More Modern Godesses of Music

Today we (I) do another salute to the amazing women of music. This will be the fourth edition of the list honouring girls who sing, play guitar, piano, harp, keyboards, or just generally rock out. Enjoy!

Original List (October 2005)

# Sharin Foo of the Raveonettes
# Bjork
# Tori Amos
# Regine Chassange of Arcade Fire
# Amy Millan of Stars/Broken Social Scene
# Meg White of the White Stripes
# Karen O of Yeah Yeah Yeahs
# Fiona Apple
# Tegan
# Sara
# Zia McCabe of the Dandy Warhols
# Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth
# D'Arcy Wretsky of Smashing Pumpkins

Amendments (as of September 2006)

# Leslie Feist (Solo/Member of Broken Social Scene)
# Emily Haines of Metric/Broken Social Scene
# Amanda Palmer of Dresden Dolls
# Sarah Beam of Iron & Wine
# Becky Ninkovic of You Say Party! We Say Die!
# Krista Loewen of You Say Party! We Say Die!

Further Amendments (December 2007)

# Regina Spektor
# Abby & Amanda of The Ditty Bops
# Chan Marshall (Cat Power)
# Jenny Lewis
# Joanna Newsom
# Victoria Bergsman
# Gwen-O, RiotBecki & Rosay of The Pipettes

Even More Amendments (November 2008)

# Marnie Stern

If anyone ever says girls can't play guitar, all you need do is play them any track off of Marnie Stern's latest album, This Is It and I Am It and You Are It and So Is That and He Is It and She Is It and It Is It and That Is That, and they will apologize.

# Mirah

Cute little voice, after 9pm lyrics. Ooo la la... She's been described as Liz Phair, but not as cynical. Plus, her cover of "Dancing in the Dark" is hilarious.

# Olga Bell

Olga Bell would be on this list if only for her stellar (and incredibly competent) cover of "Videotape/The Eraser," but her debut EP of original material is striking, energetic, and constantly surprising.

# Brooke Waggoner

Brooke Waggoner GAVE AWAY her debut EP "Fresh Pair of Eyes," and I still feel guilty I didn't pay for it. If her music is any indication of her personality, I want to hang out with her. I love how every song has a really positive vibe to it, and will occasionally break into an "I can't keep it in anymore" sort of revelry.

That's it for right now. I'm trying to be practical this year, not bestowing a "goddess" ranking on anyone I have a mild infatuation for, or who has one song I get hung up on and am unable to name another song from their catalog. Fabulous women who may yet make the list from this year are:

Laura Veirs

Olivia B. Merilahti of The Do

Romi and Sari Lightman of Ghost Bees

Natasha Khan of Bat for Lashes