Beth Hart too for me:
My favourite, (perhaps tied with Joni Mitchell)
My sort of top 10…
Emiliana Torrini
Lara Fabian
Alison Goldfrapp
Bic Runga
Beth Gibbons
Heather Nova
Lana Del Rey
Regina Spektor
Sia Furler
Red Velvet
I would say, avoiding re-listing some above:
Beth Nielsen Chapman
Sarah-Jane Morris
Anita Baker
Lucy Ward
Sophie Zelmani
Ida Sand
Jewel
Shawn Colvin
RLJ
Eva Cassidy
…not forgetting the likes of Aretha, Mavis Staples, Ruthie Foster and other soul divas.
Ah yes, forgot the lovely Regina. Saw her in concert when she had a sore throat, and had to go off stage for 15 mins to recover, then came back and wowed us all
Not a definitive list,but a few of my favourites,
Kate Bush
Beth Hart
Thea Gilmore
Nell Brydon
Hazel O’Connor
Also happens that I’ve seen all of these ladies live,and that they can all deliver .
For me it would be
Sarah Mclachlan
Aurora
Bat for lashes
Beth Orton
Fever Ray
Hope Sandoval
Nell Bryden
So jealous you’ve seen Kate Bush, was that her last concert at the Hammersmith, or the original
Unfortunately/fortunately it was the Hammersmith,as great as that was,I would have loved to have seen her at the beginning.
See my avatar.
The lovely, powerful, delightful woman that is
Ese Okorodudu and her band The Vooduu People.
Apart from Ese and TVP - Emmylou Harris, Nina Simone, The Slits and Annette Peacock are never far from my Linn…
And…
Clare Maguire
Looking at my Tidal favourites, the answer is.
Les Nubians
Bonnie Raitt
Basia
Christine & the Queens
Joni Mitchell
Alison Krauss
Zaz
I’ve seen Kate’s Bush.
When women were at the cutting edge - UT with the album Griller
I see her in my dreams - does that count
Aimee Mann
The Cranberries
Thea Gilmore
Cara Dillon
Alanis Morrisette
Brutus (Stefanie Maanaerts)
Julie Christmas