Female Vocals: Stunning Recordings You Love

[davmol]

Kd Lang covering Roy Orbison's Crying on MTV Unplugged in 1993.

I was a teenage boy, still clinging to Guns n Roses & Metallica, while trying to click with the grunge trend (never really did, other than enjoying a bit of Soundgarden & Garbage). My parents had recently signed up to satellite TV and I happened to catch this performance on MTV Unplugged and it blew the spots off my face. Still one of my all time favourites and started me on a lifetime love affair with strong female vocalists.

She did an earlier version in 89/90, but I much prefer this one. Power, control, tone, what a voice. Enjoy!

Edit as probably should add that an audio only version, possibly of higher quality vs this old YouTube vid, is on her 1993 live album:
Summertime In The Windy City (live)
Released on 16/08/1993 by Cult Legends

 

[BeepPeep_61]

Hello everyone,
I just discovered and listened to this 2015 album .....
deserves to be considered .

Artist: Lisa Bassenge
Title: Canyon Songs (Bonus Track Version)
Released: 2015
Style: Jazz, Vocal Jazz

Tracklist:
01. Riders on the Storm 5:07
02. Angeles 4:26
03. Aht Uh Mi Hed 3:56
04. All Stripped Down 2:43
05. For What It's Worth 3:50
06. The Last Chance Texaco 4:38
07. The Same Situation 3:41
08. Searching for a Heart 4:25
09. Her Town Too 5:40
10. I Just Wasn't Made for These Times 4:35
11. Blue Skies 2:50
12. Don't Let It Bring You Down 3:19

 

[yo!]

What about Cheryl Wheeler? Let's Walk Around and Sylvia Hotel

 

[Vicent]

What about Cheryl Wheeler? Let's Walk Around and Sylvia Hotel

Very nice voice, I didn't know her.

 

[EERecordist]

Aurora with Norway state broadcaster NRK radio orchestra

 

[Ralph_Cramden]

 

[Ralph_Cramden]

 

[EJ3]

I checked out the live version & it was great!

 

[Ralph_Cramden]

 

[BeepPeep_61]

1.Sweet Dreams (feat. Karl-Martin Almqvist) 03:16

2.here Must Be An Angel (feat. Mathias Heise) 04:06

3.Here Comes the Rain Again (feat. Karl-Martin Almqvist) 05:36

4.We Two Are One (feat. Steen Nikolaj Hansen) 04:01

5.When Tomorrow Comes (feat. Magnus Hjorth) 05:03

6.Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves (feat. Karl-Martin Almqvist) 03:53

7.I Saved the World Today (feat. Steen Nikolaj Hansen) 04:21

8.I've Got A Life (feat. Mathias Heise) 04:23

9.Don't Let It Bring You Down 05:57

10.Would I Lie To You (feat. Mathias Heise) 03:06

11.Put A Little Love In Your Heart 03:54

12.Lifted (feat. Mathias Heise) 04:09

released October 25, 2024

Kristin Korb: Vocals/Bass/Arrangement (all tracks)
Magnus Hjorth: Piano (all tracks, except #10)
Snorre Kirk: Drums (all tracks, except 5,10)
Mathias Heise: Chromatic Harmonica (#2,8,10,12)
Karl-Martin Almqvist: Saxophone (#1,3,6,8,12)
Steen Nikolaj Hansen: Trombone (#4,7,8,12)
Yohan Ramon: Percussion (#1,2,4,7,8,12)

Songwriters: Annie Lennox / Dave Stewart (all tracks, except #9,11)
Neil Young (#9), Jackie DeShannon / Jimmy Holiday / Randy Myers (#11)

Recorded: 2024 at The Village Recording, Copenhagen (DK)
Executive Producer: Morten Stove
Mix/Mastering: Morten Stove
Photo/Cover Art: Sofie Barfoed

Label: Giant Sheep Music

 

[Bleib]

 

[Ralph_Cramden]

 

[KellenVancouver]

How fun. This list is inherently more subjective than even a speaker thread!
For me, it just doesn't get better than Lorraine Ellison's rendition of Stay With Me.

 

[BeepPeep_61]

An album that according to my modest opinion .....deserves to be listened to .....

David Rose - In Your Embrace

Released: 2024
Style: Jazz

Tracklist:
01. Seeing You Tonight
02. Night Whispers
03. Love on a Rainy Afternoon
04. Looking for True Love
05. Groovin in the Moonlight
06. Funky Smooth
07. Black Stick
08. True Blue Companion
09. Take Me Tonight
10. Step It Out
11. Soft and Smooth
12. Smooth Jazz Groove
13. My Lead Guitar Man
14. Moonlit Lullaby
15. Moonlight Moods
16. Midnight Serenade
17. Just for You
18. Just Fiddling Around
19. In Your Embrace
20. Harmony Under the Moonlight

 

[Palmer]

Kate Bush, 19 years old at the time.

 

[flowolf]

Austrian singer/songwriter Anja Plaschg aka "Soap and Skin" has released another great album, this time filled with covers of various artists such as Hans Zimmer, Shirley Bassey, The Velvet Underground, Lana del Rey etc.

Based on Brian Eno's "Music for Airports", I would call this album "Music for Funerals".

 

[sigbergaudio]

Beautiful song from talented Delara, also in the soundtrack of a Norwegian Christmas movie. Siste dans = "Last dance".