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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 28 2006 at 10:59
Marthe and the new singer in White Willow.
The Red Masque(they're not on PA!!!-SHAME!!!)
Annie Haslam and Jane Relf in RENAISSANCE.
Stacia with Hawkwind
Marie-Claire Séguin from the quebecois band Séguin
Claire Hammill
Lise Cousineau from Toubabou and Ville-Émard Blues Band
Christianne Robichaud from Contraction
The singer/violonist with Par Lindh Project
There's also women with Anglagard,...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 28 2006 at 11:39
Originally posted by valravennz valravennz wrote:

Yes - Nightwish are on PA and Tarja has a very unique vocal styleWink

I guess that one diplomatic way of putting it. I stil don't see why they're listed here, not that I've heard much, but what I have heard doesn't even come close to qualifying them for inclusion. Again, it seems that Metal and Hard Rock get one hell of a lot of leeway on PA.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 28 2006 at 11:42
No mention of one of the best female singers of the genre, Janita Haan, of Babe Ruth fame. Very attractive lady with an awesome voice- check out their superb album 'First Base' from 1972. A mixture of rock, soul, jazz and blues.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 28 2006 at 11:49
Originally posted by Teaflax Teaflax wrote:

Originally posted by valravennz valravennz wrote:

Yes - Nightwish are on PA and Tarja has a very unique vocal styleWink

I guess that one diplomatic way of putting it. I stil don't see why they're listed here, not that I've heard much, but what I have heard doesn't even come close to qualifying them for inclusion. Again, it seems that Metal and Hard Rock get one hell of a lot of leeway on PA.


FYI: Nightwish are also discussed and reviewed on many other prog websites. Maybe you should consider the possibility that it's not the archives that are giving a lot of "leeway" ... but that you might be too strict in your definition of prog.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 28 2006 at 12:06
Originally posted by Teaflax Teaflax wrote:

Originally posted by arnold stirrup arnold stirrup wrote:

None of them are considered prog by this site (I don't think) but lets hear it nonetheless for:
 
Joni Mitchell
Laurie Anderson
Bjork
PJ Harvey
 
All absolutely have elements of progressive music in their work.
 


PJ Harvey? I have to vehemently disagree on both the Proginess and the attractiveness.
 
Well perhaps I got a bit carried away there. But I really like what PJ does with the blues, particularly on To Bring You My Love and Is This Desire. Kind of a "mutant blues" thing is the best way I can describe it.
 
Is there a term "progressive blues" or would that be considered an oxymoron? Confused
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 28 2006 at 12:16
Originally posted by The Wizard The Wizard wrote:

What about Curved Air!
 
YEAH!!! SONJA KRISTINA!!!
For every truth even the contrary is true...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 28 2006 at 12:20
Originally posted by Syzygy Syzygy wrote:

In RIO/Avant prog and Zeuhl there are plenty:
  • Zeena Parkins - News From Babel/Skeleton Crew (also on Bjork - Vespertine)

I have one of Zeena Parkins' solo albums, very interesting stuff.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 28 2006 at 12:33
Originally posted by arnold stirrup arnold stirrup wrote:

Is there a term "progressive blues" or would that be considered an oxymoron? Confused

Well, it's a term that I think would apply to some Led Zeppelin tunes, so...

To me, PJH is very traditional (except for some Post-Punk/Goth influences), but I will admit to not having heard too much of her stuff after the mid-90's.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 28 2006 at 14:16
Why do topics like this pop up from time to time? Does it matter?
I've seen threads like this before, and threads like 'how many black people plays prog?'
Nobody have asked how many white men who plays progWink
Sex and colour doesn't matter at all.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 28 2006 at 16:09
All of the guest singers from Ayreon albums, especially Sharon den Adel from Into the Electric Castle.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 28 2006 at 16:12
Probably alreday said many times, but in this case never enough:
Annie Haslam
 
Lonely at the top.....
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 28 2006 at 22:35
Another to add to my list of "not quite prog but deserving of respect" would be Sonic Youth bassist/composer Kim Gordon.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 29 2006 at 00:27
Originally posted by SGSpecial SGSpecial wrote:

All of the guest singers from Ayreon albums, especially Sharon den Adel from Into the Electric Castle.
 
Great to see some one else appreciates Sharon den Adel's vocals. She is the lead singer of the Dutch Goth/Metal band "Within Temptation". Nice eye-candy tooWink :-
 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 29 2006 at 03:39
Laurie Anderson
Grace Slik
Kate Bush
 
and David Sukamp LOL
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 29 2006 at 03:40

Surkamp, not Sukamp

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 29 2006 at 04:01
Originally posted by pero pero wrote:

Surkamp, not Sukamp


Something wrong with the "edit" button?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 29 2006 at 04:24
Originally posted by MorgothSunshine MorgothSunshine wrote:

Originally posted by The Wizard The Wizard wrote:

What about Curved Air!
 
YEAH!!! SONJA KRISTINA!!!


Got nothing against Annie Haslam, but I think Sonia Kristina is the one who's lonely at the top. (Not counting the all the great progfolk singers)
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 29 2006 at 05:33


as allways when theese post come along i have to mention Anneke van Giersbergen from The Gathering


Edited by Marwin - May 29 2006 at 05:34
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 29 2006 at 16:27
I really recomend "Takako Minekawa" if you like Kraftwerk-ish prog-pop mixed with Shonen Knife's cuteness.  Tends to cover a few classics from favorites like Mike Oldfield and the Beatles.  But then there there are a lot of simular groups like this from the last 10 years and it's not really what people here normally consider prog.  She's just my favorite of their lot.
Francesca Nicoli of Ataraxia (my top fav gothic medieval-ish prog pop, simular to dozens of other goth groups out there though with female leads.) 
Tracy Hitchings of Quasar on The Lorelei.  (Simply the best female voice on a true prog album IMHO.  Never heard her other releases as they are fairly obscure and I never felt like ordering them directly from her). 
Barbara Gaskin of Stewart/Gaskin.  (some perhaps would say it's more AOR than prog)
Grace Hearn of Oho. (same story as Stewart/Gaskin ?)
Sally Oldfield (Come on, Water Bearer anyone? Cannot forget her!)
Maggie Riley's work with Mike Oldfield. (her solo stuff is bleh AOR)
There are others which I would consider prog or close enough to progish, but I know others would not say this, like Toyah (Toyah Willcox went and married a top name progger), Enya, Louise Tucker (Midnight Blue), Maddy Prior of Steeleye Span, The girls in Manhattan Transfer, etc...  
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 29 2006 at 16:27
What about the French chick from SANDROSE...
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