Best female vocals on CD

Any CD by the Cowboy Junkies, but especially their latest; "Miles from our Home." Margo Timmins is awesome!

Don't forget Patricia Barber, also incredible recording. them there's also Shiela Chandra witha voice from heaven.

The several (seven?) 3CD boxes in the Collected Dinah Washington prove her to be a real hero: Ella is technically a better singer, and Billie is more instantly recognizable, but Dinah owns you. (These are Collected but not Complete-- there is stuff available both earlier and later, but its muh more uneven). Classical/opera, my own view is that the greatest living voice of any gender is Jessye Norman, but her recordings do not do her justice. As to pop, I'm really impressed with Joan Osborne and Laura Love, both of whom have modest instruments but huge hearts.

.....It's got to be noted that Margo Timmins voice is at once seductive, haunting, and intimate. WOW. Craig

I totally agree w/ Cowboy Junkies and Diana Krall, they are a couple of great singers. I would like to add a couple of really good singers to the list: Amy Grant--Christian singer Mariah Carey--pop Delores O'riordan--the cranberries Dawn Upshaw--Musicals and Opera