Top Female Performer You've Seen Live

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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,473
    Morcheeba (Skye Edward, vox)
    Howling Bells (Juanita Stein, vox/guitar)
    Tracy Chapman
    Duffy
    Since this post I've added Veruca Salt, Melody Gardot, Kacey Musgraves, Letters to Cleo, Lady Gaga, Jenny Lewis, & Metric to my repertoire.  All have been incredible.
    I saw metric do a short acoustic (piano and guitar) set I won tickets to several years ago at the same dingy bar I saw Juliette Lewis in. It was only 3 songs, but it was very well done. 
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  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,491
    Morcheeba (Skye Edward, vox)
    Howling Bells (Juanita Stein, vox/guitar)
    Tracy Chapman
    Duffy
    Since this post I've added Veruca Salt, Melody Gardot, Kacey Musgraves, Letters to Cleo, Lady Gaga, Jenny Lewis, & Metric to my repertoire.  All have been incredible.
    I saw metric do a short acoustic (piano and guitar) set I won tickets to several years ago at the same dingy bar I saw Juliette Lewis in. It was only 3 songs, but it was very well done. 
    Nice! They opened for Smashing Pumpkins last summer when I saw them.  That show was a no-brainer for me since I like both bands.  Seeing them again Friday near DC, headlining this time.
  • markymark550
    markymark550 Columbia, SC Posts: 5,217
    Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth)
    Sleater-Kinney
    Trisha Yearwood (kind of the intermission of the Garth Brooks show my wife drug me to)

    I got my wife tickets to Pink for her birthday. That's next month and while I'm not a big fan of her music, I've heard that she does put on a good show.
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,668
    edited February 2019
    San Fermin has this amazing female lead singer named Charlene Kaye (and another singer who's a guy - they switch off depending on the song). She had a really REALLY amazing stage presence.

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  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
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  • curmudgeoness
    curmudgeoness Brigadoon, foodie capital Posts: 4,130
    Mavis Staples
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  • manitouman
    manitouman In My Head Posts: 1,088
    Sharon Jones
    Grace Potter (before she got poppy)
    Adele
    Tedeschi
    Samantha Fish
    Kills/Dead Weather
    Tristan Prettyman
    Nicole Atkins
    Melissa Ethridge 
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  • kramer73
    kramer73 Posts: 2,633
    Susan Tedeschi
    Neko Case
    Kacey Musgraves
    Sharon Van Etten
    Sleater Kinney
    Shirley Manson

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  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,190

    Morcheeba (Skye Edward, vox)
    Howling Bells (Juanita Stein, vox/guitar)
    Tracy Chapman
    Duffy
    Since this post I've added Veruca Salt, Melody Gardot, Kacey Musgraves, Letters to Cleo, Lady Gaga, Jenny Lewis, & Metric to my repertoire.  All have been incredible.
    I saw metric do a short acoustic (piano and guitar) set I won tickets to several years ago at the same dingy bar I saw Juliette Lewis in. It was only 3 songs, but it was very well done. 
    Nice! They opened for Smashing Pumpkins last summer when I saw them.  That show was a no-brainer for me since I like both bands.  Seeing them again Friday near DC, headlining this time.
    Saw Metric the other night. Very good.  Emily Haines rocks!  Fun fact: she was born one day before me :smile:

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  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    I've never seen any notable female performers live.  That makes me sad a bit.  
    June 1st I will remedy that with Emily Frantz of Mandolin Orange.
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  • ConorKavanagh
    ConorKavanagh Ireland Posts: 1,148
    Patti Smith
    Kim Gordon
    Florence + The Machine
    Dublin 2006
    Dublin 2010
    Madrid 2018
    Werchter 2022
    London 1 2022
    London 2 2022
    Krakow 2022
  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,491

    Morcheeba (Skye Edward, vox)
    Howling Bells (Juanita Stein, vox/guitar)
    Tracy Chapman
    Duffy
    Since this post I've added Veruca Salt, Melody Gardot, Kacey Musgraves, Letters to Cleo, Lady Gaga, Jenny Lewis, & Metric to my repertoire.  All have been incredible.
    I saw metric do a short acoustic (piano and guitar) set I won tickets to several years ago at the same dingy bar I saw Juliette Lewis in. It was only 3 songs, but it was very well done. 
    Nice! They opened for Smashing Pumpkins last summer when I saw them.  That show was a no-brainer for me since I like both bands.  Seeing them again Friday near DC, headlining this time.
    Saw Metric the other night. Very good.  Emily Haines rocks!  Fun fact: she was born one day before me :smile:

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    Pretty much cemented them as my favorite post-2000 band! Incredible show. Emily is the best! Love her energy on stage and she sounds incredible. Added bonus of being an absolutely gorgeous woman on top of flat out rocking.

  • Agreed on Metric / Emily Haines

    Also love me some Distillers / Spinnerette / Brody Dalle. 

    And 
  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,491
    rgambs said:
    I've never seen any notable female performers live.  That makes me sad a bit.  
    June 1st I will remedy that with Emily Frantz of Mandolin Orange.
    Friends of mine just saw them in DC. Couldn’t say enough good things.
  • St. Vincent. May be one of the best guitarists I’ve seen period 
  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,190
    Agreed on Metric / Emily Haines

    Also love me some Distillers / Spinnerette / Brody Dalle. 

    And 
    saw Brody Dalle open up for QoSTA a few years ago. Pretty decent.
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    10/31/09- Philly
    5/21/10- NYC
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    9/14/22- Camden, NJ
    9/7/24- Philly, PA
    9/9/24- Philly, PA
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
    RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
  • Has anyone listed the Heartless Bastards yet?

    I saw them open up for Wolfmother about 10 years ago and was blown away.

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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    The Go Go's:  I saw them twice.  The first time was great- they were feisy, high energy, scrappy and punk.  Very cool.  The second time, they had tamed down in pursuit of more fame.  Not nearly as fun.

    Lydia Pence with Cold Blood.  Not my favorite band or form of rock but, man, could she sing!

    Sharon Isben in a guitar trio with Larry Caryell and Laurindo Almeida.  Fantastic!

    June Tyson- the beautiful June Tyson with Sun Ra and His Solar Arkestra!  Twice!

    June Carter Cash with the Johnny Cash & the Carter Family.  Sweet!

    Crystal Gail.  Not my favorite kind of music, but what a voice!

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  • Gern Blansten
    Gern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 22,183
    I saw Thelma and the Sleeze open for Eagles of Death Metal a few years ago.  SInger sounds like Janis Joplin and can play a mean guitar. 

    We got there late because I had no idea who TATS was but they blew me away.  Very legit....probably need a new name though.
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