Best female vocals on CD

I've always enjoyed Roberta Flack's First Take (her first album) but this is purely a musical opinion. I have no idea as to how the recording quality stacks up. In fact, I suspect it's not that great, I was just listening to it and there's an awful lot of background hiss.

Maura O'Connell...Fabulous voice from Ireland!

Patty Larkin is my all time favorite but I also love Joni Mitchell, Tori Amos, Eliane Elias, Edie Brickell, Nancy Wilson (Heart), Pat Benatar, Mary Black and Rickie Lee Jones to name a few.

Fitzterry, glad to "meet" another Maura O'Connell fan. Do you have "Wandering Home"? And have you heard her duet, "Love Won't Come" with Tracy Nelson on one of Tracy's cds? Stunning. Two of the best voices ever.

When Alison Krauss accepted her first Grammy, she thanked her Mom and Dad and Maura O'Connell.

Check out the new Norah Jones "Come Away With Me" CD on the Blue Note label just released on February 26,2002. She's a new talent, 22 years old,with a voice that is smooth and seductive. To me, she's a bit Holly Cole, Billie Holiday, and Diana Krall. Go to her website, norahjones.com, and listen to "Cold Cold Heart" "Shoot The Moon" and "Nightingale". All beautifully recorded. I think you'll be impressed.