Let's Go! Southwest - Female Vocalists - Comments

Wow, how inspirational.

nyxweb — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 18:34:29 -0500

Wow, how inspirational. It's great to see a list of strong, talented women. In a day when Paris Hilton, Britney Spears, and Lindsey Lohan give us women a rep for being brainless sluts. Sometimes when I feel powerless, I listen to Janis Joplin, Ani Difranco, Liz Phair (old school Liz that is), Patty Griffin, Madonna, Amy Winehouse, Fiona Apple, Tori Amos, Cat Power, Lacey Mosely from Flyleaf, Karen O from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Kim Gordon from sonic youth, Kim Deal from the Pixies, Shirley Manson, Pat Benatar, Ella Fitzgerald, Billy Holiday, Aretha Franklin, . . . the list goes on and on.

I've got another rock chick

jennyjean4 — Fri, 23 May 2008 14:11:53 -0500

I've got another rock chick to add to the list of the new women of rock.
I just heard the song "Last Day of Magic" by The Kills. That song gets stuck in my head a lot. The female lead singer, Alison "VV" Mosshart, rocks.

Siouxie Sioux! The voice,

geetar_boy — Fri, 16 May 2008 12:38:43 -0500

Siouxie Sioux! The voice, the look, the music, the theater...it's all very seducing.

And she's 50 and still pulling it off.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWep0GioRvw

Garbage frontwoman Shirley

brian — Fri, 16 May 2008 11:25:15 -0500

Garbage frontwoman Shirley Manson defined, to a certain extent, a genre of rock music in the mid- to late-90s. She's one of the best things to come out of Wisconsin ever.

Some of the women in the

jennyjean4 — Fri, 16 May 2008 11:08:43 -0500

Some of the women in the industry today that rock are...
Rilo Kiley
The Faders
Pretty Girls Make Graves
Girl In A Coma
Slater Kinney
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs (Karen O)
Tegan & Sara
and even though she's not a rocker, I have to mention MIA.

Ani Difranco is right up

writers bloc — Thu, 15 May 2008 15:37:54 -0500

Ani Difranco is right up there with a lot of the great names already mentioned. She's a triple threat: she's a great songwriter, singer and probably one of the most underrated guitar players out there. She attacks her instrument like she's playing slap bass. Check out this visceral calling out of an ex (wait for it - wait for it - the ROCK will come): Napoleon live

Minneapolis produced some of the finest Riot Grrls around, before that goofy term even existed, with Babes in Toyland (Hole owes a great debt to this band, and Courtney Love was even a member for a brief period of time): Bruise Violet

And when Patty Griffin's in the right mood, she can rock out with the best of them (again, wait for it - the rock is top-shelf psychoblues when it hits you in the face, but you gotta build to it): Flaming Red

Lately, I'm into Feist, which is more kind of quirk rock, but just great stuff.

Keep rocking ladies.

I agree with you that Pat

Sugar Beet — Thu, 15 May 2008 12:54:09 -0500

I agree with you that Pat Benetar really rocked it. Her background in opera fueled her wide vocal range. I loved "Treat Me Right" & "You Better Run". Talk about girl power!

Ann & Nancy Wilson of Heart have to be mentioned as well. "Magic Man" & "Baracuda" will always be favorites of mine.