Rock groups with female vocals Russian and foreign: list of the best

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

Musical culture around the world is mostly based on female voices, be it opera or operetta, chamber ensemble or church choir. Everywhere listeners are delighted by melodic soprano, coloratura or lyric, moderately sounding mezzo or low contr alto. Musical performances would be unthinkable without them. However, there are female voices in pop culture, and in heavy metal, and in hard rock. They are everywhere, in every genre. Rock groups, both foreign and Russian, are formed according to the principle of a quartet, quintet or other composition that meets the tasks that the musicians face. The soloist always occupies a leading position, being, as it were, the center of everything that happens on the stage. She organically interacts with the musicians, at the concert all the participants become a single organism.

Music World

Pop and rock bands with female vocals are finely organized musical groups that have millions of fans around the world. Concerts of such associations never take place indoors, their stage venues are stadiums, huge beaches on the ocean or squares of megacities. Rock bands with female vocalstheir work to the masses relentlessly, tours can go on for weeks and months. Forms and compositions of ensembles are about the same for everyone - these are drummers, guitarists, those who play bass strings, brass instruments, and, of course, all-consuming female vocals.

Share of Participation

Singers take on the lion's share of creativity, they act in the lead role and are always in the center of events. The grateful audience is waiting for "their" performer.

Progress towards success

Rock bands with female vocals, with a fairly respectful attitude to art, quickly become popular and gain many fans. Fame stimulates creativity, vocals are improving, musical accompaniment, arrangements and compositional component of performances are getting better.

Rock bands with female vocals of the second half of the 20th century

Ensembles with female soloists began to appear in the middle of the last century. At first it was a few groups, such as The Pleasure Seekers led by Suzi Quatro or The Supremes with Diana Ross. But gradually, foreign and Russian rock groups with female vocals began to appear everywhere. Currently, there are many instrumental ensembles with talented soloists. Rock bands with female vocals, the list of which includes dozens of names, well-known and not so, regularly participate in all kinds of ratings.

Russians and foreigners

If you pay attention, you cannote that mostly foreign rock groups with female vocals appear in these ratings. The list of Russian soloists stands apart, and this has already become a tradition, since Russian musical culture is a completely separate entity, and it cannot be confused with European cultural values, much less with musical achievements in the USA.

Style and popularity

Rampant expression - that's what distinguishes American rock bands with female vocals. Foreign modern and not so pop and rock bands have been formed over the years. Line-ups changed, soloists came and went, but thanks to precisely such changes, true like-minded people gradually gathered in groups who followed the same musical interests in their work.

USA and Europe

Most famous rock bands and soloists:

Evanescence is one of the most successful pop-rock bands in the world. The first album in a studio recording called Fallen sold 15 million copies. Lead singer Amy Lee, with a strong and soulful vocal, is the basis of the group and the recognized leader in a long list of performers

Paramore is an American supergroup, a permanent member of all kinds of charts, is a laureate of prestigious music awards. She specializes in the performance of pop-punk, in which she has no equal. Paramore today has three musicians and a guestdrummer. Lead singer Hayley Williams is claimed to be not only one of the most talented performers, but also the sexiest female singer of recent times

Nightwish is a Finnish metal band that successfully performs against the backdrop of the magnificent vocals of Tarja Turunen. Not fully understood fantasy-style lyrics, rich keyboard arrangements, tireless solo guitars - all this speaks of the band's fundamental nature

Siouxsie and the Banshees are a post-punk band from the UK that combines melancholic melodies with rhythmic accompaniment of electronic instruments in their work. The dreamy soloist Suzy Sue is an indispensable and main link in any concert

Cranberries - Irish "Cranberries" led by the colorful Dolores O'Riordan. The band started out selling CDs of their records in the stalls, but today they are gathering stadiums of fans. Soulful songs filled with deep meaning are coveted on many radio stations around the world

Crucified Barbara is a popular Swedish band. Started with garage punk rock, today the stage during the performance of "Barbara" is dominated by classic heavy metal and the stunning performance of vocalist Mia, who in her spare time is called Coldheart ("Cold Heart")

