Sorry for the delayed response. My AOL address is very sleepy these days-- even sleepier than the Siblings list.
Anyway, Bruce, here are a few suggestions:
Juana Molina (quiet but intriguing Argentinian ex-sitcom star who mixes acoustic and electronics; try her latest, "Son" [i.e. 'they are' in Spanish])
Neko Case (lord what a voice; she's recorded a number of CDs classified as 'alt-country' but her latest, "Fox Confessor Brings the Flood," is a just lustrous, if cryptic, goodness)
My Brightest Diamond (brand new artist-- it's a woman named Shara Worden, who previously worked with Sufjan Stevens; I hear a whole lot of Kate Bush in her very interesting and worthwhile debut called "Bring Me the Workhorse")
Annie Gallup (criminally overlooked singer/songwriter who's truly an incredible poet; does a lot of speak-singing but is nonetheless very sound musically; don't know all her CDs but highly recommend "Swerve")
That's a start. I'm happy to recommend more if you're still interested.
Jeremy
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From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 9:53 AM
Subject: 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
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