https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2014/12/11/derek-trucks-sounds-off-about-his-five-favorite-female-vocalists/EVCXlEtGJcaKHMJmpEuOGM/story.html

From 11 Dec Boston Globe:

At just 35, Derek Trucks has had a career comparable to that of an elder statesman. A child prodigy on the electric guitar, Trucks spent his formative years opening for, and later playing in, the legendary Allman Brothers Band — of which his uncle, Butch Trucks, was a founding member and drummer. That group recently dissolved after a farewell tour: “It was a really good way to go out,” Trucks said, referring to the band’s final concert. Today, his main focus is Tedeschi Trucks Band, the Grammy-winning group he formed with wife Susan Tedeschi, a Massachusetts native. As he and his bandmates prepare for two shows at the House of Blues this weekend, Trucks told us about five of his favorite female vocalists.

Mahalia Jackson: “She is just one of those once in a generation voices and talents. She was in a lot of ways the voice of the civil rights movement even before it happened. . . . That was also one of me and Susan’s first connections — she’s a big Mahalia Jackson fan.”

Aretha Franklin: “There’s a gospel record of her and her dad in a church in California. It’s live, it’s in the moment, it’s an amazing performance.”

Nina Simone: “She can wring the meaning out of a tune like nobody else. Often we’re on the bus after the shows, and there’s a lot of music being played. A lot of times Nina will close the show. She will be the last thing you listen to before going to bed.”

Susan Tedeschi: “I’ve never witnessed someone live and in person throw it down like Susan does. . . . I’ve seen her on stage with a lot of singers, and it’s usually not a fair fight.”

Abida Parveen: “An amazing, amazing singer. It’s Pakistani classical music, kind of — Qawwali, it’s called. The amount of control she has over her voice, I’ve never heard anything like it.”