The "other" singers you enjoy.........?


Most on this forum can name the well known great male and female (pop/Jazz) singers.....usually meaning the gift of a great voice with intelligent use of great song writers.  But what about those "other" singers of both genders that you enjoy that are not the "usual suspects"?

Roseanne Cash, Valerie Carter, Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, James Taylor, Dinah Washington, .,...gosh, even Del Shannon (Tom Petty and several other's favorite) ....Mel Torme, Chet Baker....etc. 

.....and one that many consider a great voice,  but still often left out, Roy Orbison. 

And your "other" singers?    And,....as one of the most mentioned would say...."thank you, thank you very much".


whatjd
Peter Hammill, sometimes with the band Van der Graaf Generator.
Not a conventional voice and avoid his live recordings as your first taste of him. Godbluff or Still Life might be the best place to start, both VDGG albums.


Jimmy Dale Gilmore. Laura Nyro. Donovan. Fritz Wunderlich. Les Double Six. Ryan Bingham.
Here are some of mine,

Dawn Landes
Caroline Spence
Colter Wall
James Fullbright
Gill Landry
Jenny Lewis
Neko Case
Sarah Jarozs
Nicole Atkins
John Moreland
John Fogerty
Annie Lennox

I could go on........