ISU Trout Bum wrote:
I've gotta throw in a fifth - Imogen Heap. Beautiful voice, and absolutely brilliant (writes ALL of her own music, which is very cutting edge - she's experimental)!. Her voice gives me goose-bumps - especially this song - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhVfeOAgmAw
I've referenced this in another thread, but this is astounding to me:
ISU Trout Bum wrote:
I've gotta throw in a fifth - Imogen Heap. Beautiful voice, and absolutely brilliant (writes ALL of her own music, which is very cutting edge - she's experimental)!. Her voice gives me goose-bumps - especially this song - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhVfeOAgmAw
I've referenced this in another thread, but this is astounding to me:
By "produced on the spot" do you mean she composed the entire song right there, or that she knew what she was going to sing and it was all live, but that she already knew the material? Either way, it's really cool.
OH! One person I forgot to mention is Camille. Her album "Le Fil," which translates as "the thread" features every song beginning and ending on the same note. It's a really cool album, and she reminds me a lot of Imogen Heap. If you like Imogen Heap you should really check her out:
ISU Trout Bum wrote:
I've gotta throw in a fifth - Imogen Heap. Beautiful voice, and absolutely brilliant (writes ALL of her own music, which is very cutting edge - she's experimental)!. Her voice gives me goose-bumps - especially this song - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhVfeOAgmAw
I've referenced this in another thread, but this is astounding to me:
By "produced on the spot" do you mean she composed the entire song right there, or that she knew what she was going to sing and it was all live, but that she already knew the material? Either way, it's really cool.
No, she had already recorded it. In this performance, everything you hear is being digitally recorded and then looped and layered on the fly. Nothing has been prerecorded.
By "produced on the spot" do you mean she composed the entire song right there, or that she knew what she was going to sing and it was all live, but that she already knew the material? Either way, it's really cool.
No, she had already recorded it. In this performance, everything you hear is being digitally recorded and then looped and layered on the fly. Nothing has been prerecorded.
Oh, ok. I thought for a moment that it was improvised, which would have been even more spectacular. I really like it a lot either way, though.
Oh, and I don't think anybody has mentioned Tori Amos yet--I love Tori Amos. She sings about religion and rape in a way that I think only she can. And I've heard her say before that she considers herself a pianist before a singer, and that's evident in her songs.
I can't possibly choose just three. A couple of these have been mentioned already and I like a lot of others mentioned. Here's as short a list as I can manage.
Amalia Rodrigues
Sandy Denny
Sarah Vaughan
Betty Carter
Rosa Ponselle
Carmen Linares
Rosa Eskanazi
Oumou Sangare
Aster Aweke
Etta James
Catherine Ann McPhee (probably not the singer you think it is.)
Tell us something.: I used to be a regular then I took up the bassoon. Bassoons don't have a lot of chiff. Not really, I have always been a drummer, and my C&F years were when I was a little tired of the drums. Now I'm back playing drums. I mist the C&F years, though.
I can't believe I missed Janis. She was simply the best at what she did -- there was SO much raw emotion in her music, I almost feel wrung out after listening to her.
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Hi Cranberry - thanks for the heads up. Is this the Camile from Novel Vauge (haven't had a chance to watch the vid yet)? If so, I completely agree - beautiful, beautiful voice.
Dale - thanks also for the vid link. I'd not seen this one - AMAZING! I saw her do something similar on Letterman on night, but this is just great!
I grew up listening to Janis because my mother loved her. I still think she's fantastic, but since I'm the only one in casa Izz that feels that way, she doesn't get much play time I'm afraid. And my Greatest Hits cd bit the dust. SIGH!
And Patsy Cline...I so wanted to be her.
Did anyone mention Judy Garland? One of my favorites as well
Someday, everything is gonna be diff'rent
When I paint my masterpiece.
I can't believe I missed Janis. She was simply the best at what she did -- there was SO much raw emotion in her music, I almost feel wrung out after listening to her.
I CANNOT BELIEVE it took this long to menton Janis Joplin. Of course, I was an "underground disk jockey" in 1967 in Texas. And my mother is turning in her grave now that JUDY GARLAND has been omitted. And, lest we not forget Mirium Makeba.
