Female Vocals: Stunning Recordings You Love

[Juhazi]

Autumn song, Anki & Cumulus

 

[Juhazi]

Talented girls live!

 

[BeepPeep_61]

I just finished listening to this album and ....
I want to recommend it, because it was a pleasant surprise both as a voice and as a musical accompaniment ....
as always in my humble opinion

Emily Miller – Stronger Every Day

Artist: Emily Miller
Album: Stronger Every Day
Genre: Jazz
Released: 2020

Tracklist:
01 – Devil May Care
02 – Your Smiling Face
03 – Isn’t This a Lovely Day?
04 – Autumn Nocturne
05 – Look for the Silver Lining
06 – Baby, Now That I Found You

 

[Wombat]

I am not much inclined to opera but I feel the emotion of this performance:

 

[AnalogSteph]

I don't speak Spanish, but I love her voice. I also like the 12 string guitar with the cello.

That's Denise Gutiérrez a.k.a. Lo Blondo of Hello Seahorse! fame. (*) One of Mexico's very best singers at this point in time no doubt, and sort of their counterpart to '80s Italian diva Antonella Ruggiero (of Matia Bazar at the time). (**) She also does well on more traditional Mexican folk.

*) Arguably still their biggest hit is this tune from 2009, though quite arguably this was only the beginning of their quality output (I have all 3 albums and one EP since then, all good, the latest actually only came out earlier this year and sounds pretty good to boot):

**) One of their bigs hits, from 1985:

 

[TimF]

These recordings of Eva Zaicik and Veronique Gens sound fantastic with natural realism, without the artificial processing too often done with female vocalists. Of course, YouTube doesn't do justice to the quality of the recording; you really need the CD or high-res download.

Veronique Gens is first rate.

 

[TimF]

Gee, no one recommended Charo. I didn't either. Poor Charo.

 

[MakeMineVinyl]

Haven't seen Shirley Horn represented here.

 

[North_Sky]

I just found out this thread. I sure love few ...
I'll start...in descending order (least to not least) ...

 

[Zedly]

 

[Juhazi]

A hysteric guy and Morgan James talk about her singing

Morgan has just incredible strong and clean voice, impeccable rhythm and she can sing anything with grace and soul!

For James, Memphis Magnetic is the culmination of a life-long love affair with music. She grew up listening to everyone from Joni Mitchell to Paul Simon to Prince to Aretha Franklin, cultivating an insatiable love for strong songwriters. After graduating from The Juilliard School with a classical music degree, and performing in the original companies of four Broadway productions, James began writing and recording her own music. Meeting her mentor Berry Gordy, Jr. led to a record deal at Epic Records, where she recorded and released her solo album Hunter in 2014. In addition to her studio albums, James recorded and released a full album cover of Joni Mitchell’s seminal Blue as well as The Beatles’ White Album in 2018 to celebrate the 50th anniversary. Through her unique and varied career, there have been many ups and downs, but James cites her failures as more important than her successes in shaping the artist she is today.

 

[Alexanderc]

Not a newcomer but I haven’t seen her here:

 

[North_Sky]

So many great female voices not enough time.

 

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