Promise 04/08/2008
 

I know I promised I'd get to parsing the candidate's "green" qualities...but this blog is about another type of promise.  After our discussion of "great" rock and rollers, and after Hal's comments about most famous women anythings...it occured to me that I'd like to talk up a performer I feel is particularly talented...a woman with promise.

I'd put her in the rock category, although her music does tend pop at times.  I found her when checking out One Tree Hill this season.  I've got a tendency to fall in love with a song, jot down what seems to be the title lyric and then hop onto I-Tunes at my next opportunity.

Thus, Kate Voegel.

Check out some of her songs here.

What I like about Voegel's voice is that she's got some depth and richness to her voice, yet she can also warp it into a growl or soften it into a sensuous purr.  She's got good range, although she doesn't have the pipes of Christina Aguilera.  Anyway, I'd recommend No Good and I Won't Disagree to anyone wanting to sample her music.

Any female songsters you're particularly excited about these days?

I'll get to the candidates tomorrow.  Promise.

 


Comments

Hal

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:07:07

I always thought Linda Ronstadt has about the most beautiful voice I've ever heard. Too bad she strayed away from rock. Also too bad she always seemed to record other peoples former hits. I must also admit I had a 'crush' on her in the 70's.

 

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:12:57

I discovered Dar Williams after hearing "Beautiful Enemy" playing in a Barnes & Noble a few years ago. Folk may not be everyone's cup of tea, but I find her lyrics a bit more poetic than most folk music and I like her sensibility. (Of course, I could just like the fact that she was able to rhyme "enemy" with "hegemony.")

Someone once said a great movie is one that has three great scenes and no bad ones. If the corollary is true in music than Emmylou Harris's "Red Dirt Girl" is a great album. I can listen to "The Pearl" (first cut on RDG) five times in a row and not be bored with it.

 

Laura

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:21:18

Yeah, Ronstadt did have a beautiful voice...and I did not have a crush on her!

 

Laura

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:22:16

Thanks, Ken. I'll check out Dar Williams and the Emmylou Harris album, both!

 



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