Favorite Female vocals that give you goose bumps

Is Antony the guy who sang on the Leonard Cohen Tribute Movie? If so he is great. Can see why someone listening might think he is a woman.

By the way I had mentioned Rene Marie as my new favorite. Here is a youtube clip of her singing the Black National Anthem. Check it out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSbHz_ZQRFc

Yes, Antony sings, "If It Be Your Will" in the Cohen film. Great film and soundtrack, BTW. Thanks for the tip on the "I'm not There" soundtrack - I'll check that out.

kd lang singing Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah". I agree with Shadorne about Joan Baez singing Diamonds and Rust and would also suggest some of her earlier work on Bob Dylan songs.

Then, to go in another direction entirely, there are those songs that give goose bumps because the singer is putting everything she has into the song. A lot of Aretha, Janis in "(Take Another Little) Piece of My Heart," and even -- guilty pleasure confession -- "Total Eclipse of the Heart" by Bonnie Tyler. (Hope that doesn't get me banned.)

Nothing wrong with Bonnie Tyler!

Gee, I'm genuinely surprised that out of 61 responses so far, just a small handful have mentioned classical performers. I appreciate pop as much as many others, but on an audiophile-oriented forum, and considering the misguided and low quality engineering that goes into most pop recordings, I'm really surprised.

Regards,
-- Al