From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V9 #158 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Friday, June 6 2003 Volume 09 : Number 158 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Most beautiful voices [Carolyn Andre ] Re: Most beautiful voices [Paul Schreiber ] RE: Most beautiful voices ["William Mazur" ] Re: Most beautiful voices ["John Zimmer" ] Re: Most beautiful voices ["Xenu's Sister" ] Re: Most beautiful voices [Yngve Hauge ] Vocal OCR programs? [Xenus Sister ] Re: Most beautiful voices ["Matt Bittner" ] Re: Most beautiful voices ["Joanna M. Phillips" ] Re: Most beautiful voices [Ed Cole ] Re: Most beautiful voices ["Kira Barnes" ] SALE: CDs, Records, Flexis, Indiepop Cassettes [stumck@webtv.net (stuart ] new lucinda williams - world without tears / listen.com [JoAnn Whetsell <] Re: Most beautiful voices [russvr ] RE: Most beautiful voices ["Clifford, Laura" ] RE: Most beautiful voices [Nadyne Mielke ] Re: Vocal OCR programs? (fwd) [dmw ] Pamela Wyn Shannon ["Jack Sutton" ] Most beautiful voices (some more) ["Paul Jensen" ] Re: Most beautiful voices [Chris Morriss ] Re: Most beautiful voices [Chris Morriss ] RE: Most beautiful voices (some more) ["Amy" ] Re: Most beautiful voices ["Bill" ] re: most beautiful voices ["dave" ] Re: Most beautiful voices [AzeemAK@aol.com] re: most beautiful voices [julesette ] re: most beautiful voices ["Jack Sutton" ] Re: Most beautiful voices (some more) [meredith ] Re: most beautiful voices [Birdie ] RE: most beautiful voices ["Bill Adler" ] Fwd: Most beautiful voices (some more) [Greg Bossert ] Re: most beautiful voices (and Soul Journey) [Greg Bossert ] Fwd: Industry, Webcasters Reach Royalty Deal [Neb Rodgers Subject: Re: Most beautiful voices aargh! what a thread to start reading just before I go to bed!! reminds me of the voices I HAVEN'T been listening to lately but *NEED* to again! um, coupla additions from my celtic voices side: - - the crystalline beauty of Mary Black's voice - - the "earth" of Dolores Keane and - - the smoky Scotch & warm milk of Mary Chapin Carpenter Regards, Carolyn Andre - --- candre@house-of-music.com Chicago, IL / USA Support Independent Music! Use the Internet http://house-of-music.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 23:22:25 -0700 From: Paul Schreiber Subject: Re: Most beautiful voices Bill Adler wrote: > Mary Fahl's latest album has gotten me wondering about what other > incredible voices there are... > > I'm interested in hearing who other Ectophiles like. My favourites are: - - Diana Krall (I'd listen to her read the phone book) - - Jewel - - Rayanne (sometimes-Toronto folkie) honourable mentions / other interesting voices: - - Libbie Schrader (ex-Think of England) has a really powerful, really bluesy voice. - - Dave Matheson covering Slean's "Habit" - - Jason Mraz can do some amazing things, from opera to scatting. i can't say it would fall into my "beautiful" list. - - Gary Jules, especially on "Mad World" (very soothing) - - Leona Naess' speaking voice totally kills me (hey, she's a Brit, I'm helpless) - - Sophie B. Hawkins and Brenley McEachern (madviolet, ex-zoebliss) have this amazing raspy quality to their voices Paul shad 96c / uw cs 2001 / mac activist / fumbler / eda / headliner / navy-souper fan of / sophie b. / steve poltz / habs / bills / 49ers / "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." -- Arthur C. Clarke ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 00:53:42 -0700 From: "William Mazur" Subject: RE: Most beautiful voices I agree with Andrew that there are many variations on what is a beautiful voice. My criterion for a beautiful voice is passion, sincerity (coming from the heart), drama and the ability to send a chill up my spine or bring a tear to my eye or both simultaneously. Some of the vocalists I will mention may not even be considered traditionally "good" singers. They just hit me the right way. Here are my top 5 female: 1) Kate Bush 2) Sandy Denny 3) Tori Amos 4) Happy Rhodes 5) Loreena McKennitt Here are my top 5 male: 1) Justin Hayward (The Moody Blues) 2) Jon Anderson (Yes) 3) Greg Lake (King Crimson, ELP) 4) Peter Gabriel 5) Steve Hogarth (Marillion) I will also add the names of singers that I haven't seen mentioned here already. Sorry, it not a short list. It's really hard to narrow down. BTW, I agree with most of the people that have already been mentioned in other responses. Annie Lennox Louisa John-Krol Maire Brennan Virginia Astley Vienna Teng John Lennon Paul McCartney Freddy Mercury Brian Ferry Steve Winwood Jack Bruce Nick Drake David