Female Singer-songwriters I Fall In Love With Every Time I Listen To Them

Wayne Blogged The...Female Singer-Songwriters He Falls In Love With Every Time He Listens To Them
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Call me shallow if you must, but every time I put on a record by any of the following female artists, I fall in love with them...let the creep show begin...

5) Feist
- It could be the intimacy of the lo-fi recording, or the warble of her voice, but whenever I hear her sing "The Park" or "I Feel It All" off of The Reminder, part of me wants to move to Canada to find her...

4) Emmylou Harris
-Okay...this one may seem a bit out of left field, but her rendition of Orphan Girl is very, very good. And she wears the adorable combination of cowboy boots and a dress...

3) Zooey Deschanel (She & Him)
-I love harmonies, and it sounds like she's doing all of her own on the Beatle-esque debut album from She & Him. Beautiful voice and great songwriting.

2) Jenny Lewis
-Ms.Lewis currently holds the position of my favorite singer in this bunch. Although the songwriting is at times a bit twee for my liking, her voice almost overshadows the lyrics. Plus the cover of Handle With Care (originally by the ugliest group of all time, The Traveling Willburys) is so freaking good, despite the fact that Ben Gibbard whines every time he opens his mouth.

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1) Jenny Owen Youngs
-What can be said? Batten The Hatches is a perfect album. Her cover of "Hot In Herre" has a great video, and the pop-sensibility in the mixing of Drinking S0ng (particularly in the second verse after the chorus, when the guitar fades out leaving a Fender Rhodes plucking at each chord with an unbelievable effect on the musically-nit-picking listener). I can't wait for her sophomore release...