I’ve been listening to a bit of Lana del Rey and Florence etc and now I’m after some recommendations on good female singers please.

Any ideas.

Eva Cassidy, cowboy junkies, Natalie merchant,

Emeli sande, Norah Jones, and little dragon(I know it’s a group)for me, 3 different sounds but all enjoyable, old 60s acts knock the socks off most of the crap today though especially when looking at female vocalists

How long a list do you want? I’m particularly biased towards female singers, but at 3.00am it’s a bit late to compile one now.
I’ll just leave you with a track by one of my absolute favourites coveting another, from the Vinyl tv series soundtrack:
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVSW3WrowCU&sns=em[/video]
A proper list tomorrow.

Beth Gibbons

Ok this is a list of who I like so far. ….

London grammar
Goldfrapp
Yeah yeah yeahs
Adele
Ellie Goulding
Lana
Florence
Some sia stuff

Lucy Rose
Gabrielle Aplin

Caitlin Rose

[video]https://youtu.be/p5X9iOb_TOs[/video]

Daughter
Angus and Julia Stone
First Aid Kit
Bat for Lashes
Birdy
Paloma Faith
Nouvelle Vague

Some great stufffrom all these people – IMO!

cheers
Shiny

Kate Rusby
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybRPZAqN7WA[/video]

Robyn Sherwell
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iURbUmoG3Qo[/video]

Billie Marten
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq-O35yGVNg[/video]

Lou Rhodes
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFOEGtKfDuM[/video]

Nina Simone.

Regina Spektor: “This is how it works. It feels a little worse. Than when we drove our hearse. Right through that screaming crowd.”

I’m gonna go Country on Y’a. Carrie Underwood, Smoke Break..

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ealNayCkaU[/video]

And I know she’s just become the “latest thing” but I really like Laura Marling, but have to be in the right mindset..

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-TMl5oCRjk[/video]

Good call on Barnsley Lass Kate Rusby.

The inimitable Janis at Monterey:

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bld_-7gzJ-o[/video]

Beth Hart:

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fALdOkf_eCM[/video]

Lissie.
PJ Harvey.
Sia, earlier stuff as opposed to the more pop focused later stuff.
Mazzy Star.

Already said but Kate Rusby.

My favs:
Aretha Franklin
Mavis Staples
Debbie Harry
Emmylou Harris
Kate Bush
Bonnie Raitt
Karen O
Joan Baez
Joni Mitchell
Wendy James

Also liking the new Julia Holter album

Daughter
Beth Orton
Sharon Van Etten
Cat Power
Wapaint

Damn, forgot Cat Power, good call.

Emmy Lou Harris
MIA
Taylor Swift
Natalie Merchant
Indila
Robyn
Kelis
Little Boots
Gabby Young
EMA
Bjork
Amy MacDonald

The Staves
Kristin Hersh

Sia
Shirley Manson / Garbage

Eva Lazarus
Billie Holiday
Kirsty Hawkshaw
Erykah Badu
Ann Peebles
Ella Fitzgerald

Emily Haines – Metric

Russian Red

Tracy Chapman
Beth Orton
Emiliana Torrini

Sarah maclachlan
Tori Amos
😉

Alice Russell, should be way better known than she is, keeping it niche I guess.

Or more folksy, Cara Dillon and Lisa Handicap.

Anybody saying Beth Orten needs to listen to more music…

From the pile of CDs nearest the player (M40, natch 😉 ):

Alabama Shakes (sorry can’t think of her name off hand)
Julia Holter
Susanne Sundfor
Natalie Prass
Meg Baird
Sharon Van Etten

From my head:

Bjork (on massive Bjork binge at the moment More to life than this currently on repeat!)
Gillian Welch
PJ Harvey
Chan Marshall (Cat Power)
Shara Worden (My Brightest Diamond)
Roberta Flack (go listen to Reverend Lee!)
Sister Sledge
The ESG girls
Roisin Murphy (check out The Truth – Handsome Boy Modelling School)
Patti Smith
Stina Nordenstam

Can’t believe no one has mention Kylie yet. Shame on you.

PJ Harvey – already mentioned
God Help the Girl (Belle and Sebastien spin off)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_Help_the_Girl

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n53tM8czdaA[/video]

And a shameless plug for my wife’s friend Erika; she makes a living doing backings for people like Skunk Anansie, and has guested for Senser on tour when Kerstin wasn’t available, but deserves more people to see her own work.

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLod6whqXU8[/video]

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r72VhpR6ax0[/video]

Taylor Swift
Dolly Parton

Nobody can say my musical tastes are too narrow

60s acts knock the socks off most of the crap today

Christ! me dads on STW!

Also LoneLady.

Bjork: More To life Than This (go on, say ghetto blaster again…. 😳 )

[video]http://youtu.be/0F0BZZ4FpF8[/video]

Roisin:

[video]http://youtu.be/MSa-yGZNYrM[/video]

Cat power:

[video]http://youtu.be/jwzcBHDIqKE[/video]

Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Sandy Denny
Beth Orton
Kate Bush

Good singers and musicians, you can have both.

Nai Palm from Hiatus Kyote
Lianne le Havas
Aretha Franklin
Dixie Chicks
Amy

Julie Fowlis

Agree with loads already mentioned, but have to add Sinead O’Connor to the list. Hasn’t done anything truly great for ages and of questionable sanity, but on her day has/had a truly astonishing voice and intensity.

Agnes Obel.
Gorgeous voice

Can’t believe Elizabeth Fraser hasn’t been mentioned yet.