# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Guy\_Incognito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guy_incognito/32/3920_2.png) [@Guy\_Incognito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guy_Incognito)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2020, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soothing-female-vocalists/847953/61 "2020-02-17T21:17:31Z")
I’m shocked nobody has mentioned Sade or Anita Baker… ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2020, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soothing-female-vocalists/847953/62 "2020-02-17T21:38:40Z")
**Dusty Springfield** ---
**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2020, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soothing-female-vocalists/847953/63 "2020-02-18T00:11:36Z")
> [@Guy\_Incognito](#): > > I’m shocked nobody has mentioned Sade or Anita Baker… I posted this elsewhere, and Sade was probably the 3rd most mentioned. But no one did mention Anita Baker. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2020, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soothing-female-vocalists/847953/64 "2020-02-18T01:34:33Z")
> [@Sefton](#): > > Rita Coolidge [Seconded](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvNdPewuXAQ). > [@Guy\_Incognito](#): > > I’m shocked nobody has mentioned Sade or Anita Baker… Let me reduce your shock by 50%, thanks to **Leaffan** back in post #26: > [@Leaffan](#): > > I’m not usually good at these things, but Sade (Shah-day) Smooth Operator fits the bill. > > [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4TYv2PhG89A](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4TYv2PhG89A) ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2020, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soothing-female-vocalists/847953/65 "2020-02-18T05:14:16Z")
Suzy Bogguss has a really beautiful voice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhKuQtj-Vzw ---
**Author:** ![Guy\_Incognito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guy_incognito/32/3920_2.png) [@Guy\_Incognito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guy_Incognito)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2020, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soothing-female-vocalists/847953/66 "2020-02-18T17:32:18Z")
> [@MortSahlFan](#): > > I posted this elsewhere, and Sade was probably the 3rd most mentioned. But no one did mention Anita Baker. Wow! Totally missed that! My bad… ---
**Author:** ![BeeGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5a626/32.png) [@BeeGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeeGee)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2020, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soothing-female-vocalists/847953/67 "2020-02-18T19:09:49Z")
Nora O’Connor Sorry about the commercial. ---
**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soothing-female-vocalists/847953/68 "2020-02-19T00:13:42Z")
> [@Guy\_Incognito](#): > > Wow! Totally missed that! My bad… No worries - it was on another site 🙂 (I like to compare) ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soothing-female-vocalists/847953/69 "2020-02-20T08:09:49Z")
I used to have a radio show and made mixtapes for people on a music mailing list, including a lot of artists mentioned in this thread. Over a decade ago I jettisoned the talking and made digital “mixtapes”. Here’s one with a lot of wonderful voices. I can post links to more if interested. Playlist for [Suspended In Gaffa 9](https://vimeo.com/89375583/description) Area - I’ll Gather Flowers Nico - These Days The Innocence Mission - Revolving Man Sandy Denny - Listen Listen The Style Council - The Paris Match Noe Venable - Look Luck Happy Rhodes - Glory (radio mix) Kirsty MacColl - Days Neather Nova - Verona Madredeus - O Pastor Dead Can Dance - Mesmerism Cocteau Twins - Pandora Marta Sebestyen & Muzsikas - Vetettem Violat Loreena McKennitt - Tango To Evora Agnes Buen Garnas & Jan Garbarek - Rosenfoles ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soothing-female-vocalists/847953/70 "2020-02-20T08:21:41Z")
Yao Lee. ca. 1946 https://www.youtube.com/embed/ufw_VmnUNkY?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=PLA34046A4B9425E66&start=0 ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soothing-female-vocalists/847953/71 "2020-02-20T08:35:06Z")
Connie, from Myanmar [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/1996oGVGYWw/maxresdefault.jpg "ကော်နီ( Connie) - ဆေး") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1996oGVGYWw) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soothing-female-vocalists/847953/72 "2020-02-20T08:55:45Z")
Nuska Drascek https://www.youtube.com/embed/UwVq15z-APs?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=PLA34046A4B9425E66&start=0 ---
**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 20, 2020, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soothing-female-vocalists/847953/73 "2020-02-20T09:39:33Z")
I’m quite partial to [Daichin Tana](https://youtu.be/FM7SOlOdBGE). ---
**Author:** ![LLCoolL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llcooll/32/3596_2.png) [@LLCoolL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LLCoolL)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soothing-female-vocalists/847953/74 "2020-02-20T12:15:32Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > I used to have a radio show and made mixtapes for people on a music mailing list, including a lot of artists mentioned in this thread. Over a decade ago I jettisoned the talking and made digital “mixtapes”. Here’s one with a lot of wonderful voices. I can post links to more if interested. > > Playlist for [Suspended In Gaffa 9](https://vimeo.com/89375583/description) > > … > The Innocence Mission - Revolving Man > … +1 vote for Karen Peris of Innocence Mission. “Revolving Man” is a great exemplar. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ASJqyJz8vTQ/hqdefault.jpg "The Innocence Mission - Revolving Man") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASJqyJz8vTQ) ---
**Author:** ![spifflog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@spifflog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spifflog)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soothing-female-vocalists/847953/75 "2020-02-20T13:37:27Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > 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. I’m unclear. So that’s a “no” for Norah?? I’m surprised it took so long for the posting above for Eva Cassidy [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/2rd8VktT8xY/maxresdefault.jpg "Eva Cassidy - Over The Rainbow") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rd8VktT8xY) ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soothing-female-vocalists/847953/76 "2020-02-20T14:36:04Z")
[Maggie Macneal](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdYHsQwBxWM&list=PLGaFEQiM7-ErjEQGmypDY3ugq5bEDIm8s&index=5&t=0s). I have a youtube mix of nothing but her (and sometimes with Mouth)- really helps me work to have her in the background. Love Julee Cruise too. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soothing-female-vocalists/847953/77 "2020-02-21T02:42:09Z")
Jo Stafford, from the 40s-50s, had the smoothest voice ever. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soothing-female-vocalists/847953/78 "2020-02-21T02:49:13Z")
Jane Olivor ---
**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 21, 2020, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soothing-female-vocalists/847953/79 "2020-02-21T03:08:31Z")
You know who was really great? **Judee Sill.** I first heard about her about a month ago in one of those NY Times obituaries devoted to historical women they didn’t bother to give obituaries to in the past. She was a junkie and stick-up artist who released two acoustic albums in the 70s. They did poorly and she died broke in 1979. Check her out on Spotify. Here’s a taste… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/kTAesI73E1U/maxresdefault.jpg "Jesus Was a Cross Maker") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTAesI73E1U) ---
**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 21, 2020, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soothing-female-vocalists/847953/80 "2020-02-21T05:17:22Z")
[quote=“spifflog, post:75, topic:847953”] I’m surprised it took so long for the posting above for Eva Cassidy [/QUOTE] Thank you! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soothing-female-vocalists/847953.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soothing-female-vocalists/847953.md?page=5)