A Girl Called Eddy - (born in Neptune, NJ) Soul pop singer/songwriter.
A Weather - Indie band from Portland, Oregon, fronted by Aaron Gerber and Sarah Winchester
Abba - Swedish pop group with Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Anni-Frid Lyngstad (Norway), and Agnetha Fältskog.
Abbe May - Rocking blues singer-songwriter and guitarist from Perth, Australia. Current band is Abbe May & The Rockin’ Pneumonia.
Abbey Lincoln - (b. Anna Marie Wooldridge in Chicago Aug. 6, 1930) Jazz vocalist, songwriter, and actress.
Abi Tapia - Country rock singer-songwriter
Abigail Washburn - (born November 10, 1979 in Evanston, IL) Clawhammer banjo player and singer - performs and records solo and with Uncle Earl and Sparrow Quartet
Abra Moore (b. June 8, 1969 in San Diego, California) Folk alt rock singer-songwriter based in Austin, TX. Raised in Puna, HI, founded Poi Dog Pondering with a group of friends, moving to Los Angeles in 1988 and to Austin in 1992.
Adelaide Hall - (b. Brooklyn NY Oct 20, 1901, d. Nov. 7 1992 in London) American-born British jazz singer and entertainer.
Adele Girard - (b. 1930, d. Sept. 7 1993) One of jazz's first harpist - Dixieland and swing. Married to jazz clarinetist Joe Marsala.
Adele - (b. Adele Laurie Blue Adkins May 5, 1988 in Enfield, North London) English jazz, pop, blues and soul singer.
Adrianne - Los Angeles based indie singer-songwriter.
Aimee Mann - (b. Sept 8, 1960 in Midlothian, Virginia) Indie singer-songwriter, guitarist and bass player. Began her career with 'Til Tuesday. Founded SuperEgo Records in 1999.
Alana Davis - (born May 6, 1974 in New York City) Pop singer-songwriter. Toured and performed with Thievery Corporation in 2006. Formed the label Tigress Records in 2005. Her father, Walter Davis, Jr., was a jazz pianist.
Alanis Morissette - (born June 1, 1974 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) Pop rock singer-songwriter and actress.
Alberta Hunter - (b. Memphis Apr 1, 1895, d. Oct. 18 1984) Blues singer-songwriter
Alela Diane - (b. Alela Diane Menig April 20, 1983 in Nevada City, CA) Edgy psych folk singer-songwriter and guitarist.
Alexandra Hope - NY based indie singer-songwriter.
Alice Babs (b. Hildur Alice Nilsson Jan 26, 1924 in Kalmar, Sweden) Jazz singer and actress.
Alice Cohen - NY based indie singer-songwriter, guitarist and artist. Began career as primary songwriter and lead singer of The Vels.
Alice Coltrane - (b. Alice McLeod Aug 27 1937 in Detroit, d. Jan 12, 2007) - Jazz pianist, organist, harpist, composer. Married to John Coltrane.
Alice Peacock - (b. Nov 19, 1971 in White Bear Lake, MN) Chicago-based folk pop singer-songwriter.
Alice Russell - (b. Framlingham in Suffolk, England) Pop-soul singer/songwriter. Worked with Quantic Soul Orchestra.
Alice Smith - (born 1978) New York-based jazz and soul singer.
Alicia Keys - (b. Alicia J. Augello-Cook Jan 25, 1981 in Manhattan) Soul, R&B and hiphop singer and actress.
Alina Simone - (born in Kharkiv, Ukraine; now based in Austin, TX) Indie folk singer-songwriter.
Allison Krauss - (born July 23, 1971 in Decatur, IL) Fiddle prodigy and virtuoso. Bluegrass, folk and country singer-songwriter. Recently performed and recorded with Robert Plant.
Alison Moyet (b. June 18, 1961 in Billericay, Essex, England) Pop and soul singer-songwriter. Began career in Yaz.
Alison Rayner (b. Bromley, Kent UK Sept. 7, 1952) Jazz bassist.
Allison Moorer - (b. born June 21, 1972 in Frankville, AL) Alt-country singer-songwriter. Sister is Shelby Lynne. Married to Steve Earle.
Allison Wolfe - (b. November 9, 1969 Memphis, TN) - Washington, DC-based singer and performer. Co-creator with Molly Neuman of early indie zine Girl Germs. Singer for Bratmobile (also see guitarist Erin Smith).
Alma Cogan - (b. May 19 1932 in London, d. Oct 26 1966) '50s Pop singer.
