Best Female Vocalists Ballads


I am on the lookout to add to my extensive collection of music. It's been a while since I was 'on the lookout' for such.
My favorite music is ballads, male and female. Any suggestions on music spanning, say the past 5 or six years?
Album name AND Artist.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Larry
lrsky

Showing 2 responses by hew

Top of my list would be Cecile Mclorin Salvant's Woman Child but check out this long running thread and you should get all the suggestions you will ever need.
Another one I have been loving recently is Valerie June's Pushin' Against Stone. She's not really a balladeer but she is been described as an "emotive amalgamation of blues, folk, gospel, soul, Appalachian and bluegrass". Very retro sound.