Today will be a two-fer. Interestingly I just discovered that the first song is not written by Williams but sung by her; whereas the second song was written by her but the cover by Mary Chapin Carpenter is the one that hit the charts. Lucinda Gayle Williams (born January 26, 1953) is an American rock,…
Category: Women Music March
Women Music March #10 — Orla Fallon
Órlagh Mary Louise Fallon (born August 24, 1974), professionally known as Órla Fallon, is an Irish singer, songwriter and former member of the group Celtic Woman and the chamber choir Anúna. Fallon was born in Knockananna, Ireland. She plays the harp and sings traditional Irish music, most often in the Irish language. Fallon studied at…
Karen Carpenter –Women Music March 2020 — Day 9
Paul Vincent Cannon at parallax reminded me of this beautiful singer and song. Thank you, Paul. Karen Anne Carpenter (March 2, 1950 – February 4, 1983) was an American singer and drummer who, along with her older brother Richard, was part of the duo the Carpenters. She was praised for her 3-octave contralto vocal range….
Women Music March #8 — Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Noelle Hill (born May 26, 1975) is an American singer, songwriter and rapper, known for being a member of Fugees, and for her solo album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, which won many awards and broke several sales records. Raised mostly in South Orange, New Jersey, Hill began singing with her music-oriented family during…
Women Music March #7 — Loreena McKennitt
Loreena Isabel Irene McKennitt, CM OM (born February 17, 1957) is a Canadian musician, composer, harpist, accordionist, and pianist who writes, records and performs world music with Celtic and Middle Eastern themes. From Loreena’s website: Loreena McKennitt is well known as a composer and singer. In a recording career spanning more than two decades, Ms….
Women Music March #6 — Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996) was an American jazz singer, sometimes referred to as the First Lady of Song, Queen of Jazz, and Lady Ella. She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing, timing, intonation, and a “horn-like” improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing. After a…
Women Music March #4 — Linda Thompson
I heard Linda Thompson’s (now-ex) husband, Richard’s, music first, which led me to Linda. Linda’s voice has so much emotion in it. When I went looking for a song with her without Richard, I came across this one. Knowing who she is singing it to makes it so much more powerful. Linda Thompson (née Pettifer,…
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