Who is your favorite singer?  New Orleans based, male and female.  I use the word “favorite” purposely first of all because choosing the “best” of anything is such a subjective thing, and then also to spotlight lesser-known or hardly-mentioned singers who might be just as good as the high-profile names who might have appeared on TV somewhere or in a local publication or who have national recording contracts.  

Whether we call them songbirds (in the case of the women), vocalists, belters, or crooners, everyone has a favorite. 

My listeners proved that, last year in 2014 and the year before when they voted for them.  The first such poll on my show was during the entire month of January 2013 on my Friday morning show The Soul Ride in the Morning Set time slot from 6 to 9 a.m.  I asked people to call or e-mail with the names of their favorite female or male New Orleans based singers.  All three years, this approach has generated responses which surprised even me.   I have also gotten some interesting choices from listeners this year.

So vote for your favorite.  You can do it using this link. 

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When I get a consensus I will have a reveal on The Soul Ride, and will announce the top vote-getters and play music by them.