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Title: Looking for female folk singers
Post by: jimbunny on 21 Oct 2007, 07:24: Yeah, okay, but specifically some with a bit of grit in their vocals. Preferably minimal accompaniment. Maybe country, but not overwhelmingly so (ie lap steel kept to a minimum, please). Think Cat Power, but not so much "indie rock" and more "barroom acoustic."
Title: Re: Looking for female folk singers
Post by: Kai on 21 Oct 2007, 08:07: Joni Mitchell.
Nina Nastasia.
Title: Re: Looking for female folk singers
Post by: sparl on 21 Oct 2007, 08:16: Vashti Bunyan, Neko Case, Mirah
Title: Re: Looking for female folk singers
Post by: celticgeek on 21 Oct 2007, 08:21: Buffy Sainte-Marie. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg0LOzCkxxE&mode=related&search= (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg0LOzCkxxE&mode=related&search=)
Brid Dower http://www.briddower.com/ (http://www.briddower.com/)
Elizabeth Cotton http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMSYzFdloqY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMSYzFdloqY)
Aideen O'Brien http://www.aideenobrien.com/ (http://www.aideenobrien.com/)
Title: Re: Looking for female folk singers
Post by: Ã¶de on 21 Oct 2007, 09:08: Scout Niblett.[/b]

Not too folky but she is awesome.
Title: Re: Looking for female folk singers
Post by: analogthought on 21 Oct 2007, 10:25: based on what you said you were looking for, I immediately thought of Karen Dalton.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=y-BIKjypNsE

Josephine Foster is another great (newer) one....
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ohJD1RITMFY

good luck.
Title: Re: Looking for female folk singers
Post by: Joseph on 21 Oct 2007, 11:36: Julie Doiron.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTGog78pzp4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uo5FLoq4kFk
Title: Re: Looking for female folk singers
Post by: sombrasoubrette on 21 Oct 2007, 11:37: Definitely going to second Neko Case here. Maaaybe the newer Norah Jones album?
Title: Re: Looking for female folk singers
Post by: Joseph on 21 Oct 2007, 11:43: Oh, and Amy Millan.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xo7uLkY8jFc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKwAuGJ9w3Y
Title: Re: Looking for female folk singers
Post by: ruyi on 21 Oct 2007, 12:00: emanuelle parrenin
Title: Re: Looking for female folk singers
Post by: Mnementh on 21 Oct 2007, 16:28: Iris Dement: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FikZwgj89HI
Title: Re: Looking for female folk singers
Post by: Spinless on 21 Oct 2007, 16:56: Holly Golightly!
Title: Re: Looking for female folk singers
Post by: IronOxide on 21 Oct 2007, 17:43: Quote from: Kai on 21 Oct 2007, 08:07
Joni Mitchell.
Nina Nastasia.

This thread was won before the third post.
Title: Re: Looking for female folk singers
Post by: ViolentDove on 21 Oct 2007, 19:41: Jolie Holland, get Escondida.

Seriously, do it.
Title: Re: Looking for female folk singers
Post by: Lines on 21 Oct 2007, 19:54: Quote from: IronOxide on 21 Oct 2007, 17:43
Quote from: Kai on 21 Oct 2007, 08:07
Joni Mitchell.

This thread was won before the third post.
Title: Re: Looking for female folk singers
Post by: SeanBateman on 21 Oct 2007, 20:07: Quote from: Daniel on 21 Oct 2007, 16:28
Iris Dement: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FikZwgj89HI

yes

She is amazing although on the country side.
Title: Re: Looking for female folk singers
Post by: Valrus on 21 Oct 2007, 20:08: Dar Williams, first two albums (The Honesty Room and Mortal City) only.
Title: Re: Looking for female folk singers
Post by: tomselleck69 on 21 Oct 2007, 20:33: Quote from: Ã¶de on 21 Oct 2007, 09:08
Scout Niblett.[/b]

Not too folky but she is awesome.

sighhh... beaten by an entire day.

seconding jolie holland too.
Title: Re: Looking for female folk singers
Post by: Inlander on 21 Oct 2007, 21:40: Quote from: Dirk Hopeless on 21 Oct 2007, 20:07
She is amazing although on the country side.

Sure, but Jimbunny's going to have to learn to like country some time. That's just simple fact.
Title: Re: Looking for female folk singers
Post by: jimbunny on 22 Oct 2007, 01:32: (hands over ears) Lai-lai-lai-Lai-lai-Lai-lai-Lai-lai
I can take country in doses, but once it becomes the whole thing...ehhhh.

Thanks for all the suggestions, guys (keep them coming, if you would). I'm kinda only getting the dregs of the Internet right now, so I'll be saving most of the Youtube links for a rainy day when I'm back home (or at an internet cafe).

Joni Mitchell is awesome, it goes without saying, but from what I've heard (just Blue and a greatest hits album), she's a bit nicer than what I'm asking for here. (I know I should go pick up the rest of her albums, and it will happen someday.) Dar Williams? Nice in the extreme (her later albums have good songs, too; if you check out her live album, you can hear them without all the studio shit). Vashti Bunyan? Again, stunning, but not really this (can you imagine Vashti Bunyan playing bars? If so, can you tell me which bars you are going to?) I will also get more Neko Case (again, someday).

