic. It's also featured prominently in "Never An Absolution". This theme contains uilleann pipes and vocals by Sissel Kyrkjebø. An alternate version is first heard in the film's opening sequence. Furthermore, the track contains a menacing, descending, three-note motif which signifies the wreck of the ship and is first featured when Titanic's wreck site comes in view at the beginning of the film.

Horner knew Sissel from the album Innerst i sjelen and he particularly liked how she sang the song Eg Veit I Himmerik Ei Borg ("I Know in Heaven There Is a Castle"). Horner had tried 25 or 30 singers and, in the end, he chose Sissel to sing the wordless tune

I've heard/seen Sissel live at the Bushnell when CPTV PBS was doing specials

 

[Scud49]

One more vote for Wendy Waldman....!

Beautiful voice and great lyrics on her song "North Woods Man":

 

[Scud49]

Such a classy lady with a great voice:

 

[Aluminny69]

Judith Durham, she was terrific.