Gilmour Richard Sinclair (Caravan) David Cousins (The Strawbs) Steve Wilson (Porcupine Tree) Bono Sting Kevin Gilbert Brendan Perry Art Garfunkel Midge Ure (Ultravox) - -----Original Message----- From: owner-ecto@smoe.org [mailto:owner-ecto@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Bill Adler Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 6:36 PM To: ecto@smoe.org Subject: Most beautiful voices Mary Fahl's latest album has gotten me wondering about what other incredible voices there are... I'm interested in hearing who other Ectophiles like. On my list of beautiful voices, in no particular order, are: ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 00:56:15 -0700 From: "John Zimmer" Subject: Re: Most beautiful voices Greg wrote: > That's a fascinating list. I haven't heard enough Jeff Buckley to > comment, and I far prefer Elizabeth Fraser to Lisa Gerrard in that > odd little genre. I love the individually unique forms of musical glossolalia these two women create(d) about equally. But one of the THE musically transcendent experiences of my life was the first time I heard Elizabeth Fraser's cover of Tim Buckley's "Song to the Siren", as part of This Mortal Coil's _It'll End in Tears_. I don't think I can properly describe why this song hits me as hard as it does, but suffice to say, if I can't take at least this track with me to that desert island then I ain't going. :) In addition to the usual pantheon of: Kate Bush Tori Amos Happy Rhodes Sarah McLachlan I would also add: Sandy Denny Karen Matheson (of Capercaillie) Emma Shapplin Loreena McKennitt Beth Orton ...and doubtless others I'll think of right after I hit "send". John ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2003 04:16:53 -0500 From: "Xenu's Sister" Subject: Re: Most beautiful voices Hmm, this is very different from a "voices I love" thread. Lots of voices I love probably wouldn't be considered beautiful, as such. Definitely beautiful: Kate Bush Happy Rhodes Jeff Buckley Jane Siberry Tori (though I hate her enunciation sometimes) Sarah Sally Oldfield Sheila Chandra Enya Peter Gabriel doesn't really have a "beautiful" voice but it hits me emotionally. The same goes for Iris DeMent, Mary Margaret O'Hara, Mary Coughlan, Kirsty MacColl, Karen Peris (The Innocence Mission), Eddi Reader, Milla, many others. (I'm still sending out URLs. Anyone else?) V ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 11:25:37 +0200 (CEST) From: Yngve Hauge Subject: Re: Most beautiful voices I have to add a couple of names to that so for extensive list of beautiful voices of one or the other kind. Need some norwegian voices in there :) Anne Marie Almedal (Velvet Belly) Kristin Asbjxrnsen (Krxyt/Dadafon - samples at www.kroyt.no) (that norwegian letter in there twice :) Kari Ruesletten (Third & The Mortal and solo) Anja Garbarek - -- Yngve n.p. Krxyt - One Heart Is Too Small ****************************************** * E-mail: onealien@mo.himolde.no ********* * Cell: +47 41330571 ********************* ***** Blessed be!!! ********************** ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2003 04:38:12 -0500 From: Xenus Sister Subject: Vocal OCR programs? As in, say I have a radio interview, and I would like to transcribe it. Say again that I am a lazy sod, which is why I've put it off for years, hoping for the technology to catch up with my lazy ass. Has it? Are there any programs out there that listen to speech and can turn it into words on a page, even if imperfect, like all OCR programs? Well, it was worth asking. If I weren't such a slow typist... V ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2003 05:17:51 -0500 From: "Matt Bittner" Subject: Re: Most beautiful voices I would add to Happy and Kate and Sarah McLachlan and...: Nicky Mehta (currently of The Wailin' Jennys) The Wailin' Jennys (because of the awesome three-part harmony) Holly Cole (I always think of "smokie jazz" when I hear her) Sarah Lentz (although she could use some more singing lessons to bring the vibrato under control) Matt Bittner ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2003 07:38:43 -0400 From: "Joanna M. Phillips" Subject: Re: Most beautiful voices Also in no particular order, including "non-ecto": Mary Fahl Happy Rhodes k.d. lang Kathy Mattea (I just got a CD called "Songs of the Civil War", to which she is a contributor--gorgeous!) All the sisters in The Rankin Family :-) The Roches Loreena McKennitt Elisabeth Fraser Enya Joan Baez Okay, for guys: Luciano Pavarotti (and while we are on opera...) Siegfried Jerusalem James Morris (then moving back to