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#221
Vocalists who blow me away consistently
Nathaniel Rateliff - just intense tone, awesome phrasing. Can take a very basic song and make it amazing without a ton of pyrotechnics

Lalah Hathaway - came across this performance recently and am absolutely blown away. Amazing range, amazing phrasing, dual-tone singing at the 6-min mark. Need to learn more about her. , But jebus even the band can't keep it together towards the end of this tune because she's so amazing .

Layne Stanley - a spooky vibe that on one can seem to match.

Chris Cornell - don't even need to discuss

Brad Sinsel from War Babies. This one is a little obscure as the band never fully made it. His vocal tone is really unique without being obnoxious A couple of examples Hang me Up & In the Wind

Antwaun Stanley of Vulfpeck - seriously show me someone who could do this
 
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What? 12 pages and no Diamonda Galas?







But I kid....
There’s many I would pick that have already been mentioned, but why rehash, there’s so many more. I’ll go with these people, and just keep it in the realm of pop/rock/whatever and revisit later...

The Ladies——
Liz Fraser(Cocteau Twins)
Dusty Springfield(with an emphasis on ‘Dusty In Memphis’)
Jacqui McShee(Pentangle)
Maddy Prior(Steeleye Span)
Lisa Gerrard(Dead Can Dance)
Anna Vonn Hausswolff
Bridget St. John(if Nico and Nick Drake had a baby...)
Judy Collins
Julie London
Clare Torry(Who? You’ve heard her a billion times)
Vashti Bunyan
Franchoise Hardy

The Gentlemen——
Scott Walker(in all phases of his career)
Bryan Ferry
Brendan Perry
John Cale
Peter Hammill
Richard Thompson
Colin Blunstone
Steve Kilbey
Serge Gainbourge

There are many, many more great singers, I’ll give them their due, but it’s difficult to narrow it down.
 
#227
jmlee said:
I'll second that. Her mom, Jackie, is no slouch either and we get to see her down here in Halifax on a regular basis. Now that you've reminded me, I've just put on Jim Hillman's "The Merlin Factor" with Kim singing. She's really something.
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Wow, you know Jackie too? And the Merlin Factor? Very cool! Rhonda was my first bass teacher (she was on the band's first album if I'm not mistaken) and I used to sometimes play with Jim (this was around five years ago - I haven't seen him lately). The one time I got to see the Merlin Factor live was on my eighteenth birthday and it was a lot of fun. A couple of years ago I saw Kim singing with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra at the Maison Symphonique here in Montreal and I'll never forget that performance. She tore the house down.
 
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I tend to like singers most often because of the level of what I call 'emotional content' that they bring or brought to songs vs. sheer vocal ability but occasionally the two criteria two line up.
Some that often come to my mind when this type of question is posed include; Steve Marriott, Stevie Wonder, Ian Gillian, Gram and Emmy-Lou (especially together), Ronnie James Dio, Ray Charles, Linda Ronstadt, Richard Manuel, Rick Danko, Otis Redding, Mavis Staples, I could definitely go on...
 
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richntiff said:
Wow TB is OLD :roflmao:

laugh if you want, but Lady Gaga can sing virtually anything (have you heard her with Tony Bennett?) And Pentatonix and Lake Street Dive. Dayum.
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There will be NO laughing in the presence of Lady Gaga.

When Tony Bennett speaks of her as he does, ‘nuff said... :thumbsup:

Her Super Bowl thing locked it Down for me!
 
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