Awesome Female Singer-Songwriters

Great Female Singer-Songwriters 

And links to their official websites

A Fine Frenzy

"A Fine Frenzy is a blend of sounds and influences. Where there's Ella, Aretha and Louis, there's also Radiohead, Sigur Ros, Aqualung and Keane" HARP Magazine

Adrianne

"...the world better be prepared for Adrianne, because ready or not, here she comes. Her intensely personal lyrics, innovative open tunings, and riveting performance style have critics and industry leaders fairly gushing over her prodigious creative gifts." -SESAC, Inc.

Adrina Thorpe

"With the voice of an angel, Adrina's debut cd "Elusive" has kept her constantly in the Top 10 podsafe played songs."
-Podsafe Music Network

Allette Brooks

"Allette Brooks, from California, is a humble, richly lyrical folk singer, and a poet who wears her heart on her sleeve. She gets way down to the nitty gritty of life and speaks in an amusingly sarcastic language. She's quirky, she's raspy, and then at moments, nothing but shudderingly beautiful." - The Octopus, Champaign/Urbana, IL

Anais Mitchell

"A songwriter of startling clarity and depth, equally skilled at turning a melody or lyrical phrase into what you didn't know you needed until you heard it... fearlessly emotive...like Dylan, Cohen, and Welch, Mitchell weaves her stories into an effortlessly beautiful and cohesive tapestry with the skill of an artisan's carpenter, showing no seams."
- ACOUSTIC GUITAR

Ani Difranco

"Crisp, Fresh, real with no cliches...yanking the universal from out of the personal and putting the moral challenge right in your face. Topical songs the way Woody Guthrie meant them."
- The Performing Songwriter, U.S.

Bari Koral

"Thanks to a catchy, Beatles-Influenced pop sound, parents won't even care that Bari Koral's Family Rock and Roll Band is singing about farms and cars. Little ones will happily sing along with the proclaimed "Sheryl Crow for kids."
- NY POST

Catie Curtis

"Curtis's songs are beautifully and deceptively well crafted, her production tastefully understated, and her singing so heartbreakingly pure, pained, and devoid of artifice as to suggest she knows not only your secrets, but your soul."
- Alanna Nash, Amazon.com

Colbie Caillat

"It was only a matter of time before people fell in love with Colbie Caillat's soft, endearing voice. The Malibu, Calif., native rode a MySpace wave of momentum to a record deal with Universal Republic on the strength of her song "Bubbly," currently in its second week at No.1 on Billboard's Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks." - NY POST

Dar Williams

"Williams has a beautiful singing voice, and most of the tunes, their poetic images and warm melodies effectively demonstrate her talents." - Associated Press

Doria Roberts

"Doria Roberts plays a delicious almost indescribable acoustic based mix of folk, R&B and jazz. Singing it with sweet soul and a whole lotta class"
-- Hal Horowitz, Atlanta Press

Ember Swift

"Swift's sound is ultimate fusion, taking jazz stylings and throwing them together with the less constructed genre of acoustic folk-punk. A solid musician, excellent vocalist and songwriter, Swift also manages her own independent record label." - Herizon's Magazine

Erin McKeown

"Perky songstress Erin McKeown writes tunes that are so catchy and clever it's a wonder she's not yet a household name." - Ryan Dombal, Entertainment Weekly

Gayla Drake Paul

"GDP is one of the finest fingerstyle guitarists on the planet...non-stop beautiful string-tickling." - Jim Musser - The Icon

Imogen Heap

"With a voice both deeply mysterious and profoundly comforting, British sensation Imogen Heap creates electronic soundscapes that are intense, personal, and musically sublime." - ChicagoPride.com

Ingrid Michaelson

"Music on TV. Who needs radio play? Unsigned singer Ingrid Michaelson found fame when her song "Keep Breathing" was featured on the finale of Grey's Anatomy. We don't know McDreamy from McSteamy, but we know a perfect pop artifact when we hear one." - PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER

Jasmine Ash

"Why isnt Jasmine Ash famous? Her typically gorgeous third release, Shine, promises the breathy, intimate, eternally young vocals and shruggingly catchy pop of the sort (though infinitely superior) that stocks Radio Disney and soundtracks the romantic montage of teen comedies. Ash has crafted any number of potential singles to fill the iPods of smitten indie boys, enlightened tweeners and hipster soccer moms alike. Should depth of feeling and palpable sincerity be such a hindrance?" JAY HORTON, Willamette Week

Kristi Martel

"There's something downright uncanny about the way Kristi speaks to her fans... Her performance, her lyrics, the way she holds herself, and the way she dances (literally and on the keys) when she sings...she is, in essence a true storyteller. But, more than that- she's like a spirit guide- as she takes you through her emotional experience, pain, and joy, holding your hand the entire way as if she's known you your entire life. She's a true artist who's mastered her form, and composes rich music, writes emotionally shocking lyrics, and possesses a four-octave range that is simply amazing... Ultimately, Ravengirl is a masterpiece."
Leslie Piken, Sealed Lip Records

KT Tunstall

"KT Tunstall has brought back a certain cool, self-sufficient rootsiness to the female singer/songwriter scene. [...] She likes to think of herself as the musical love child of Joni Mitchell and Tom Waits and she's well on the way. Her songs have an earthy beauty that rely heavily on blues and country roots. She can also write a great pop hook and has a voice that can stretch across a variety of styles. Best of all she doesn't sound like anyone else but herself."

- Mary-Louise Stephens, www.abc.net.au

Lauren Lapointe

"When Lauren takes the stage, a hushed awe falls over the audience. Lapointe is simply enchanting. Although Lauren Lapointe's career is fairly new, she has the stage presence of a seasoned professional. She seems to have an ongoing rapport with audiences of all kinds. Lauren is a one-woman band, ever ready and always on cue. She goes from sultry blues vocals to light and airy pop tunes seamlessly. Armed with an arsenal of catchy originals and diverse covers she's known to take the stage by storm. This girl is definitely going somewhere." - Rocket Girl

Leela and Ellie Grace

"Their sterling credentials in old-time music, stunning vocal harmonies, instrumental expertise on banjo, mandolin, guitar and fiddle, and clogging that is unmatched make them a hit wherever they play!" -- Fox Valley Folk Music Festival, Chicago, IL

Leslie Berry

"When Leslie Berry's fingers glide across a piano, you can hear magic in the air. Berry has stories to tell and the talent to tell them well." - SPARTANBURG HERALD-JOURNAL

Lis Harvey

"Hard-touring folk-popper Lis Harvey is capable of inspiring smiles even when singing about heartbreak or calamity. Her warm, inviting voice - often compared to Lisa Loeb's or Shawn Colvin's - conjures airy, personal vignettes that can hold a room captive. A record-setting tour - Harvey performed in all 50 states over only 60 days - garnered national attention, but the trip was as much a testament to her dedication as it was a publicity stunt. If that's not convincing enough, Harvey's dedication is perfectly audible on her latest release, Porcupine."
The Onion, May 2005

Lisa Loeb

"Even though she's most consistently pegged by her role on the "Reality Bites" soundtrack twelve years ago, Lisa Loeb has maintained an active recording and television career responsible for additional hits in both fields. The singer/songwriter may be forever remember for her acoustic gem "Stay" (which made history by being the first chart topper ever recorded by an unsigned artist)..." Andy Argyrakis, concertlivewire.com

Lori McKenna

"Her vivid miniatures of complicated intimacies and everyday inadequacies slip between the cracks of country, folk, and rock, and they're as graceful as they are unflinching." Joan Anderman, Boston Globe

Lucy Kaplanski

"as warm and tasty as cinnamon tea, as hopeful as daybreak" - Rolling Stone

"A truly gifted performer... full of enchanting songs." - The New Yorker

Mandy Moore

"After four years, the singer returns with an album that is altogether different from anything she's ever done before. Having already attempted to break herself from the expected mold via 2003's covers album Coverage, Moore took her time to create what is easily the best work of her career with Wild Hope. With the help of such artists as Rachel Yamagata and indie duo The Weepies, Moore co-wrote every song on the album, which bounces effortlessly between upbeat indie-pop tunes and more subdued folk inspired tracks." - absolutepunk.net