popular via the bridge...) Andrea Bocelli Matthew Ward (of the Christian group The 2nd Chapter of Acts) Sting (not beautiful exactly...but beautiful to me...) Me too, I'm sure I'll think of others after I've sent this. :-P fleur ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 07:53:03 -0400 From: "Varker, Patrick" Subject: Beautiful voices One of the purest, beautiful voices on this earth belongs to Alison Krauss. Many other of my favorites have already been mentioned. I must admit though(now I'm really dating myself) that the first voice thay ever really pulled me in was that of Claudine Longet(I guess it was that whispery, french thang!) I'm enjoying this thread, you guy's are giving me some names to definitely check out further. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2003 06:27:54 -0700 From: Ed Cole Subject: Re: Most beautiful voices Bob Dylan (pre- Nashville Skyline) Neil Young Kate Bush Cindy Lee Berryhill Gabby Pahinui The Roches Iris Dement Greg Brown Gillian Welch Rufus Wainwright Dolores Keane Marty Balin Tim Buckley (much better than his kid) Mary Margaret O'Hara Mirah Kate and Anna McGarrigle Janis Joplin Geoff and Maria Muldaur Sal Valentino Better quit now, list could get too long. Probably is already. I see a few repeats from other folks picks. Ed ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 07:50:24 -0700 From: "Kira Barnes" Subject: Re: Most beautiful voices Bill wrote: >I'm interested in hearing who other Ectophiles like. Fave voices, in no particular order: Heather Jones, of the Welsh group Hin Deg Caroline Lavelle Kit Messick, of The Mirror Reveals Kate Bush Happy Rhodes Louisa John-Krol Those are the ones that spring immediately to mind. Kira ____________________________________________________________ Free 20MB Web Site Hosting and Personalized E-mail Service! 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It seems, more than ever, Lucinda's made an album with a range of different styles - folk, country, rock, blues, and more. You can listen to the whole thing on her website: http://www.lucindawilliams.com/ She mentions that there are 2 exclusive tracks available on listen.com which has a free 7 day trial period. I was wondering if anyone has heard these tracks or has any experience with listen.com. I looked at their website, but it only mentioned burning the songs onto cd's, nothing about downloading them onto mp3 players. I don't have a cd burner, but thanks to the many recommendations, I do now have an mp3 player. If you download the stuff onto your computer in order to burn it, I assume you could put it on a portable player, but I don't know enough about this stuff. Also, does anyone know what they charge per track? I'm not interested in a long-term service, but a free trial might be interesting. Thanks in advance. JoAnn ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 08:16:00 -0700 (PDT) From: russvr Subject: Re: Most beautiful voices Hands down, if it hasn't already been stated, male or female, it has to be Jeff Buckley. End of story. - - Russ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 09:19:36 -0400 From: "Clifford, Laura" Subject: RE: Most beautiful voices I'm surprised it took this long for k.d. lang to show up! I love Kate and Happy, but if I had to pick the most beautiful voice it would be k.d.... Laura - -----Original Message----- From: Joanna M. Phillips [mailto:melodymouse@bookmice.net] Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 7:39 AM To: ecto@smoe.org Subject: Re: Most beautiful voices Also in no particular order, including "non-ecto": Mary Fahl Happy Rhodes k.d. lang ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 10:28:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Nadyne Mielke Subject: RE: Most beautiful voices I think that the most beautiful female voice is, hands down, Margo Timmins (lead singer for Cowboy Junkies). I could listen to her sing my Java code. I'm a bit harder-pressed to come up with the most beautiful male voice. I have several favourites (Paul Kelly chief amongst them), but I don't know if I would describe his voice as beautiful. /nm ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 13:37:59 -0400 (EDT) From: dmw Subject: Re: Vocal OCR programs? (fwd) oops, meant this for the list, just in case anyone but Vickie is interested On Thu, 5 Jun 2003, Xenus Sister wrote: > As in, say I have a radio interview, and I would like to transcribe it. Say > again that I am a lazy sod, which is why I've put it off for years, hoping > for the technology to catch up with my lazy ass. Has it? Are there any > programs out there that listen to speech and can turn it into words on a > page, even if imperfect, like all OCR programs? > > Well, it was worth asking. If I weren't such a slow typist... the two popular affordable (<$90) ones are DragonSpeak (DragonDictate? DragonSomething) and IBM's Via voice.) Don't even try w/o a 300Mhz machine at least. Dragon bogs down my 1.4Ghz machine sometimes. I bought both and like Dragon better, although they're very similar in operation. They won't do a thing for you if you don't spend a lot of time training them. Alan: Thanks for the tape particle adhesive info. I didn't know that. Beautiful Voices: In addition to many of those mentioned already, I'm very partial to Marti Jones Sally Timms ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 10:44:36 -0700 From: "Jack Sutton" Subject: Pamela Wyn Shannon Pamela Wyn Shannon is a Celtic-Folk singer from New Jersey with a splendid voice, a fine guitar/bouzouki style, and a collection of wonderful songs. She's making her first California tour with a couple radio spots as well. Below is her schedule for those interested in checking out a really talented artist. Jack Sutton Harmony Ridge Music www.hrmusic.com CALIFORNIA GIGS - please forward to interested California friends (Visit www.girlhenge.com to learn more about Pamela Wyn Shannon) June 7, 2003, 11:00am -? Modern Nomad Festival - Music, Poetry, Writing Workshops!!! Henry Miller Library Big Sur, California Pamela plays at 7PM Tickets are $20 for a whole day of music Sales go towards Writing Scholarship http://www.modernnomadmagazine.com/modernnomadfestival.htm June 8, 2003 10:00 am (PST) Live on radio KPIG or on the net (1:00 pm EST) www.kpig.com June 10, 2003 12:00 noon PST ( 3:00 PM EST) Pamela is a special guest on KUSP in Santa Cruz, CA. Dynamic DJs, JT Mason & Robin Roberts welcome Pamela on their show "Open Road". Listen at www.cruzio.com/~kusp/ June 11, 2003, 8:00pm Henflings Pamela Wyn Shannon, Andy Demos (percussion) & Deby Grosjean Benton (fiddle) 9450 Highway 9, Ben Lomond, CA 95005 Order Tickets 831-336-8811 $8adv. $10 door Also Performing this night is Fred Buck. Fred is supported by Dean Markley strings so: SPECIAL PROMOTION-IF YOU ARE HOLDING TICKET 1 THROUGH 24 YOU RECEIVE ONE FREE SET OF HIGH END, LONG LASTING DEAN MARKLEY GUITAR STRINGS VALUED AT NEARLY $30 A SET. ONE SET PER PERSON AVAILABLE NIGHT OF SHOW. RESERVATIONS WON'T COUNT FOR PROMTOTION. YOU MUST BUY A TICKET AT HENLINGS IN ADVANCE OR AT THE DOOR NIGHT OF SHOW (PROVIDED TICKETS 1-24 ARE STILL AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR) TO QUALIFY. BUY NOW TO BE SURE. Saturday, June 14th, 7pm Bazaar Cafe Pamela Wyn and Andy Demos Double Bill with Austin Willacy 5920 California St. (betw. 21st & 22nd) san fransisco, CA (415) 831-5620 http://www.bazaarcafe.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2003 18:17:10 +0000 From: "Paul Jensen" Subject: Most beautiful voices (some more) I'll add my favorites to the list: Suzanne Perry's vocals in the band 'Love Spirals Downwards' was an introduction into a new type of music for me, and has forever changed my taste in music. She has this lovely, sad voice that often soars. Heavenly. You can download the full version of the song "Depression Glass" here for a wonderful taste (no gimmicks, no sign-ups!): http://www.lovespiralsdownwards.com/audio.html Do Ectophiles not like Bjork? I'm somewhat surprised her name has not come up. One of the most unique, powerful, and definitely beautiful voices out there. I worship her.. (in fact, my license plate is "Bjorky 1") I'll second the vote for Laurie Anderson. An unmistakable voice; soft, menacing, ironic, silly, haunting.. Her singing is good, but I prefer her spoken-word material. (and doesn't Happy's speaking voice remind you of Laurie's a bit?!) Another band I love is called 'Stoa'.. really amazing neo-classical stuff. Operatic heavenly female vocals.. just beautiful.. Here's a sample: http://www.stoa.de/mp3/Stoa-part.mp3 And my final two picks are the band 'Azure Ray' and 'Faith & Disease' - both have whisped female vocals, lovely arrangements (guitars, violins..), and that special 'something' that makes your ears perk the first time you hear them. *laughs* Hope this all wasn't too dramatic. I'm a critic-wannabe. :) Paul ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "My needy lungs heaved For a sinking we could share." Annika Bentley ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _________________________________________________________________ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 