Who were the most convincing bohemian singers in your opinion and why?

Ani DiFranco.

how do you define "bohemian"?

Edie Brickell (sp?)

Anxiety said:

How do you define it?

JANFAN4L said:

someone who's a bit artsy-folksy, beatnik-ish, intellectual, coffee-house type...it's kind of a vague word, really, especially these days. anyone who doesn't live in a red state could be defined as a bohemian to some people.

Nico

Stax said:

Anxiety said:

That's pretty much how I see it, too.

Alana Davis
The girl screams "bohemian." From her acoustic-ladened music to her stripped down, façadeless appearence -- all-around free spirit. Plus, the girl's lived in NYC's Greenwich Village for years -- that alone makes her a de facto bohemian! She's an excellent singer/songwriter and can play one mean acoustic guitar live (barefooted, I might add). She's currently out on the west coast keeping things moving with her brand new imprint Tigress Records and a new album Surrender Dorothy in 2005.


Cree Summer
An artist of mixed heritage and various outlooks, Cree Summer is a bohemian through and through. She was born in California (bells and whistles) in 1969 (more bells and whistles). Her celebrity parents were so artsy-fartsy that they didn't want her growing up in Hollywood, so they moved her to (where else but) Red Pheasant, a Plains Cree reserve in Saskatchewan, and so Cree spent her first eight years there moving to Toronto when it was time to enter the fourth grade. Hanging out with Lenny Kravitz gives her even more bohemian points. She has this classic California bohemian artsy/spiritual/freespirited/laid-back way about her.

I'd have to agree with you here. Cree and Alana's projects were brilliant; too bad no one was listening.

ani's a good example of a bohemian. i think kathleen hanna is a good example of a boho chick by way of DIY punk rock ethics. definitely kimya dawson - she's as bohemian as they come. singer/songwriter/artist/handbag designer/babysitter. (if ya don't know who she is, go to www.kimyadawson.com)

well, if alana is on there then im gonna have to go with wendy and lisa (debut, eroica and girlbros).....


come on now y'all....lisa stopped shaving her pits...cant get any more bohemian then that.....


fyi: i find it odd that critics compare alana to wendy and lisa....ditto nikka costa....

sosgemini said:

wendy and lisa - definitely boho chicks. old skool, even.

JOHN FRUSCIANTE

sosgemini said:

Yeah, I find that all of these artists stand alone in their own ways.

Amel Larrieux

lyecry said:

I was just going to mention her. Thanks.

up some more selections soon.

JANFAN4L said:

Beat me to it.

Amel.

Too smooth. Too glam.
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CynicKill said:

Really? How you figure? Explain.

JANFAN4L said:

She kinda reminds me of a hopped-out Sade.

CynicKill said:

"Hopped-out" is CynicKill-speak for?

JANFAN4L said:

LOL

I didn't want to say it but like a hip-hop Sade.

CynicKill said:

Ehhh, I don't really see that. She's kinda more "neo-soul-ish" <-- yeah, I dislike that term, too. LOL.

Anyways she seems to "cool" to be bohemian. There's just a hint of agitation in most bohemians to me. That against the grain thing. Amel is chillout-ish.

Lilliquois Moon (f.k.a. Lisa Bonet)
Now, there's not a record to her name (unless they're hidden in some unreleased Romeo Blue/Lenny Kravitz sessions), but you can't have a "Bohemians" list without listing this former Huxtable sibling. Born in San Francisco (!!!) Married in 1987 (and divorced) Mr. Lenny "Let Love Rule" Kravitz, whose impulsive free spirit and bi-racial upbringing paralleled hers. Has the afro-boho dreads, the garb, she's in touch with her spiritual side. That same vibe even followed her character "Denise" on "The Cosby Show" and "A Different World." Friends with Cree Summer. Changed her name to Liliquois Moon (and I still think Meshell Ndegeocello's Comfort Woman track of the same name is a thinly-veiled reference to this woman).

fartman said:

I'll give you that. As funky as he is with the Chili Peppers, his solo stuff is much more artsy and defintely out there.

JANFAN4L said: