Hey all, new here. I also adore female vocals, they sound amazing on my HD800 and Utopia.
One of my favourite singers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdPiAexMyUY
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Big fan of Patricia Barber for many years. Usually use a track from her album “Cafe Blue” song “Mourning Grace” to test new equipment . On a whim , I took out an old recording of the Pretenders - Get Close this morning. Chrissie Hynde is a special voice . Forgot that this Album has the best cover of a Jimmy Hendrix song "Room Full of Mirrors.
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A little love for the latinas.
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Not one of my favorite voices, but I will say the only songs I’ve kept in my collection are from the original, closer to her roots Shakira Mebarak, e.g.
Moscas en la casa
Inevitable
Ojos así
(closer to how she sounds since going blonde and anglicized, but this is after all the first song that got the attention of “the industry” and started her down the path to becoming another product IMO)
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Some good Shakira oldies, abm0! Thanks for postin em.
Huh, strange, I don’t hear vulnerability from her, quite the opposite, I hear confidence, world-savviness, wisdom even. But otherwise yes, she’s in my summit-favorites section that I’ve recently moved out of my mood-based folders and into a separate folder for stuff that I take care not to listen to too often so I don’t become desensitized, the most precious gems, “can’t imagine music without them” etc.
To add a favorite that hasn’t been already mentioned, also from the “gems” folder, someone from whom I do hear vulnerability: Norway’s Maria Mena, with personal-life based lyrics, with uncomplicated, direct and highly emotional arrangements and vocals that make me breathe sparingly like a sniper (LOL), trying not to miss a single note. Her best albums are “Cause and Effect” and “Growing Pains” but selected tracks rise to the same level on other albums too.
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While we catch some last sunny days for the year (in some countries) another “gem” to mention would be Sara Tavares from Cape Verde off the West coast of Africa. Soul/jazz and local folk fusion, lyrics mostly in Cape Verdean Creole (Portuguese/African hybrid). My favorite albums are “Balancê” and “Xinti”, pure dripping positivity and sunny vibes.
All started several years before the pandemic when I stumbled on this video on YouTube (didn’t need better quality to know I had to search for everything she’d ever sung):
R.I.P. gorgeous musical creature. Maybe she’s now a Point of Light.
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