Favorite Female vocals that give you goose bumps

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

Almarg - I'm a bit surprised as well, although looking back over some of the suggestions I'd say that most were not in the conventional, poorly engineered 'pop' category (though certainly some are). In the spirit of your post I'll add four I haven't seen so far; two classical, one alt-country, and one blues/soul/jazz:

Cecilia Bartoli

Anna Netrebko

Margo Timmons (Cowboy Junkies)

Casandra Wilson

Jax2
I think I mentioned Cecilia Bartoli.