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    Posted: August 02 2012 at 06:28

Originally posted by Guldbamsen

These are some of my faves:
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Catherine Ribeiro + Les Alpes


Probably my absolute faves as well.

I love Curved Air, but it seems they are not so popular around here. 
Non Credo is amazing too.
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Loads of females in Progfolk & newer R.I.O Avant
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The Reasoning.  I have serious hots for Rachel.


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I youtubed some Subrosa, didn't care for them. Couldn't find hAND on youtube.

I guess I do have 1 prog album with female vocals, if you count The Gathering's 'If Then Else'
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Not prog in the slightest, but for anyone who simply appreciates the beauty of the female voice in music, a little-known Canadian singer, quite similar in style to Loreena Mckennitt, just has to be heard (her song actually starts at 1:26 in this tube, but it's well worth waiting for, and it's a pretty decent vid to accompany the song):
 
 
 
 
That song is from her album 'The Trial Of Lancelot, and the album closes with this little beauty:
 
 
 
 
All her albums can be bought at cdbaby.com  HeartHeart
 
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Comus had (has) a female vocalist but she did't necessarily "front" that band as Rodger Wooten was the lead singer. That's all I can think of.LOL

...Besides Renaissance of course.Big smile


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Originally posted by Jbird

I youtubed some Subrosa, didn't care for them. Couldn't find hAND on youtube.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
That's just a couple from 'Deadroom Journal' for you - visit http://www.youtube.com/user/kierenj for the rest of the album  Smile
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A female fronted band I like very much is After Dinner (and, incidentally since she's the singer of After Dinner, I love various Haco albums -- especially Haco with Hiromichi Sakamoto's Ash in the Rainbow)
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Another great band that doesn't get any mention, although they have also a male singing are Halloween. Excellent sweet french vocals. Can't find any youtube videos Disapprove


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Originally posted by sagichim

Another great band that doesn't get any mention, although they have also a male singing are Halloween. Excellent sweet french vocals. Can't find any youtube videos Disapprove
 
They are indeed rather scarce...I only found one myself...but it's an absolute beauty - this is simply gorgeous:
 
 
 
 
It's a Van Der Graaf Generator cover, but what the Hell!   HeartHeart
 
 
Edit: She (Geraldine Le Cocq) also guested, along with Jean-Philippe Brun of Halloween (violin) on Synopsis's second album 'Gamme' (1981): http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=19955:
 
 
 
 
 
And she was also part of the French 'Romantic Wave' band Mediavolo with multi-instrumentalist Jacques Henry:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Quite a lady...


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I am currently listening to Proximal Distance's self-titled debut and they are fronted by Jessica Rasche.
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^  She also joined forces with multi-instrumentalist Jeff Hamel (one of the Proximal Distance collaborators) on his main band, Majestic's third album 'Arrival', released in 2009:
Here's the epic last track from it:
 
 
 
Majestic have released two albums since which feature her, both of which are well worth checking out: http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=4942
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Originally posted by yam yam

Originally posted by sagichim

Another great band that doesn't get any mention, although they have also a male singing are Halloween. Excellent sweet french vocals. Can't find any youtube videos Disapprove
 
They are indeed rather scarce...I only found one myself...but it's an absolute beauty - this is simply gorgeous:
 
 
 


I have that live show, this is a great cover. Thanks for posting it for I haven't listened to it for a couple of years now.


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Originally posted by sagichim

Another great band that doesn't get any mention, although they have also a male singing are Halloween. Excellent sweet french vocals. Can't find any youtube videos Disapprove
I have Merlin.  Absolutely lovely!!
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Originally posted by infocat

Originally posted by sagichim

Another great band that doesn't get any mention, although they have also a male singing are Halloween. Excellent sweet french vocals. Can't find any youtube videos Disapprove
I have Merlin.  Absolutely lovely!!


Glad to hear that. Merlin was my first album I got by them, now that I have all their albums I can say their latest Le Festin is really their best. Amazing set of songs but what strikes me the most is the incredible sound and production, everything is so clear and sounds so good! One of the best sounding albums I own.


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Frumpy were mentioned in the other thread, and they deserve to be mentioned again. Heavy organ-laden prog with a vocalist who is nothing like Janis, despite willy-nilly comparisons in every review.

Also, Affinity. Lovely English band with one album and a lead vocalist who was a teacher both before and after her stint in prog.
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I saw MoeTar recently, a truly excellent female (Moe) fronted band.



Thinking Plague aren't strictly female fronted as they are Mike Johnson's band but they've always had excellent female vocalists.
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Albion POL Ania Batko
Ambeon NL Astrid Van der Veen
Aries I Simona Angioloni
Babe Ruth UK Jennie Haan
Blackmore's Night UK-USA Candice Night
Breathing Space UK Olivia Sparnenn
Cirrus Bay USA Sharra Acle
Conqueror I Simona Rigano
Crimson Sky UK Holly Thody
Fauns D Kirsten Meineke
Flamborough Head NL Margriet Boosma
Frequency Drift D Antje Auer
F.r.e.u.d. D Cora O'Donovan
Introitus  S Anna Bender
Iona UK Joanna Hogg
Karnataka UK Lisa Fury, Rachel Jones, Hayley Griffiths
Legend UK Debbie Chapman, Kerry Parker
Magenta UK Christina Booth
Mostly Autumn UK Olivia Sparnenn, Heather Findlay
Nemezis POL Karolina Struzicka 
Oldfield UK Maggie Reilly
Panic Room UK Anne-Marie Helder
Quasar Lux Symphoniae I Annalisa Malvisio
Quidam POL Emilia Derkowska
Renaissance UK Annie Haslam
Shine Dion N Anna Jenssen
Stolen Earth UK Heidi Widdop
Strawberry Fields POL Robin
The Gathering NL Annieke van Giersbergen
The Reasoning UK Rachel Jones
Touchstone  UK Kim Seviour
UTO I Anna Torres Fraile
White Willow N Silvia Erichsen, 


Ehy you miss the best Neoprog band! La Tulipe Noire :D

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Toubabou. Brilliant jazzy Quebecprog
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Not metal but very powerful prog finnish band

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