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Great female voices

I've always been fascinated by wonderful female voices (who isn't?) and have come across a couple recently that I want to share.

Rhiannon Giddens' solo album "Tomorrow is My Turn", produced by T-Bone Burnett, is an extraordinary recording of one of the great voices I've heard in many years, with a vocal and stylistic range that I've seldom heard from any other singer, ever.

And the Portuguese Fado singer Ana Moura has an amazingly beguiling voice. Try her album "Desfado" which has a version of Joni Mitchell's "A Case of You" that rivals the original.
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mofimadness
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Just listened to The Hissing of Summer Lawns.
That's probably my favorite Joni Mitchell album.
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ghosthouse
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Hey Mofi. I bought that a long time ago (vinyl cutout) and it is one of hers that I do still play from time to time. Pretty much stopped following her closely after that one. Gave Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter a listen the other night. Somewhat interesting. A bit "rambling", maybe. Any others you would recommend from her post-Lawns "oeuvre"?

(oops...almost forgot, I do have her Hejira).

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@Ghost...I have everything that she ever did on vinyl.  Huge Joni fan here.

I really like "Wild Things Run Fast", there was an audiophile reissue and "Chalk Mark In A Rain Storm.  Also, "Night Ride Home" isn't too bad.
dpatterson
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Hey ghost - Try Shadows and Light
Recorded live with Pat Metheny's band.

Don P.
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Thanks guys.  Spotify has a bunch of her recordings.  I will check those titles out.  
Hello again Don.  Your visit planted the vinyl bug so I've been running the Technics.  Fooled with the gain setting on the pre-amp.  Seems like it perked up the Grado a bit.  

Last albums played after Summer Lawns were all Pat Metheny:  
80/81, Wichita Falls, and now, Rejoicing with Haden.  Used to listen to Miles of Aisles with friends back in the day.  I'll see what Shadows and Light is like.  

Thanks again to both of you.  
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