Pretty much every female singer/songwriter/band-member I was going to list has already been listed, which is rather wonderful, but there’s a few others, like Ane Brun, Arc Iris, Auf Der Maur, The Bangles, Beach House, Gemma Hayes, Belly, (now reformed, recording and about to announce tour dates in the UK/US) , Lush, (same as Belly, after a twenty year break!), Beth Rowley, Hattie Briggs, Bridie Jackson & The Arbour, Trembling Bells, Mother, Promise & The Monster, Sea Of Bees, Mechanical Bride, Cara Dillon, Camera Obscura, Catatonia/Cerys Matthews, Chairlift, Howling Bells, The Civil Wars, Heidi Talbot, The Drink, Kris Delmhorst, Patty Griffin, Rachel Sermanni, Paper Aeroplanes, 9Bach, Smoke Fairies, Thea Gilmore, Courtney Barnett, Curve, Daisy Chapman, Dar Williams, St Vincent, The Dear Janes, Dubstar, Emmy the Great, Feist, Fiona Apple, A Fine Frenzy, Françoise Hardy, Hanna Peel, Hem, Inara George, Jane Siberry, Jennifer Warnes, Jenny Queen, Jenny Lewis, Jesca Hoop, Joan As Policewoman, The Joy Formidable, Kacey Musgraves, Karen Dalton, Keren Ann, Katzenjammer, KT Tunstall, Ladyhawke, Laurie Anderson, The Like, Linda Ronstadt, Lisa Hannigan, Lone Justice (Maria McKee’s original band), ‘Til Tuesday (Aimee Mann’s original band), macAlias (Karine Polwart and Gill Bowman), Martha Wainwright, Lucy Wainwright-Roche, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Mary Epworth, Monkey Swallows The Universe, Mulu, Nancy Kerr, Neko Case, Piney Gir, Poliça, Rachel Zeffira, Rae Morris, Linda Thompson, Rickie Lee Jones, Rilo Kiley, Rosie Vela, Sam Phillips, Scarlett Johansson, School Of Seven Bells, Serafina Steer, Shawn Colvin, Shelby Lynne, Sheryl Crow, The Staves, Steeling Sheep, The Submarines, Tehan and Sara, The Indigo Girls, Thrum (Monica Queen supplied vocals on an early Belle and Sebastian EP), Tift Merritt, Tiny Ruins, The Unthanks, Voice Of The Beehive, The Wailin Jennys, Warpaint, Zola Jesus, 6 Day Riot.
That’s just going through what’s on my phone, should be enough to keep the OP ticking over for a while! 😆
