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Chicks With Guitars

Their poppin out of the woodwork! I love them, many others here do to. It seems there are often side discussions on this topic in the "best of" threads but I don't recall a dedicated spot for these lovely ladies. Hope to pick up a few new artists to listen to and maybe offer up a few to y'all.

List your chick with guitar favorites here:

A few to kick it off....

Laura Marling
Martha Tilston
Emily Jane White
Sharon Van Etten
Marissa Nadler
Caroline Herring
Rachel Harrington
Sara Jaffe
Tyler, the Creator...ok, I just slipped that one in to see if anyone would notice...

I could go on and on but these are some good ones I thought would be a decent start.
richard_stacy
richard_stacy OP
686 posts
 
Wow. Lots of new names to look into, thanks fella's!

Here is a few more I like:

Jen Cloher
Sarabeth Tucek
Laura Veirs
Mountain Man (Yes, they are girls)
The Unthanks (Celtic Chicks)
The Audreys (Chicks from down under)
Naomi Sommers
Diana Jones
Heidi Talbot
Julie Doiron
jerico
131 posts
 
Oh man... (Jerico reaches for the wallet, opens Amazon on browser)...!

No one has mentioned Susan Tedeschi, I don't think. I guess she's not exactly unknown though.

How about Mary Gauthier? The album she did with Joe Henry as producer is beautiful (Between Daylight and Dark).
richard_stacy OP
686 posts
 
Jerico....sampled that Anna Calvi album, very cool. Love the reverb creepy guitar.

Loomis...Not sure how I have missed Edith Frost but after a few quick samples I can tell she is right up my alley. I have some Kaki King. She is a crazy guitar player. First time I heard her I swore it was Michael Hedges and still get confused when her stuff comes on. She did an EP with Mountain Goats, Pear Tree I think was the name, which is my favorite piece from her. Some of her showy guitar records bug me but she has serious skills.
bizango1
276 posts
 
Kaki King for sure. Saw her up close in a small now defunct venue in Santa Cruz. During one number I realized my mouth was hanging open in awe. I turned around to look at the audience and everybody else's mouths were hanging open too. Tiny gal, huge talent.
tthomas
36 posts
 
Sharon Isbin. Great talent and I think she more or less started the guitar program at juilliard.
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