What's your favorite female duet? (songs)

Subject: RE: What's your favorite female duet?
From: breezy
Date: 23 Mar 04 - 10:43 AM

Last Sunday it was Christine Connolley and Vanessa Papavgeris but you have to come to St Albans on a Sunday to hear them.

Subject: RE: What's your favorite female duet?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 23 Mar 04 - 10:36 AM

Kate and Anna McGarrigle.

I would also like to mention The Wailin' Jennies...a marvelous Canadian female trio who are all fine singersongwriters on an individual basis as well. Look 'em up on the Net, and go see them if you can.

- LH

Subject: RE: What's your favorite female duet?
From: GUEST
Date: 23 Mar 04 - 09:47 AM

Kate and Anna McGarrigle...perfection..the best ever.

Subject: RE: What's your favorite female duet?
From: GUEST,Nick
Date: 23 Mar 04 - 05:52 AM

THE PARTING GLASS - Janet Russell and Christine Kydd
THE TERROR TIME - Janet Russell and Christine Kydd
THERE AIN'T NO SWEET MAN THAT'S WORTH THE SALT OF MY TEARS - Eliza Carthy and Norma Waterson

Subject: RE: What's your favorite female duet?
From: GUEST
Date: 23 Mar 04 - 05:50 AM

Although falling short of your gender requirement, the two albums by Chip Taylor and Carrie Rodriguez have some great duets. I particularly like the song Confessions on their last album (Trainwreck records).

On her new CD, Nora Jones does a great duet with Dolly Parton (who seems to have done good duets with everyone).

Try Chris While and Julie Matthews too.

Enjoy

Subject: RE: What's your favorite female duet?
From: The Borchester Echo
Date: 23 Mar 04 - 05:21 AM

I agree. The Unthanks are brilliant. As are the (4) Witches of Elswick. Plenty of examples of female voice harmonies there.

Of those who have been around longer, the repertoires of Jane & Amanda Threlfall and Kate & Anna McGarrigle are worth a look.

Subject: RE: What's your favorite female duet?
From: Alio
Date: 23 Mar 04 - 05:04 AM

For young ones - Rachel and Becky Unthank are wonderful unaccompanied singers.

Subject: RE: What's your favorite female duet?
From: Dave Hanson
Date: 23 Mar 04 - 04:27 AM

If you saw the concert of the music from ' Oh Brother Where Art Thou 'then you will have seen Gillian Welch and Allison Kraus singing 'I'LL FLY AWAY' female duos don't come any better.
eric

Subject: RE: What's your favorite female duet?
From: MickyMan
Date: 22 Mar 04 - 08:14 PM

I also love the Silly Sisters. How about something slow to get started like "GREY FUNNEL LINE". What kind of accompaniment do you use? For old-timey stuff, I agree that you can't go wrong with the Carter Family and they may very well work out great if you're looking in your local library. Although they are a trio and get kind of complex, the group "Voices" with Cindy Mangson,(forgot the others) are wonderful.

Subject: RE: What's your favorite female duet?
From: Eve Goldberg
Date: 22 Mar 04 - 07:58 PM

Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard do wonderful old-time and bluegrass music-- I think they are particularly interesting for the way they put songs together as a duo.

If you are interested in old-time country music, a lot of original The Carter Family recordings featured Maybelle and Sara Carter doing some great duet singing. (A.P. was there, but he would sort of come in and then leave again, so in a lot of ways I would say their sound featured duet singing more than trio singing)

Po' Girl is a duo from British Columbia who are making waves these days. I haven't heard much of them, but what I did hear I thought was great.

Subject: RE: What's your favorite female duet?
From: GUEST,emily rain
Date: 22 Mar 04 - 07:41 PM

oops, sorry, i'm especially interested in your favorite songs that are sung as duets. but thank you for this nearly exhaustive list of resources! :) i'm off to the library to put some stuff on hold!

Subject: RE: What's your favorite female duet?
From: open mike
Date: 22 Mar 04 - 07:38 PM

The Indigo Girls are good! nice harmonies, good material.
I just heard aned saw them last night on satelite...a free concert.
Ann Hills and Cindy Mangsen have a duo album called "Never Grow Up"
Laurie Lewis and Kathy Kallick do an album togther called...."Together"
And Holly Near and Chris Williamson have a c.d. called Chris and Holly.
Then there is Trio.....not a duet, but good...Dolly Parton, Emmy Lou Harris and Linda Ronstadt.
Another Trio is called Hot Soup!
There are a few sister acts--again maybe more than 2, but good
Burns sisters, Bird Sisters,
Again, more than two, but the Four Bitchin Babes are out rageous...
These are all favorites, oh i cannot narrow it down to just one!(or 2)

Subject: What's your favorite female duet?
From: GUEST,emily rain
Date: 22 Mar 04 - 07:07 PM

Just starting out with a new singin' partner, and looking for ideas. our first duet was "Prodigal Daughter" from Michelle Shocked's Arkansas Traveler, which went swimmingly. but then I thrust the Silly Sisters into her hand, and she seemed overwhelmed. :)

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