A lot of English language singers default to a neutral kind of non-accent when they sing (notice how Shirley Manson's strong Scottish accent completely disappears when she sings), so I'm always delighted when I hear someone who clearly has a strong accent that shines through.
Let's name some
Re: Singers with clear and discernible accents
Posted: Thu August 07, 2025 8:02 pm
by LoathedVermin72
Many punk singers have aggressive British accents...even American ones like Billie Joe Armstrong
Re: Singers with clear and discernible accents
Posted: Thu August 07, 2025 8:32 pm
by Ello Sailor
Peter Garrett of Midnight Oil (Straya)
Re: Singers with clear and discernible accents
Posted: Thu August 07, 2025 8:40 pm
by Kevin Davis
Shane MacGowan
Re: Singers with clear and discernible accents
Posted: Thu August 07, 2025 8:44 pm
by Kevin Davis
Richard Thompson
Re: Singers with clear and discernible accents
Posted: Thu August 07, 2025 8:49 pm
by Kevin Davis
Most country singers really lean into their accents, with Jennifer Nettles of the band Sugarland possibly being the lean-iest:
Edit: Sneaky fucker edited. Original post was just "Rammstein".
I don't think singing in your native tongue counts as an accent.
Re: Singers with clear and discernible accents
Posted: Thu August 07, 2025 9:05 pm
by The Argonaut
Bjork
Kate Nash
Re: Singers with clear and discernible accents
Posted: Thu August 07, 2025 9:10 pm
by Ello Sailor
Bjork is a great call.
Re: Singers with clear and discernible accents
Posted: Thu August 07, 2025 10:01 pm
by liebzz
Willie Nelson
Re: Singers with clear and discernible accents
Posted: Thu August 07, 2025 10:13 pm
by i got bugs
The guy from the fratellis
Re: Singers with clear and discernible accents
Posted: Fri August 08, 2025 12:35 am
by LoathedVermin72
Nico
Re: Singers with clear and discernible accents
Posted: Fri August 08, 2025 1:56 am
by daft twat
Alex Turner on Arctic Monkeys’ debut.
Re: Singers with clear and discernible accents
Posted: Fri August 08, 2025 2:02 am
by Ello Sailor
daft twat wrote:Alex Turner on Arctic Monkeys’ debut.
Truuuue
Re: Singers with clear and discernible accents
Posted: Fri August 08, 2025 2:04 am
by Matters
The Waterboys singer Mike Scott
Re: Singers with clear and discernible accents
Posted: Fri August 08, 2025 11:13 am
by wease
Charo
Re: Singers with clear and discernible accents
Posted: Fri August 08, 2025 3:11 pm
by Self
Scott Hutchison and Gerry Cinnamon. Gerry hides it on 'Sometimes' though. Wonder what that's about?
Re: Singers with clear and discernible accents
Posted: Fri August 08, 2025 4:28 pm
by lvc
Guy Garvey
Re: Singers with clear and discernible accents
Posted: Fri August 08, 2025 6:07 pm
by Jorge
Ello Sailor wrote:Edit: Sneaky fucker edited. Original post was just "Rammstein".
I don't think singing in your native tongue counts as an accent.
If we knew enough to distinguish between the accents of various parts of Germany, maybe
Like in Spanish there are singers who very clearly sound Argentinian (Vicentico), Colombian (Carlos Vives), Puerto Rican (Bad Bunny), Spanish (Alejandro Sanz), etc.
and then there are also singers who sound more generically "neutral" (Diego Torres, Ricardo Arjona, Ricky Martin)