I’m so glad you shared this. It’s a great idea for us to talk about music, and Tori Amos is a good place to start.
I’m a classical musician, and really only like a handful of pop musicians. I am interested in great voices and good composers. Off the top of my head, here are some I like:
Annie Lennox
Brandi Carlisle
Talking Heads
Tori Amos
I very much like African and African-derived music like:
Ranky Tanky
Black Violin
Baba Maal
Playing for Change
But I would say that 90% of what I listen to is, broadly speaking, classical. I especially like 20th century orchestral music.
I’m so glad you shared this. It’s a great idea for us to talk about music, and Tori Amos is a good place to start.
I’m a classical musician, and really only like a handful of pop musicians. I am interested in great voices and good composers. Off the top of my head, here are some I like:
Annie Lennox
Brandi Carlisle
Talking Heads
Tori Amos
I very much like African and African-derived music like:
Ranky Tanky
Black Violin
Baba Maal
Playing for Change
But I would say that 90% of what I listen to is, broadly speaking, classical. I especially like 20th century orchestral music.
As a singer and muscian, I have so many answers!
I love Tori Amos, her last album is amazing.
Maybe to share "exotic" references far from the US:
Jeanne Added and Christine and the Queens (queer french singers)
My ultimate reference: Bach.
Jazz vocal female singers: Dianne Reeves, Cecile McLorin Salvant
Great female drummer: Anne Paceo (a kind of shamanic artist!)
Brasilian music, MPB and others: Roberta Sa, Joao Cavalcanti, Chico Buarque...
(I decide to stop here for today)
Each of them feed my creativity in a particuliar way.