20:17:08 +0100 From: Chris Morriss Subject: Re: Most beautiful voices In message <3EDEA3C6.1040906@metatronpress.com>, Joseph Zitt writes >Bill Adler wrote: >> Mary Fahl's latest album has gotten me wondering about what other >> incredible voices there are... >> I'm interested in hearing who other Ectophiles like. On my list of >> beautiful voices, in no particular order, are: > >Completely off the top of my head, I think of: > >Emmylou Harris >David Sylvian >David Bowie >Jeff Buckley >Lisa Gerrard > >I'm curious as to what we hear as "beauty" in these voices... And Margo Timmins of the Cowboy Junkies. - -- Chris Morriss ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 20:18:49 +0100 From: Chris Morriss Subject: Re: Most beautiful voices In message <013001c32b17$b812d530$0300a8c0@CTHULHU>, Peter Clark writes >Mary Black >Sandy Denny >Tracy Thorn >Louise Rutkowski >Karen Bergquist >Jennifer Warnes >Laurie Freelove > >And Heidi Berry, just 'cause it needs saying again. > > >Peter C > Yes! Come on Heidi, just one more CD. Please? - -- Chris Morriss ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 20:36:57 +0100 From: Chris Morriss Subject: Re: Most beautiful voices In message , Chris Morriss writes >In message <3EDEA3C6.1040906@metatronpress.com>, Joseph Zitt > writes >>Bill Adler wrote: >>> Mary Fahl's latest album has gotten me wondering about what other >>> incredible voices there are... >>> I'm interested in hearing who other Ectophiles like. On my list of >>> beautiful voices, in no particular order, are: >> >>Completely off the top of my head, I think of: >> >>Emmylou Harris >>David Sylvian >>David Bowie >>Jeff Buckley >>Lisa Gerrard >> >>I'm curious as to what we hear as "beauty" in these voices... > >And Margo Timmins of the Cowboy Junkies. Uh Uh, that could read as if I'm disparaging her. Certainly not, her voice is wonderful. - -- Chris Morriss ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 14:53:47 -0500 From: "Amy" Subject: RE: Most beautiful voices (some more) This is fun! > Do Ectophiles not like Bjork? I LOVE Bjvrk. She's an oddball, but very cool and very entertaining. I'm also going to second the whole Jeff Buckley thing. He was my "rock star boyfriend" for years, but I think that perhaps Andy Stochansky might have taken his spot. His voice is gorgeous as well...and slightly similar to Jeff's. Plus I got to see Andy in concert recently and he was fabulous!! Female voices...again I'll see your Sarah McLachlan (and wholeheartedly agree) and I'll raise you a Bic Runga. I'm sure there are many others but those spring to mind. Ooh oh Marina Sorbara too. Oh I'd better stop... ~Amy Producer - www.collectedsounds.com A Guide to Women in Music > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-ecto@smoe.org [mailto:owner-ecto@smoe.org]On > Behalf Of Paul > Jensen > Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 1:17 PM > To: ecto@smoe.org > Subject: Most beautiful voices (some more) > > > I'll add my favorites to the list: > > Suzanne Perry's vocals in the band 'Love Spirals Downwards' was an > introduction into a new type of music for me, and has forever > changed my > taste in music. She has this lovely, sad voice that often > soars. Heavenly. > You can download the full version of the song "Depression > Glass" here for a > wonderful taste (no gimmicks, no sign-ups!): > http://www.lovespiralsdownwards.com/audio.html > > Do Ectophiles not like Bjork? I'm somewhat surprised her name > has not come > up. One of the most unique, powerful, and definitely > beautiful voices out > there. I worship her.. (in fact, my license plate is "Bjorky 1") > > I'll second the vote for Laurie Anderson. An unmistakable > voice; soft, > menacing, ironic, silly, haunting.. Her singing is good, but > I prefer her > spoken-word material. (and doesn't Happy's speaking voice > remind you of > Laurie's a bit?!) > > Another band I love is called 'Stoa'.. really amazing > neo-classical stuff. > Operatic heavenly female vocals.. just beautiful.. Here's a sample: > http://www.stoa.de/mp3/Stoa-part.mp3 > > And my final two picks are the band 'Azure Ray' and 'Faith & > Disease' - both > have whisped female vocals, lovely arrangements (guitars, > violins..), and > that special 'something' that makes your ears perk the first > time you hear > them. > > *laughs* Hope this all wasn't too dramatic. I'm a critic-wannabe. :) > > Paul > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > "My needy lungs heaved > For a sinking we could share." > Annika Bentley > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > _________________________________________________________________ > Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2003 13:32:13 -0700 From: "Bill" Subject: Re: Most beautiful voices On 05 Jun 2003 15:50:40 +1000, Andrew Fries wrote: >On Thu, 2003-06-05 at 15:38, Greg Bossert wrote: >> and thanks. Bill -- to my embarrassment, i must admit that Ms. Nova was >> on my list, [...] >> but all those early live recordings sure >> have a spark, yeah? > >they certainly do. I never bothered getting her most recent CD, but >whatever she might be doing (or not doing) now, "Blow" remains on my >list of "10 desert island" disks. Her latter stuff is great too; different, yes, but great, too, as far as her voice, if nothing else. For example, on her latest, _South_, the way she sings "Talk to Me" inspires the angels and desire we seek in these voices, even if the music itself is definitely heavy on the pop side. And, _Siren_, even as over-produced as it has been said to be, has many good cuts, where her voice, well, is beautiful. And what if the beat is groovy and you feel like dancing... big deal. ;) So, do yourself a favor (if you love Heather) and get her latter stuff; that's what the bargain bins are for. :) >-- 13:03:32 up 15:31, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.01, 0.00-- 1:26PM up 415 days, 2 mins, 1 user, load averages: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 (beautiful, ain't it?) - - Bill G. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 18:07:34 -0400 From: "dave" Subject: re: most beautiful voices hard to choose just a few, here's a couple more though, Nichole Nordeman Myriam Hernandez Maire Brennan Karen Carpenter Jennifer Nobel Karan Casey Tara MacLean Carol Noonan Alison Krauss ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 18:31:53 EDT From: AzeemAK@aol.com Subject: Re: Most beautiful voices Many great voices mentioned, along with some I don't know, a few I don't like and a few I DO like but wouldn't describe as "beautiful". There's the source of the most debate, as I doubt that any two people mean exactly the same thing by that word. Anyway, here are a few voices (quite a few, actually!), most of whom haven't been mentioned. In no particular order... Christine Collister - right at the top of the pile, could melt the stoniest heart Sandy Denny - the most exquisitely English and autumnal of voices Cassandra Wilson - oozes sensuality Aaron Neville - whether singing tenor or falsetto, full of grace Eva Cassidy - seems almost too obvious, but she was both flawless and deeply emotional Jill Sobule/Lauren Hoffman - both so pure and sweet they make you jump for joy Rosie Brown - a British Cassandra Wilson? Silk on a stick Elizabeth Frazer - already mentioned, but so what? The voice of an angel Paul Buchanan (The Blue Nile) - can a voice be both pleading and dignified? Yes! Shawn Colvin - elastic, flexible, warm and intimate, witty - gorgeous Beth Gibbons - it's time for shivers up spines - listen to that high note on "Mourning Air" Teresa Salgeiro (Madredeus) - another voice from a higher, more celestial plane Mathilde Santing - can make any song sound as if it was written for her Caetano Veloso - one of the sexiest voices of all? Eddi Reader - Swoon Caroline Trettine - like a lover's voice whispering in your ear Marvin Gaye - So soulful it hurts And I haven't mentioned some of my favourite singers... Azeem in London ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2003 19:09:19 -0400 From: julesette Subject: re: most beautiful voices Some I haven't seen mentioned: Caroline Crawley (Shelleyan Orphan, this mortal coil, Babacar) just gives me chills. Donovan -- SWOON Harriet Wheeler (Sundays) Olivia Newton-John (yes laugh at me, but I'm an addict for nearly 30 years) Julie in NYC ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 16:27:57 -0700 From: "Jack Sutton" Subject: re: most beautiful voices Geez, how could we forget Vienna Teng ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2003 19:21:35 -0400 From: meredith Subject: Re: Most beautiful voices (some more) Hi, >Do Ectophiles not like Bjork? I *love* Bjork ... but at the time I made my list I was thinking mainly of "beauty" in kind of a standard way, and while I love Bjork's voice, I wouldn't necessarily use the word "beautiful" to describe it. "Quirky", yes. "Unique", maybe. But not "beautiful". I am, however, smacking myself upside the head for omitting Margo Timmins from my list. (A whole album of Margo singing Java code? Where can I pre-order? ;) And Heather Nova, too ... I'd actually thought of her but then forgot again