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Posted: May 10 2013 at 14:45
OMG, how could I forget to mention Dagmar Krause? She's on 2 of my fave prog RIO albums, Henry Cow's "In Praise of Learning" and Slapp Happy's "acnalbasaC nooM".
Hang on, I just had a look on wiki though, and she doesn't have writing credits on either album so I guess she doesn't fit the bill as a composer.
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Posted: May 10 2013 at 15:23
Found a couple others. My earlier post on Dagmar Krause got me thinking about another great RIO band with female vocals, Thinking Plague.
1) Susanne Lewis was singer/co-songwriter of the 1989 Thinking Plague album "In this Life" (Henry Cow guitarist Fred Frith guesting on this album). Later Thinking Plague albums featured female vocalist Deborah Perry but she didn't receive any songwriting credits that I could find.
2) Joni Mitchell. I know like 95% of her songs don't qualify as prog, but a handful that were recorded on her 1980 "Shadows and Light" tour sorta count as jazz-fusion-prog. I mean, if you're in a band with Jaco, Pat Metheny, and Lyle Mays you're gonna be more prog than just strumming a guitar crooning "Big Yellow Taxi"!
As far as non-prog female songwriters go, my favorite is clearly Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders. That woman knows how to kick a$$
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Posted: May 10 2013 at 15:38
octopus-4 wrote:
Marjana from Iamthemorning I think is one. Betty Thatcher has been a great lyricist. Heather Findlay didn't have a lot of space as composer in Mostly Autumn but she composed before and after.
Actually, I think all of Iamthemorning's music is written by Gleb, the pianist, although Marjana writes vocals and lyrics.
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Posted: May 11 2013 at 00:33
Jill Saward was a main writer, singer and multi-instrumentalist in Fusion Orchestra in the 70s. She later found fame as the lead singer of jazz-funk band Shakatak.
A more recent one is Rosalie Cunningham, guitarist, frontwoman and songwriter for Purson who have just been added to PA. A young woman who loves King Crimson, The Beatles, Black Sabbath and Amon Duul II - not many of those around!
Edited by Cactus Choir - May 11 2013 at 00:48
"And now...on the drums...Mick Underwooooooooood!!!"
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Posted: May 11 2013 at 11:10
m2thek wrote:
I believe Elisa Montaldo, keyboardist for Il Tempio delle Clessidre, composes the majority of their music.
What a talent she is, and gorgeous as well as a bonus! She looks mega goth on the inside sleeve of their debut album! Can't wait for the follow-up LP not too far away!
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Posted: May 11 2013 at 12:03
silverpot wrote:
Does Grace Slick count as prog?
As a leading force of Jefferson Airplane she is at least proto-prog, which counts for me.
As to a couple of other non-prog ladies, I have always been a big fan of both Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart. Great vocals and guitar.
Another of my favorites is Maddy Prior for both her work in Steeleye Span and as a solo artist. In fact, her solo work is perhaps more prog-oriented since she often does multi-part suites. In this style, let's not forget Jane Relf and Sandy Denny.
The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty"
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Posted: May 11 2013 at 12:10
progbethyname wrote:
The.Crimson.King wrote:
progbethyname wrote:
I really like
LISA GERRARD--DEAD CAN DANCE
TARJA TURUNENEN---NIGHTWISH, TARJA
and this is not prog, but CHRISTINA SCABBIA of LACUNA COIL is fantástico!!
Another couple outside prog...
Angela Gossow - death metal band Arch Enemy. She's listed as vocalist (clean and death growl) and songwriter...
Dara Rosenwasser - etherial dark-wave band Faith & Disease...
Oh I thought about the singer for Arch. I can't believe she is a woman! Wow. Sings like a man baby!! Sorry for the Austin powers initiation here, but thats no woman....it's a man baby!!
Not really, live she's got a very raspy growl, Floor Jansen of After Forever, ReVamp and Nightwish has a very convincing growl, which is even more impressive since she's a mezzo soprano.
I believe Elisa Montaldo, keyboardist for Il Tempio delle Clessidre, composes the majority of their music.
What a talent she is, and gorgeous as well as a bonus! She looks mega goth on the inside sleeve of their debut album! Can't wait for the follow-up LP not too far away!
Better than Angelina? Lol. What a moving track. Sorry I've lost my Marbles. Hee Hee
Marnie Stern! Math Rock/ Experimental from New York:
She basically rose to fame through Zach Hill - drummer for Hella, Death Grips. I think he helped out with a couple of studio albums. You'll notice she has a certain degree of pop sensibility to her quirky Math Rock style, which is something you don't hear too often. Love it.
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