Best female vocals on CD

Impressive young talent that may not have been mentioned here yet, Rachael Yamagata. On “Happenstance”, she authored most of the music and lyrics. She plays piano. Anyone else enjoying her blend of music and vocals?

Wonderfull list, quite a few new discoveries for me here.

I would like to give some back!

Anouk- sacrifice (unplugged)
Betty Wright - tonight is the night
Carly Simon - Comin around again
Celine Dion - pour que tu me aimes encore
Ilse deLange - All the answers
Roberta Flack - Killing me softly
Silje Nergaard - every time we say goodbye
Vaya Con Dios - Heading for a fall

Knock yourself out with these goosebumping songs!

Madeleine Peyroux, "Careless Love"

I bought "Careless Love" at the weekend on the strength of the Stereophile review (I was bored and wanted to buy something new) and have not been dissapointed. I'm not a huge Billie Holliday fan but she does sound very close -- it's a real "old time" sound that lends a very satisfying and warm quality to most of the songs. I particularly like tracks 1, 2 and 9. the recording quality is high and really shows off the low-level resolution and imaging in my system. A lot of tracks use brushes which add a certain "air" to the sound. Highly recommended1!

Nick...I was racking my brain trying to think of who Madeleine Peyroux
reminded me of, and you nailed it (no disrespect to Ms. Peyroux). It is a
terrific record from both performance and recording aspects.