OT: Judee Sill

Ciao Y'all,

Rhino UK has just put out a double CD compilation of all of Judee Sill's
Asylum material... which I purchased eagerly. This is her best, they say.
But so far it just doesn't have the energy & intensity of my beloved female
singer-songwriters: Laura, Joni, Kate, Jane-Issa. Too much placid folk &
country for this hyped-up guy.  

This is only a preliminary reaction-- but my preliminary reactions are
usually reliable, stable. 

Also, this release doesn't have the material on Judee written by Andy
Partridge of XTC, which was on the prior US-Rhino releases. Which is odd,
since Andy is a UK kinda guy. I'm a big fan of XTC and would have
appreciated reading his comments about her, why she is such an influence
upon him. (Is this material available online anywhere? I will be doing a
net search, soon.) 

BTW, if there are other female singer-songwriters who have approach the
energy & intensity and esp. the musical ambition of the above quartet, I'd
love to learn about them! (Please point to specific recordings.) 

Bruce