# Favorite Soothing Female Vocalists? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 14, 2020, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soothing-female-vocalists/847953 "2020-02-14T21:13:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2020, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soothing-female-vocalists/847953/1 "2020-02-14T21:13:26Z")
Roberta Flack - I Can See The Sun In Late December Catherine Howe, Karen Carpenter are a couple of other examples. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2020, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soothing-female-vocalists/847953/2 "2020-02-14T22:08:15Z")
First thought was Enya. [Dido.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfUnJNOuPhM&list=PLA53614BC568A5B26) ---
**Author:** ![Chingon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chingon/32/17645_2.png) [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2020, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soothing-female-vocalists/847953/3 "2020-02-14T22:11:48Z")
Emily King ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2020, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soothing-female-vocalists/847953/4 "2020-02-14T22:13:32Z")
[Gretchen Lieberum - You Closer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4jwFYGiGtk) ---
**Author:** ![Dahnlor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dahnlor/32/533_2.png) [@Dahnlor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dahnlor)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2020, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soothing-female-vocalists/847953/5 "2020-02-14T22:13:40Z")
oops ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2020, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soothing-female-vocalists/847953/6 "2020-02-14T22:13:47Z")
Marilyn McCoo from the Fifth Dimension. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2020, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soothing-female-vocalists/847953/7 "2020-02-14T22:38:38Z")
Maddy Pryor. Yes, she’s soothing to me. I don’t like too smooth a singer. It actually irritates me. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2020, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soothing-female-vocalists/847953/8 "2020-02-14T23:09:47Z")
Lee Wiley, although you could argue that she swings too much to be “soothing.” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/lz1_gHUu7HE/hqdefault.jpg "Lee Wiley: Manhattan") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lz1_gHUu7HE) ---
**Author:** ![Tinker\_Grey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tinker_grey/32/8136_2.png) [@Tinker\_Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tinker_Grey)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2020, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soothing-female-vocalists/847953/9 "2020-02-14T23:18:44Z")
Norah Jones [Come Away With Me](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbjZPFBD6JU) ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2020, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soothing-female-vocalists/847953/10 "2020-02-14T23:23:31Z")
> [@Tinker\_Grey](#): > > Norah Jones > [Come Away With Me](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbjZPFBD6JU) Yes 1000x. ---
**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2020, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soothing-female-vocalists/847953/11 "2020-02-14T23:36:53Z")
Catherine Howe - It Comes With the Breezes [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/jvoedlMHTKg/maxresdefault.jpg "It Comes With the Breezes") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvoedlMHTKg) ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2020, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soothing-female-vocalists/847953/12 "2020-02-14T23:39:52Z")
Julee Cruise ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2020, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soothing-female-vocalists/847953/13 "2020-02-14T23:55:20Z")
Elizabeth Fraser and Lisa Gerrard. ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2020, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soothing-female-vocalists/847953/14 "2020-02-15T00:14:58Z")
Rita Coolidge ---
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Ella Fitzgerald Norah Jones [Astrud Gilberto](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4x2i2GITQ0Y) [Mary Ford](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTU9RCIK-lA) [Jane Monheit](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTe19RV3HRo) Diana Krall ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2020, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soothing-female-vocalists/847953/16 "2020-02-15T00:55:51Z")
Carol Wellsman ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2020, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soothing-female-vocalists/847953/17 "2020-02-15T00:57:39Z")
Sandy Denny: Fairport Convention - [Who Knows Where The Time Goes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkOB57UcYk8) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2020, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soothing-female-vocalists/847953/18 "2020-02-15T01:08:38Z")
This one is certainly soothing: Go To Sleep You Little Baby Emmylou Harris, Gillian Welch and Alison Krauss ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2020, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soothing-female-vocalists/847953/19 "2020-02-15T01:38:32Z")
> [@Tinker\_Grey](#): > > Norah Jones > [Come Away With Me](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbjZPFBD6JU) Definitely. Lana Del Ray has the perfect soothing voice. Here’s the video for [Video Games](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cE6wxDqdOV0). ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2020, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soothing-female-vocalists/847953/20 "2020-02-15T01:42:51Z")
Agggggghhhhh. HATE Norah Jones. Little nepotist faux-jazz performer who’s tricked other faux-jazz performers into thinking she’s a jazz performer. Her first album made me puke, and I haven’t listened to her since. Uh, I realize I’m in a minority, tho. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soothing-female-vocalists/847953.md?page=2)