Who is the female Tom Waits?
>>73559689
tammy waits
That's tricky given how much of Tom's sound and images draw from classic masculinity
Bjork maybe? If you make the switch from masculine to feminine?
Janis Joplin
Joni Mitchell
harvey
>>73559689
Sharon Robinson
Grimes
>>73559891
Janis Joplin
The only female singer I can think of whose act was enhanced by her sounding old and raspy.
His ex-girlfriend.
For some reason I always think of Fiona Apple. Her approach to songwriting and soundscapes on something like The Idler Wheel feels very Waitsy to me, not to mention she has a similar kind of theatricality and a fairly gravely voice, at least for a women.
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