Krauss is very good, but she doesn't have that musical richness to her voice that a Jackie Ryan has. If you like that sort of music (I do, btw) try Mollie O'Brien. Check this out (you need to go down the page a bit to see the album reviews): http://www.unlockaustin.com/Band/Mollie+O'Brien


>Alison Krauss ?
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>I first heard her on the Oh Brother Where Art Thou soundtrack. Also thats a great film BTW
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>>If you like female singers who really have music in their voices, here's an extremely short list:
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>>Jackie Ryan
>>Sophie Milman
>>Anne Hampton Callaway
>>Janis Siegel
>>Lori Cullen
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>>Five of my favourites.
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>>>If she could even keep up with TB that would be doing good. They are both miraculously blessed with singing voices. I keep coming back to her being so small physically. You have no idea where that voice comes from. If I believed in God I would believe God gave it to her. "Here, honey, sing like this."
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>>>>Lang also did a duet album with Tony Bennett, and afaic she far outshone him. She has one of those outstandingly musical voices and she has a real feel for the songs she sings. I'd love for her to do a cd of the Great American Songbook by herself.
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>>>>Sorry to hear about Tricia's dad.
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>>>>>I was raised to praise things before condemning them and am going to do so now. This evening we are all sort of in a funk (more in a second) and I have been listening to music on the iPod. The voice that stopped me in my tracks was k.d. lang's. She is not a big woman but has a voice that will blow the roof off. (She and Roy Orbison won a Grammy together, and she held her own). It can also drop down to a register that would sound just fine murmuring in your ear. So I'm listening to music and listening to about 30 k.d. songs in a row. What a singer.
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>>>>>The funk is because Jim Gages, the dad of Tricia and the grandfather of Allie and Emily, passed away at 4:00 this morning. Tricia said he went peacefully.