Right now, the list (in a somewhat backwards order) looks like:
Scout Niblett
Jolie Holland
Iris Dement
Nina Nastasia
Holly Golightly
emanuelle parrenin
Amy Millan
Julie Doiron
Karen Dalton
Josephine Foster
Buffy Sainte-Marie.
Brid Dower
Elizabeth Cotton
Aideen O'Brien
Mirah
Joan Baez
Holly Near
Tiny Vipers
Madeline
Title: Re: Looking for female folk singers
Post by: IronOxide on 22 Oct 2007, 03:54: Where's Joni Mitchell in your list? You are missing perhaps the most important artist in this thread!
Title: Re: Looking for female folk singers
Post by: muteKi on 22 Oct 2007, 07:10: NEEDS MOAR JOAN BAEZ

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Title: Re: Looking for female folk singers
Post by: jimbunny on 22 Oct 2007, 07:50: Quote from: IronOxide on 22 Oct 2007, 03:54
Where's Joni Mitchell in your list? You are missing perhaps the most important artist in this thread!

o.0

Joan Baez. On the list.
Title: Re: Looking for female folk singers
Post by: celticgeek on 22 Oct 2007, 08:02: Holly Near

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cm0gIma_LgA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cm0gIma_LgA)
Title: Re: Looking for female folk singers
Post by: Lise on 22 Oct 2007, 11:00: I'm not sure if you can classify this as "folk", but I'd recommend Jesy Fortino of Tiny Vipers. She has a really delicate voice, but she sings with a lot of spirit and it's amazing what moods she can create with just minimal guitar accompaniment.

Unfortunately they don't have a real website yet, but Tiny Vipers has a Sub Pop page (http://www.subpop.com/releases/tiny_vipers/full_lengths/hands_across_the_void) and a Myspace (http://www.myspace.com/tinyvipersss). I'd recommend starting off with "On This Side."
Title: Re: Looking for female folk singers
Post by: carrotosaurus on 22 Oct 2007, 11:04: Madeline

She is from Athens, GA.
Title: Re: Looking for female folk singers
Post by: Valrus on 22 Oct 2007, 13:19: Quote from: jimbunny on 22 Oct 2007, 01:32
Dar Williams? Nice in the extreme (her later albums have good songs, too; if you check out her live album, you can hear them without all the studio shit).

Concur, but she does start to get much less folk-y in sound.
Title: Re: Looking for female folk singers
Post by: Kai on 22 Oct 2007, 18:45: Quote from: jimbunny on 22 Oct 2007, 01:32
but from what I've heard (just Blue and a greatest hits album), she's a bit nicer than what I'm asking for here.

them's fightin' words

Joni Mitchell is music for all occasions
Title: Re: Looking for female folk singers
Post by: Clobbersaurus on 22 Oct 2007, 21:23: your list ignored Vashti Bunyan, who was mentioned earlier. dont forget her! she's lovely!

And why no Joni? i dont really understand the whole "a little too good" for your list. *chimes with the rest*
Title: Re: Looking for female folk singers
Post by: jimbunny on 23 Oct 2007, 00:58: No. "Nice" as in smooth. I'm looking for something rougher. The problem is that I have too much smooth. Lovely, yes. What I'm asking for in this thread, no. Think acoustic PJ Harvey. If there's a Joni sound like this, I haven't found it.

Just to make it clear, the list includes those artists I have not yet been sufficiently exposed to. Maybe they're not all what I'm looking for, but hopefully some are.

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Are you still reading? I'm about to insult your mother.
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Naw, I'm too nice.
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...quite unlike your mother. Hah!
Title: Re: Looking for female folk singers
Post by: Valrus on 23 Oct 2007, 05:50: Oops, okay, so no Dar Williams. How about Martha Wainwright? Hopefully someone with a song called "Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole" will fit the bill?
Title: Re: Looking for female folk singers
Post by: SeanBateman on 23 Oct 2007, 12:31: I feel really bad for people who are afraid to embrace country music.
Title: Re: Looking for female folk singers
Post by: Mnementh on 23 Oct 2007, 16:41: Miss Derringer might fit the bill. It's less folk and more country/rock: http://www.myspace.com/missderringer

I definitely agree with you there Keiffer. I suspect it's a matter of exposure for a lot of people, but it is an oddly polarizing genre, regardless.
Title: Re: Looking for female folk singers
Post by: Inlander on 23 Oct 2007, 16:52: I'm just trying to figure out how somebody could want lap steel kept to a minimum.
Title: Re: Looking for female folk singers
Post by: carrotosaurus on 23 Oct 2007, 20:07: Slide guitar is better than regular guitar.
Title: Re: Looking for female folk singers
Post by: celticgeek on 23 Oct 2007, 21:09: Resonator guitar for the win.

(Dobro, for the real thing.)
Title: Re: Looking for female folk singers
Post by: jimbunny on 23 Oct 2007, 21:30: Partly a generational semantics issue, partly the fact that lap steel - after a point - is a just phenomenally boring instrument.
Title: Re: Looking for female folk singers
Post by: cxcmb on 23 Oct 2007, 21:48: alela diane, margo guryan, lavender diamond... maybe?
Title: Re: Looking for female folk singers
Post by: muteKi on 23 Oct 2007, 22:51: Quote from: jimbunny on 22 Oct 2007, 07:50
Quote from: IronOxide on 22 Oct 2007, 03:54
Where's Joni Mitchell in your list? You are missing perhaps the most important artist in this thread!

o.0

Joan Baez. On the list.

Hmm. I seem to have missed that in my search. Darn.
Title: Re: Looking for female folk singers
Post by: Gryff on 24 Oct 2007, 02:40: I could second Karen Dalton. She's pretty great.
Title: Re: Looking for female folk singers
Post by: IronOxide on 24 Oct 2007, 03:59: Quote from: Inlander on 23 Oct 2007, 16:52
I'm just trying to figure out how somebody could want lap steel kept to a minimum.

Dude, pedal steel is much cooler than lap steel. kthxbai
Title: Re: Looking for female folk singers
Post by: Inlander on 25 Oct 2007, 00:43: I can't believe nobody's suggested Lucinda Williams yet. Even if we're doing a "no country" rule.

Also, I'm starting a thread . . .