Earlier generations of players, annoyed that photogenic but sometimes musically illiterate vocalists were getting the attention, would refer disparagingly to female singers as "canaries".

早期乐手对爵士女声抱有很大偏见，他们蔑称这些女性歌手为“金丝雀”——很上镜，但有些时候在音乐上根本没有受过训练。

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It also paid for two rallies in Jerusalem attacking religious bans on female vocalists earlier last month.

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Ward who in the past had worked with talented female vocalists such as Norah Jones, Cat Power and Neko Case had found his musical soul mate.

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And recently, when a group of religious soldiers were presented with an IDF band that featured female vocalists, keeping faith with their Orthodox observance, they walked out of the auditorium.

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