have we had a 'brilliant women in music' thread yet???

[totalmisfit]

my votes go to:

Patty Smith

Sandy Denny

Bjork

Kate Bush does it for me

Kim Deal (Breeders,Pixies)

Raises a glass to P.J (clinks glass)

Second Liz Phair too.

Should have added Michelle Shocked to my list

PJ Harvey love love love her

Joni Mitchell

Kim Deal

Ella Fitzgerald

Liz Phair

I am sure there are many more

joan armatrading and tracy chapman

Annie Lennox
Barbra Streisand
Ella Fitzgerald
Dolly Parton

(all totally different but stood the test of time)

I don't know how anyone can listen to Ella singing Bewitched bothered and bewildered and not think WOW

Jane Siberry
Laurie Anderson

My favourite local taxi driver is an ex-squaddie and has scary looking tattoos all over him - but is the most passionate Ella Fitzgerald fan you could imagine. We drove back from Sainsburys yesterday listening to "Bewitched..." together .

I'd forgotten about the Traceys - Thorn and Chapman. May have to go to that ITunes store again.

Are we talking women we admire, or purely musical talent? A lot of these women are/were out of their noggins on various substances and deeply miserable.

But I do think Bjork, Tracey Thorn and Joni Mitchell are brilliant and admirable. Jill Scott too.

Alison Goldfrapp

siouxsie su

annoyingdevil, I absolutely love Anchorage. What a fantastic song.

oh yes, agree with Tracey Thorn and Alison Goldfrapp

Madeleine Peyroux
Francoise Hardy
Caesaria Evora

Alanis Morissette (her new album is fantastic, her best since JLP)

Joni Mitchell

Roisin Murphy

Sarah McLachlan

Joanna Newsom, anyone? quirky and definitely not to everyone's taste...

i tried to get into Joanna Newsom, and i have no doubt she's very talented, but i just didn't 'click' with her music...

agree with Joni Mitchell, PJ Harvey and i was blown away when i heard some of Tracy Thorn's early stuff a few years ago, very folky, melodic and different from what i'd expected.

UD - i was a huge Kenickie fan in my teens, and still have a soft spot for Lauren Laverne - P-U-N-K-A!

intrigued by Blossom Dearie - when i clicked on the link i expected her to be an Alison Goldfrapp type!

Ah well coming from a completely different direction

Betty Wright
India arie
Aretha Franklin

Kate Bush - my all time hero

Polly Harvey

Miho Hatori and Yuka Honda (Cibo Matto)

Annie Hardy (Giant Drag)

Kim and Kelly Deal

Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth, a very cool lady)

Mimi Parker (Low)

Candi Staton

Suzanne Vega

Missy Elliott

Christina Aguilera

Bjork

All women who have done things their way and made amazing music because of it.

totalmisfit - I like Lauren Laverne too !

Liz Fraser of the Cocteau Twins.

Mama Cass

I'm not a huge fan or anything, but Madonna?

Great thread.

For me its:

Nina Simone
Carole King
Nico
Joni Mitchell

All great artists, but also something more, whether bolshie, or arty or whatever..