Best OT singer: Elizabeth LaPrelle?

[tobias]

cdbaby.com/cd/elizabethlaprelle2

This girl is absolutely AMAZING!!!

The best OT singer I have heard. Beautiful yet rough!
I dont think she has even turned 20 yet, but she has some quality in her souind that makes it feel like it has the soul of an 80 year old. Without the flaws that comes with old age.

Listen to:

East Virginia
Moonshiner (Wow! makes the hair on my back rise)
Pretty Saro

This is GOLD!
Can't wait to get the CD in the mail :-)

Here is her website: www.old97wrecords.com/elizabeth-laprelle/index.htm

/Tobias

[deleuran]

Pretty good, yeah. I rarely use the term "the best I have heard", not because she's bad, but because I have heard so many good. So I think I'll settle with the term: "One of the best I've heard"

If anybody want to connect to her in MySpace, the adress is:
www.myspace.com/elizabethlaprelle

[tobias]

Apr 6, 2008 12:04:31 GMT deleuran said:

Pretty good, yeah. I rarely use the term "the best I have heard", not because she's bad, but because I have heard so many good. So I think I'll settle with the term: "One of the best I've heard"

I know :-) I don't like the "Best ever" label either...I just kinda put it in there as a joke-reference to the Carolina Chocolate Drops thread :-)

But seriously...she is one of the bes..... uh...my favorite singers :-)

/Tobias

[deleuran]

One of the very best singers are Jean Ritchie. Check out her CD Jean Ritchie - Ballads from her Appalachian family tradition
Can be bought on amazon.co.uk
www.amazon.co.uk/Ballads-Jean-Ritchie/dp/B00008OM0D/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1207484492&sr=1-1

And now I'm going to spend money again, because when looking up the adress for Jean Ritchie I stumbled upon this must-have: Jean Ritchie and Doc Watson performing together at Folk City. Doc was 38 then and Jean Ritchie 40, so it must be over 40 years old this recording:
www.amazon.co.uk/Folk-City-Watson-Jean-Ritchie/dp/B000001DFY/ref=pd_bxgy_m_h__img_b?ie=UTF8&qid=1207484492&sr=1-1
If you want to listen to some soundbites look them up on amazon.com. They have a feature, where you can listen to soundbites in mp3.