Karen Dalton
What a voice. K.D was out there-- tall, part Cherokee, played a 12 string Gibson guitar, afraid of the studio (recorded only two studio albums), and a substance abuser. Even though she hated it, people called her voice "the answer to Billie Holiday." While her albums found mild success, and her singing was revered (Dylan's favorite in the Greenwich village scene), it seems she was often misunderstood. True to her Cherokee roots, Dalton was said to be very connected with the Earth. Music for her was not meant to be commerical but rather personal. There is a certain amount of suffering that resonates in her music whether it speaks for herself or the ill-treated world she saw around her. Green Rocky Road (2008) is a recent release of 9 tracks recorded by Dalton herself on reel-to-reel tapes and perhaps it's the way she would have wanted her music to be heard.
What a voice. K.D was out there-- tall, part Cherokee, played a 12 string Gibson guitar, afraid of the studio (recorded only two studio albums), and a substance abuser. Even though she hated it, people called her voice "the answer to Billie Holiday." While her albums found mild success, and her singing was revered (Dylan's favorite in the Greenwich village scene), it seems she was often misunderstood. True to her Cherokee roots, Dalton was said to be very connected with the Earth. Music for her was not meant to be commerical but rather personal. There is a certain amount of suffering that resonates in her music whether it speaks for herself or the ill-treated world she saw around her. Green Rocky Road (2008) is a recent release of 9 tracks recorded by Dalton herself on reel-to-reel tapes and perhaps it's the way she would have wanted her music to be heard.
Timi Yuro
This Italian little schnup had pipes that made up for her size. The little girl with the big voice was barely five feet fall, but the depth of her voice blew people away. What I find fascinating about Yuro is that she had throat surgery in 1980 and then recorded two more albums in the following four years. However, she never fully beat the cancer and was unable to sing past 1984.
"Timi's voice doesn't come from the throat, but from the heart. She doesn't just sing the song, she lives it." -Dinah Washington
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