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Topic: What is the Best Female Fronted Prog Band? Posted: June 09 2009 at 22:44
Raff wrote:
el dingo wrote:
I'll risk the wrath of Raff by saying I've never liked Sonja Kristina's vocals tho - a bit OTT for me
No wrath at all! I don't like her vocals too much myself, but I thought it was necessary to mention Curved Air, since they were one of the few female-fronted bands of the original prog movement.
Me neither, never saw the fuss at all. I have had contrasting experiences with Curved Air and Renaissance, though I have only heard one album of Curved Air, Phantasmagoria. The music in Phantas..is very interesting often but her vocals don't do it for me except for Melinda. Renaissance on the other hand often make boring songs which Annie somehow makes more than listenable for me.
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Posted: June 09 2009 at 18:49
el dingo wrote:
I'll risk the wrath of Raff by saying I've never liked Sonja Kristina's vocals tho - a bit OTT for me
No wrath at all! I don't like her vocals too much myself, but I thought it was necessary to mention Curved Air, since they were one of the few female-fronted bands of the original prog movement.
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Posted: June 09 2009 at 18:10
ClemofNazareth wrote:
Carol of Harvest s/t and Smell of Incense 'Through the Gates of Deeper Slumber'. I don't know anyone who has heard either of those albums and not been blown away
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Posted: June 09 2009 at 17:06
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I suppose the obvious recommendations would be Renaissance and Curved Air. However, there are many more, and in practically every subgenre (besides metal, which you ruled out). If you are into Prog Folk, try Pentangle, whose singer Jacqui McShee is one of my favourite female vocalists ever. If you are into a raunchier kind of female vocals, there are a few great examples, such as Babe Ruth, Fusion Orchestra, Fantasy (all Seventies bands). Just have a look at their entry pages here on our database!
Raff beat me to it with Fusion Orchestra - my all-time fave female vocals and heavy prog at it best IMO.
Got to agree with Babe Ruth and Annie Haslam too.
I'll risk the wrath of Raff by saying I've never liked Sonja Kristina's vocals tho - a bit OTT for me
It's not that I can't find worth in anything, it's just that I can't find worth in enough.
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Posted: June 07 2009 at 11:09
Dean wrote:
^ I thought I had been shouting about this band too much - obviously my work here is not done.
In my opinion this album is the greatest Prog release in 30 years. I seriously, madly deeply love this album to pieces, then I'll happily glue the pieces back together and love it some more.
While I will continue to shout about The Red Masque, which in my opinion is the best band prog currently has.
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Posted: June 07 2009 at 10:57
^ I thought I had been shouting about this band too much - obviously my work here is not done.
In my opinion this album is the greatest Prog release in 30 years. I seriously, madly deeply love this album to pieces, then I'll happily glue the pieces back together and love it some more.
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Posted: June 07 2009 at 10:33
Dean wrote:
Secret Green - Hillary Palmer has one of the most refreshing voices in modern English Prog- invoking thoughts of Maddy Prior, Annie Haslam and Sally Oldfield, a trained singer and one time chorister at St Mary's Cathedral in Glasgow her singing style combines classic English folk, choral and classical.
You have been holding out sir; these guys are great! Like the Enid with even more of a folk twist.
I'll be ordering this album shortly; unfortunately first I need to straighten out the issue of someone running around Dublin Ireland purchasing video games and swords with my credit card number.
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Posted: June 07 2009 at 06:16
Secret Green - Hillary Palmer has one of the most refreshing voices in modern English Prog- invoking thoughts of Maddy Prior, Annie Haslam and Sally Oldfield, a trained singer and one time chorister at St Mary's Cathedral in Glasgow her singing style combines classic English folk, choral and classical.
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Posted: June 07 2009 at 04:37
Frumpy. Inga Rumpf has a really "black" voice. But most people prefer ethereal female vocals, and hers are anything but ethereal, so I guess I am pretty alone with my conviction.
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Posted: June 07 2009 at 03:52
White Willow are a must. Sensitive to Light Thieves Kitchen Breathing Space And I second the recmmendation of The Gathering, everything from their fifth album How to Measure a Planet? onwards.
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Posted: June 07 2009 at 00:35
Some prog bands with great female singers (apart from Renaissance) are Rebekka's first album (Germany), Earth & Fire (Holland), Opus Avantra & Donella del Monaco and Saint Just from Italy.
Not prog but were bands really leaded by women are Dead can Dance, Cocteau Twins,Love spirals downwards, Ordo Equitum Solis.
But my favourite female singers are those in the folk scene, Pentangle (Jacqui MacShee), Sandy Denny, Trees (Silvia Humphries), Ougenweide, Pererin, La Bamboche, Malicorne, Mellow Candle, Garmarna, Hedningarna.
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Posted: June 06 2009 at 10:03
Kate Bush Well, The Reasoning have to be right up there - I was going to say Rush but I'm afraid of the backlash Though i do prefer Geddy in the lower register with songs like Manhattan Project- which is excellent
'I Know What I Like' and it's good music, well written and delivered with passion!!
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Raff wrote:
! I don't like her vocals too much myself, but I thought it was necessary to mention Curved Air, since they were one of the few female-fronted bands of the original prog movement.
Well, The Reasoning have to be right up there - I was going to say Rush but I'm afraid of the backlash
Though i do prefer Geddy in the lower register with songs like Manhattan Project- which is excellent