Aluminum Babe - NY-based electro garage pop rock band.
Aki Takase (b. Osaka Japan Jan. 26, 1948) - Berlin-based jazz pianist and composer.
Amadou & Mariam - Musical duo from Mali featuring Mariam Doumbia (vocals) (born April 15, 1958) and Amadou Bagayoko. The couple met at Mali's Institute for the Young Blind.
Amanda Ghost - (born Amanda Louisa Gosein in London) Singer and songwriter
Amelia - Indie pop singer-songwriter based in Portland, OR.
Amelia Curran - Indie folk singer-songwriter based in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Amelia White - Nashville based folk rock singer-songwriter.
Amina Claudine Myers (b. Blackwell AR March 21, 1942) Jazz pianist, organist, vocalist, composer, actress.
The Amps - Indie-rock band from Dayton, Ohio. Formed by vocalist and guitarist Kim Deal in 1995 after The Breeders went on hiatus.
Amy Annelle - (b. Portand, OR) Austin-based dark, edgy indie folk and alt-country singer and guitarist.
Amy Cook - Austin-based indie folk singer-songwriter.
Amy LaVere - Memphis-based indie alt-country singer-songwriter and guitarist.
Amy MacDonald - Scottish indie pop singer-songwriter and guitarist.
Amy Millan (born December 3, 1973 in Toronto) Indie rock / alt country singer-songwriter. Has performed with Stars and Broken Social Scene.
Amy Ray - (b. April 12, 1964 in Georgia) Folk rock / alt-country singer-songwriter and guitarist. Performed in Atlanta-based Indigo Girls with Emily Saliers. Founder of record label Daemon Records in 1990. Co-founder with Emily Saliers of Honor the Earth with Winona LaDuke.
Amy Rigby - Indie pop rock singer-songwriter
Amy Winehouse - (b. September 14, 1983 in London) Soul and jazz singer-songwriter
An Horse - Indie pop band from Australia, comprising Kate Cooper of Iron On and Damon Cox of Intercooler and Mary Trembles. Tegan and Sara met lead songwriter Cooper while touring Australia, playing in a record store where she worked. Sara invited An Horse along for their US tour.
Anais Mitchell - Folk singer-songwriter and guitarist from Montpelier, Vermont.
Andrea Revel - Indie folk rock from Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Ane Brun - (b. March 10, 1976 in Molde, Norway) Indie pop rock singer-songwriter and guitarist based in Stockholm, Sweden. She started her own record label, DetErMine Records, together with The Tiny´s leadsinger Ellekari Larsson in 2002.
Angela Bofill - (b. May 2, 1954 in The Bronx, NY) R&B and soul singer-songwriter.
Angela Desveaux - Montreal indie alt-country singer-songwriter.
Angela Easterling - South Carolina based alt-country singer-songwriter.
Angela Fay Martin - North Carolina based literary indie singer-songwriter.
Angela McClusky - Scottish jazz singer-songwriter. Former lead singer of the Wild Colonials. Her voice is on Telepopmusik's song "Breathe," an ad for Mitsubishi.
Angelique Kidjo - (b. July 14, 1960 in Ouidah, Benin, Africa) Afropop and jazz singer-songwriter.
Angi West - Asheville NC-based indie folk singer-songwriter.
Angie Evans - Long Beach CA based womyns blues singer-songwriter.
Angus and Julia Stone - Sydney, Australia indie folk rock duo.
Ani DiFranco - (b. Angela Maria DiFranco September 23, 1970 in Buffalo, NY) Indie folk singer-songwriter and guitarist. Founder of Righteous Records in 1989, which became Righteous Babe Records in 1994.
Anita O'Day - (b. Chicago October 18, 1919 – d. Nov 23, 2006) Jazz singer. O'Day spoke candidly about her drug addiction in her 1981 memoir High Times, Hard Times.
Ann Peebles - (b. April 27, 1947 in St. Louis, MO) Memphis-based soul singer.
Ann Wilson - (b. June 19, 1950 in San Diego, CA) Rock singer-songwriter, guitarist and flutist. Formed '70s rock band Heart with sister Nancy Wilson.
Anna Fermin's Trigger Gospel - (b. Philippines) Alt-country indie folk singer songwriter.
Anna King - (b. Philadelphia December 9, 1937) Soul singer who began her career as Tammi Terrell's replacement in James Brown's band.