before I hit "send". :P >I'll second the vote for Laurie Anderson. An unmistakable voice; soft, >menacing, ironic, silly, haunting.. It still amazes me how wonderful her voice is, considering how late in life she came to singing. >Her singing is good, but I prefer her spoken-word material. (and doesn't >Happy's speaking voice remind you of Laurie's a bit?!) Hmmm ... kind of! That never occurred to me before. Greg added: >yeah, okay, no way around it -- when Sarah is on (like, say, throughout >FTE and the subsequent tour) it's all angels and desire. I almost added next to her name on my list, "even when she's singing crap, at least she's singing crap beautifully". :} =============================================== Meredith Tarr New Haven, CT USA mailto:meth@smoe.org http://www.smoe.org/meth =============================================== Live At The House O'Muzak House Concert Series http://muzak.smoe.org =============================================== ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2003 17:34:12 -0700 From: Birdie Subject: Re: most beautiful voices Sorry, I just couldn't resist........ Roberta Flack Dusty Springfield Laura Nyro Jane Siberry Malvina Reynolds Ronee Blakely The Joy of Cooking Jimmie Spheeris ....... Lulu Blossom Dearie And my all time fave, The Mezzanine Soprano -- Beatrice Lillie. :-) Birdie ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 21:55:20 -0400 From: "Bill Adler" Subject: RE: most beautiful voices Yes, Jimmie Spheeris.. An incredible musical talent who died too early in life. Among other things, Jimmie Spheeris' album, "Isle of View," http://www.jimmiespheeris.com/iov/isle.htm, has the best album cover of all time. Here's another for the most beautiful voices list: Pamela Morgan (singer/songwriter, who used to be with Newfoundland Celtic/folk band Figgy Duff. You can listen to Pamela Morgan's "Weather Out the Storm" at http://www.ambermusic.nfnet.com/albums/storm.html.) - --Bill Adler n.p. Deanna Kirk, Beautyway - -----Original Message----- From: owner-ecto@smoe.org [mailto:owner-ecto@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Birdie Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 8:34 PM Cc: ecto@smoe.org Subject: Re: most beautiful voices Sorry, I just couldn't resist........ Roberta Flack Dusty Springfield Laura Nyro Jane Siberry Malvina Reynolds Ronee Blakely The Joy of Cooking Jimmie Spheeris ....... Lulu Blossom Dearie And my all time fave, The Mezzanine Soprano -- Beatrice Lillie. :-) Birdie ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 19:13:42 -0700 From: Greg Bossert Subject: Fwd: Most beautiful voices (some more) On Thursday, June 5, 2003, at 04:21 PM, meredith wrote: >> Do Ectophiles not like Bjork? > > I *love* Bjork ... but at the time I made my list I was thinking > mainly of "beauty" in kind of a standard way, and while I love Bjork's > voice, I wouldn't necessarily use the word "beautiful" to describe it. > "Quirky", yes. "Unique", maybe. But not "beautiful". yeah, what meth said (for future reference, it's safe to assume i agree with what meth says, regardless:-) note that Bjork's music can be beautiful, and her voice wonderful, even though her voice on its own may not be beautiful. i note, however, that the Bjork concert at Riverside Church had moments of pure vocal beauty, so go figure. > I am, however, smacking myself upside the head for omitting Margo > Timmins from my list. (A whole album of Margo singing Java code? > Where can I pre-order? ;) yeah. i kind of associate Ms. Timmins and Ms. Merchant together, voice-wise, and while Natalie may hit higher peaks of, erm, laconic splendor now and again, Margo is more consistent for me, and is beautiful in a very approachable, familiar way; definitely a voice to spend long summer evenings with. though then again i am drawn to melancholy, hence... > And Heather Nova, too ... I'd actually thought of her but then > forgot again before I hit "send". :P ...yeah, ditto again, but... ...Aimee Mann! her voice is not consistently beautiful -- it can be nasal, maybe a git gawky and contrary. but on something like "Moth" from "Lost in Space" voice and style really click, and it's lovely. great thread, eh? it's nice to see so many names, both posting and posted, if you follow. ta. - -g - -- I have never been afraid to change the circumstances of the world - -- Happy Rhodes ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2003 22:16:36 -0400 From: Robert Lovejoy Subject: Re: most beautiful voices I agree with what everyone else says, and would like to add Roy Orbison to the list. Bob Lovejoy ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 19:20:00 -0700 From: Greg Bossert Subject: Re: most beautiful voices (and Soul Journey) On Thursday, June 5, 2003, at 06:55 PM, Bill Adler wrote: > Here's another for the most beautiful voices list: Pamela Morgan > (singer/songwriter, who used to be with Newfoundland Celtic/folk band > Figgy Duff. You can listen to Pamela Morgan's "Weather Out the Storm" > at http://www.ambermusic.nfnet.com/albums/storm.html.) ah, that's a good 'un. i've always had a soft spot for Figgy Duff, since they covered the trad "Henry Martin", a rousing pirate ballad that my dad sang 'round the house when i was a kid. on a different note, anyone heard the latest from Gillian Welch? (and apologies if i missed a post somewhere on this...!) - -g - -- I have never been afraid to change the circumstances of the world - -- Happy Rhodes ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2003 22:20:39 -0400 From: Jason Gordon Subject: Most beautiful voices (some more and more) Just tossing my three cents into the ring (and I'm sure there are some repeats as I havent finished reading the thread yet): Suzanne Perry (Lovespirals Downwards) Heather Nova Stina Nordenstam Elizabeth Frazier Skye Edwards Anne-Marie Almedal (Velvet Belly) Mary Fahl Bjork Karen Matheson Sarah McLachlan whoever the singer is in Trespasser William and a whole bunch I am forgetting :) Cheers Jason np Edie - new mp3.com cd ! ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 19:25:33 -0700 (PDT) From: Craig Gidney Subject: Beautiful Voices Anneli Drecker Cassandra Wilson Nina Simone Karen Carpenter - --Craig n.p. "Alabaster," Louisa John-Krol. The new album is very Happy-like--a mix of Celtic folk, ambient atomospheres, and with slight touches of electronica with mysterious half-told mythological tales. More later. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 22:03:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Neb Rodgers Subject: Fwd: Industry, Webcasters Reach Royalty Deal Whew... I wasn't ready to give up my WFMU webcasts yet! - -Neb - ---Original Message--- Date: Thu Jun 5, 2003 1:40 pm Subject: Industry, Webcasters Reach Royalty Deal http://tinylink.com/?PagW3iZPKX Industry, Webcasters Reach Royalty Deal Wed Jun 4, 3:10 PM ET By ALEX VEIGA, AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES - The recording industry and operators of educational and noncommercial Web sites have settled on royalty rates for broadcasting music over the Internet, circumventing a looming arbitration battle, the recording industry said Tuesday. The agreement was reached over the weekend and spares the industry and webcasters a costly arbitration with the U.S. Copyright Office, which was scheduled to start at the end of the month, the Recording Industry Association of America said in a statement. The deal covers six years, 1998 to 2004, and sets the range of annual minimum fees webcasters must pay to broadcast copyright music over the Internet. The agreement also caps the recording industry's effort to secure licensing deals with all Internet, cable and satellite radio companies. The industry reached a royalty deal with commercial Internet music broadcasters in April. "We now have all the pieces to the puzzle, and the recording industry can now concentrate on working with these groups to deliver music to fans in exciting, new ways," Steven Marks, an RIAA senior executive, said in a statement. Depending on the year, how many broadcast channels a webcaster transmits on and the type of Web site, the noncommercial webcasters will have to pay from $200 to $500 annually. "This agreement gives educational institutions with webcasting operations a break," said Sheldon Steinbach, general counsel of the American Council on Education. "(It) ... allows college webcasters with low-budget operations and small staffs to continue or begin streaming in a way that further students' media experiences on campus." A 1998 law required that organizations broadcasting music and other radio content over the Internet pay fees to record companies to compensate artists and music labels for use of their songs. Initial attempts by the industry and webcasters to agree on fees failed and the dispute fell to the Copyright Office. The office set fees per song, drawing complaints from large and small webcasters. A new round of arbitration was scheduled, but the agreements now make that unnecessary. ____ On the Net: Recording Industry Association of America: http://www.riaa.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V9 #158 **************************