Annie Haslam

She's one of those singers that people either love or hate. You will be
hard
pressed to find anyone with a greater range, 5 octaves,

Rachelle Ferrell.

I've always liked Annie Haslam, but I've never really connected with
her. She seems to be devoid of "passion". But that reminds me of a
serious hole in my collection that needs to be remedied.



Just shows there are exceptions to my comments.


Sure. It's just a personal expression though and shouldn't be taken as
a diss against Ms. Halsam,

I didn't see it as a dis.

whose music I've enjoyed over the years -
sadly not recently though. That's something that I'm going to correct
immediately, starting with Ashes Are Burning (anything with Andy
Powell of Wishbone Ash can't be all bad!) to be followed by the
Carnegie Hall set.

Nice choice of records.



Her rather "bloodless" style works perfectly with the music of
Renaissance though. Much like Sam Phillips' similar icy style works
for her.

I never thought of her as cold or bloodless. I thought the knock on her was the
lack of grittyness. Some see her as simply to sugary and flighty.