Music suggestion requested

[jls001]

Amy Winehouse is dark.

Any song recommendation for Tony Braxton ?

Amy Winehouse is one of the truly breakthrough acts in female vocal jazz in recent times (IMHO). Too bad she died too young of substance abuse. Her songs portray the darker aspects of life. Her sarcasm can be biting, but her delivery is always engaging.

Toni Braxton : try Unbreak My Heart

 

[humblebee]

Toni Braxton : try Unbreak My Heart

Yes, heard that years ago. Was looking for some other class acts by her.

 

[Essarr]

humblebee,

I have added following CDs in recent times and I think you may like them. Of course, liking an entire album is getting to be difficult these days (say, since the days of Fleetwood Mac's 'Rumours' or Neil Young's "Harvest").

Allison Krauss / Robert Plant - "Raising Sand"
Not totally female, but Plant sounds good, and the instrumentation is 'industrial' which some may like, but different from the mainstream.

Wailin' Jennys - "40 Days"
Three Canadian girls can harmonize, and sometimes better than the Apalachian and Irish folks they emulate. Try 'Saucy Sailor'.

Gillian Welch - "The Harrow & The Harvest" (I also have an older album which I like: "Time - The Revelator").
An acoustic affair, folkish bluegrass, sparse instrumentation with David Rawling on guitar. Very listenable (to me). Try "The Way It Goes" on youtube.

Two classics I missed out on my initial list:

Alanis Morissette - "Jagged Little Pill".
Carol King - "Tapestry".

 

[Sumanta]

So many songs to listen. This thread is getting me glued here. And I am already in office, sad me.

Will you like Indian Ocean, Silk route, Joan Baez, Rabbi (some few songs that I heard)? They probably are similar.
I will try hearing those suggestions, road to musical journey with friends.
Thanks to all of you.

 

[Mockturtle]

Add to the priorly discussed artists two (relatively) obscure women artists..Suzanne Vega (you could try out her "Retrospective" compilation to get an overview) and Tanita Tikaram (Esp. her first album, "Ancient Heart")..their lyrics are way above their contemporaries...Jewel is'nt bad either, though she's more mainstream.

 

[musicbee]

Suzanne Vega and Tanita Tikaram

Are two of my favorites.

Must also mention Tori Amos, who is another personal favorite, for a perfect trio.

 

[musicbee]

Check out : Grace Potter & the Nocturnals

Maybe I have a thing for bands with female lead singers (I'm certainly thinking so), but I've been digging Grace Potter & The Nocturnals for a while now. Do check them out... just might be your thing.

A few other bands with female lead singers I've followed and enjoyed over the years...

Fleetwood Mac
T'Pau
The Beautiful South
The Cranberries
No Doubt
Evanescence
Portishead
Heart
Eurythmics
Roxette
The Pretenders
Garbage
Blondie
Fugees

 

[humblebee]

@Essarr - thanks for so many suggestions. Will take my time to try them all out.
@Sumanta - I recently bought 'best of indian ocean' cd. Didnt like it that much.
Maybe I have a thing for female lead singers. Still discovering !
@Mockturtle - yes I have to listen to suzanne . Is she there on itunes?
@musicbee - yeah I have recently re-discovered the cranberries! Credit to my music upgrades. On fact I am listening to their 'Dreams' right now ! Wow so many girl bands! Hmm.. it generally turns out that I like only 1-2 songs of a band. Let me search the famous songs of the bands you mention. Thanks anyways !