Arch Enemy is the most popular band from Sweden with intense vocals by Angela Gossow. He has been performing for 15 years with constant success. Previously, the soloist was a professional journalist, until she met one ofmembers of Arch Enemy and did not share her innermost with him, talking about her passion for vocals. Since then, Angela has not been reporting, on the contrary, others have been writing about her

Otep - the group was created by the brutal Otep Shamaya, who had previously actively fought for the rights of sexual minorities. Now the singer pours out her energy at concerts, directing the most powerful vocals into the mainstream of heavy and death metal

Within Temptation is a Dutch symphonic rock band. The vocalist with quite a decent clean soprano Sharon del Adel follows the style of Celtic motifs. Her vocals are unique and envelop the listeners with a veil of feminine spontaneity

Guano Apes is a world famous German band with English repertoire. Soloist, Croatian girl Sandra Nasic, with good taste and voice. The group has long been in the status of restaurant barkers, but now its popularity is going through the roof

Rock bands with female vocals Russian and Slavic

In the territory of the post-Soviet space there are many instrumental and vocal groups of various directions. The vast majority of these are rock bands with female vocals (Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian). Created at different times, popular or still unknown - they all strive to somehow prove themselves. At the same time, many are trying to find a way to fame through a producer. This is only possible with professionalism and a decent repertoire.

Most Popular

What is rockRussian groups with female vocals? The list of the most famous includes the following bands:

"Night Snipers" is a popular Russian group, created in 1993. Permanent soloist Diana Arbenina adheres to the classical repertoire. He writes songs based on poems by famous poets such as A. Akhmatova, I. Brodsky, Garcia Lorca, Yulia Listvitskaya. The audience of "Night Snipers" is heterogeneous, representatives of the most diverse segments of the population are always present at the concert

"Propaganda" is a Russian rock band created in September 2001 as part of a quintet and two soloists, Maria Bukatar and Anastasia Shevchenko. On the eve of the 15th anniversary, the album "Purple Powder" was released. The group is currently in the process of resurrecting after a long period of silence

"Zemfira" is a Russian super popular rock band, created in 1998. Permanent soloist - Zemfira Ramazanova. According to the results of the research, she was named the founder of a completely new direction in rock and pop music. Since 2012, Zemfira has been included in the list of "One Hundred Most Influential Women in Russia"

"Chicherina" is a group performing in the style of Russian rock, created in Yekaterinburg in 1997 in the format of a quartet. Soloist Yulia Chicherina is the author and performer of most of the songs from today's repertoire. Collaborates with such rock musicians as Ilya Lagutenko, Sergey Mazaev, the group "Bi-2"

"Masha and the Bears" is a Russian group formed in 1997year with the help of Oleg Nesterov, the soloist of "Megapolis". The initiator of the creation is Maria Makarova, who became a soloist by signing a contract with Nesterov, who agreed to become a producer of a new creative team

"Nastya" is one of the oldest rock bands in Russia, founded in 1986. Founder - Anastasia Poleva, former soloist of the popular rock band from Sverdlovsk "Nautilus Pompilius". As part of the new team, the singer recorded her first album "Tatsu", full of oriental exoticism. 1988-1991 were for Anastasia the most creative period of her life. Since 1993, Poleva and her group have been living and working in St. Petersburg

"Velvet" is a Russian rock band founded in 2005, performing in the style of pop-rock, art rock, soft rock. The personification of the collective, Ekaterina Belokon, the author of poetry and music for all songs, is a professional musician. Katya has a degree in music theory. The group exists in the format of a quintet

Musicians of the future

Rock groups with Russian female vocals, the list of which is extremely extensive, are also represented by less well-known, but promising bands:

• "Utah",
• "Slot",
• "Tractor Bowling",
• "Mill",
• "Butch",
• "Fleur",
• "Linda",
• "Both two",
• "Mara",
• "Surganova and Orchestra",
• "Lona",
• "Murakami",
• "Fly",
• "Blonde Xu",
• "Total",
• "Iva Nova".

Russian rock, female vocals, bands and soloists with instrumental accompaniment - all this is part of today's musical culture in Russia.