Anna Ternheim - (born May 31, 1978 in Sweden) Stockholm-based edgy pop folk singer-songwriter and guitarist.
Annabelle Chovstek - (b. Toronto) Indie folk singer-songwriter, guitarist, mandolin and fiddle player. Performed with Wailin' Jennys.
Annabella Lwin - (b. Oct. 31, 1965 in Yangon, Myanmar) Pop singer, songwriter, and record producer best known as the lead singer of Bow Wow Wow when she was 14 years old.
Ann Cole - (born Cynthia Coleman January 24, 1934 in Newark, NJ) Soul singer famous for her version of "Got My Mojo Working".
Anne Ducros - Paris based jazz singer.
Anne Kirkpatrick - (born July 4, 1952 in Australia) Folk and country singer-songwriter. Daughter of Australian country music legends Slim Dusty and Joy McKean.
Anne McCue - Australian folk pop alt-country singer-songwriter and guitarist.
Annette Hanshaw - (b. Oct 18, 1901 d. March 13, 1985) One of the first great female jazz singers.
Annie Hayden - California-based rock singer-songwriter. Before performing solo, one of four members of the 90s Jersey indie rock band Spent.
Annie Lennox - (born December 25, 1954 in Scotland) Soul and pop rock singer-songwriter. Solo artist and the lead singer of the musical duo Eurythmics.
Annie Philippe - (b. December 17, 1946 in Paris) '60s French pop singer.
Annie Ross - (b. born Annabelle Short July 25, 1930 in Mitcham, Surrey, England) Jazz singer and actress, best known as a member of the trio Lambert, Hendricks & Ross.
Annie Whitehead - (born July 16, 1955 in Oldham, Lancashire) Jazz trombone player.
Antena - Modern New Wave jazz with Parisian lead singer Isabelle Antena, who worked as au pair for Rick Wakeman of Yes. Band is named after Kraftwerk song.
Antietam - NYC rock band featuring vocalist and guitarist Tara Key.
Antigone Rising - All-women rock band with members from New Jersey and Long Island, NY. Now regrouped as Antigone Four.
Apollo Smile - (born Paula Apollo Anne Scharf Feb 16, 1967 in New York City) Pop music songwriter, singer and voice actress in video games.
April March - (born April 20, 1965 in California) Indie pop singer/songwriter who sings in English and French. Former principal animator for the Ren and Stimpy show.
Arcade Fire - Indie rock band based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, fronted by the husband and wife duo of Texan Win Butler and Québécoise Régine Chassagne.
Arlene Smith - Soul pop singer with '50s girl group The Chatels (1957 hit "Maybe")
Ari Up - (b. Ariana Forster January 17, 1962 in Munich, Germany) Lead vocalist of English punk group The Slits, formed with Palmolive when Ari was 14 years old. Stepdaughter of John Lydon of the Sex Pistols.
Aroah - Indie pop singer-songwriter from Madrid.
Art in Manilla - Indie rock band based in Omaha, NE, led by singer Orenda Fink and keyboardist-vocalist Adrianne Verhoeven.
Ash Devine - Asheville, NC based indie folk singer-songwriter.
Ashford and Simpson - Soul duo Valerie Simpson and Nikolas Ashford.
Ashley Chambliss - Singer-songwriter and pianist based in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Ashley McBryde - Memphis-based country singer-songwriter and guitarist.
Asobi Seksu - (colloquial Japanese for “playful sex”) NYC indie pop band features Yuki (Keyboard, Vocals) and James Hanna (Guitar, Vocals).
Astrud Gilberto (b. Astrud Weinert March 29, 1940 in Brazil) Jazz and pop singer and actress. Married singer and guitarist João Gilberto, later emigrating to the U.S. in 1963 (they divorced in the mid-1960s). Famous for "The Girl from Ipanema".
Athens Boys Choir - Athens GA based spoken word transgendered hiphop free thinking. Transsexual Katz is poet and performance artist.
Au Revior Simone - Dreamy NYC electronic indie rock. Erika Forster (keyboards & vocals), Annie Hart (keyboards & vocals) Heather D'Angelo (drum machines, keyboard & vocals)
Aviette - Minneapolis based electronic indie band with Holly Muñoz (vocals and guitar).
Azure Ray - Dreamy pop vocalists Maria Taylor and Orenda Fink. Band began in Athens, Georgia but relocated to Omaha, Nebraska. Disbanded in 2004. Maria Taylor and Orenda Fink put out solo albums - Orenda also performed in Art in Manila.
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