Music with low female voices?

[KabitTarah]

I'm a huge fan of Lorde's "Royals." And I noticed Janice Joplin has a low voice. Stevie Knicks is good too. What other artists or songs feature alto's and low female voices I can sing with?

(Funny story... was singing Royals loudly in the car and I think two girls in the crosswalk could hear it. They gave me a funny look...I just smiled - I currently present male).

[Lajs]

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You may know this one if you're a fan of BBC Sherlock. I was very dubious when my friend told me the singer was female. What an amazing voice.

[JillSter]

Masha from Arkona has a pretty deep voice. It might not be your taste, but you should check it out. She's very cool.


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[KabitTarah]

Wow! These women have deeper singing voices than I do 🙂 (I'm a Tenor II - I should really work on my female speaking voice more... inflection is my problem)
I do like World music (I like almost all genres)... but I don't know Russian!

Here's Royals:
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[Danielle Emmalee]

Masha from Arkona has a pretty deep voice. It might not be your taste, but you should check it out. She's very cool.


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Never heard of folk metal.  I like it.

[suitsme]

I've always liked Sade , She has a deepish voice      🔗   

[Simply_Sir]

Tracy Chapman. Everyone I know who'd heard her thought she was a guy, but once you find out she's a woman, you can tell when listening to her music.

[big kim]

Xandria's former frontwoman Lisa Midelhauv has a deep growl on the live version of Snow White

[Danielle Emmalee]

This girl has quite a pitch range.  The low isn't REALLY low, but I did think it was a man until the higher pitch part came on.

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[DriftingCrow]

Valerie June 🔗 [Link: npr.org/blogs/therecord/2013/08/09/209857975/valerie-​june-​on-​learning-​to-​love-​perfectly-​imperfect-​voices/]'s voice is on the low side.

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There's also Annie Lennox, she usually sings lower.

[Ms. OBrien CVT]

Let us not forget about Cher.

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Or Carly Simon

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[~RoadToTrista~]

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You may know this one if you're a fan of BBC Sherlock. I was very dubious when my friend told me the singer was female. What an amazing voice.

Oh damn, she does have a low voice.

[RB.]

Victoria Legrand from Beach House

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[Frostice]

Now she has a DARK voice! Her voice reminds me very much of my art teacher. I thought directly about this song during the first class with her.

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[rinaballerina]

I've always liked Sade , She has a deepish voice      🔗

I love you; this was the vid I immediately thought of. Sahdeyyy!

[eloij]

Amanda lear.
She has a pretty low voice...

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[Missadventure]

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You may know this one if you're a fan of BBC Sherlock. I was very dubious when my friend told me the singer was female. What an amazing voice.

I didn't know nina simone had covered Sinner Man. Awesome find! I have a 45 somewhere of Lex Baxters version. Good song.

[ImpeachedEllie]

Well, alot of like, late 90's surfer riot grrrl kinda stuff normally has a mid to low range vocalist, stuff like Tiger Trap and such

[Missy~rmdlm]

Yazoo.

[doubleshot]

Mai Yamane - lead singer of Yoko Kanno and the Seatbelts

Linda Perry - more known with the 4 non blondes

Johnette Napolitano - of Concrete Blonde

Andrea Echeverri - of Aterciopelados

Miley Cyrus - ever chided for her whiskey voice

Mary Chapin Carpenter - She really has a more neutral singing voice to me, lower than many of her contemporaries.

Liz Phair -- similar to mcc

Amy Ray - of the Indigo Girls

k.d. lang

Gail Ann Dorsey

Sass Jordan -- noticeable on the Rats album particularly...

Lisa Gerrard -- most known through Dead Can Dance, but there's quite a bit of range there

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an endless amount of blues, jazz, old country (early texmex had a disproportionate number too) performers ... a handful of musical/operatic singers that are more known for it plus for more specifically the celebration more than the novelty of crossing the gender barrier in other areas -- though some might look at metal (a few known figures, but there are those that sing at higher pitch but also vox, growl, showing off their metal bravado/authenticity) and punk as well.