# 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:** 5
**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, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soothing-female-vocalists/847953/81 "2020-02-21T12:33:23Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > Jane Olivor Come In From the Rain: [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WVifjiDwnnw](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WVifjiDwnnw) (I’m Always) Chasing Rainbows: [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-sLWH8SnDo4](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-sLWH8SnDo4) Not my _favorite_ voice, but the OP asked for _most soothing_. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2020, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soothing-female-vocalists/847953/82 "2020-02-22T03:24:48Z")
Brazilian Paula Fernandes [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9l8ghAxFCb8/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AHUBoAC4AOKAgwIABABGFYgZShXMA8=&rs=AOn4CLBrGL3GNX5nB21Pol5CGJAmrHr_kA "Paula Fernandes - Passáro de Fogo - Clipe Oficial") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9l8ghAxFCb8) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2020, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soothing-female-vocalists/847953/83 "2020-02-23T01:10:05Z")
Amartuwshin Baasandorj is the amazing vocalist with the Mongolian group Egschiglen. https://www.youtube.com/embed/G8sTSi2bYdY?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=PLA34046A4B9425E66&start=0 ---
**Author:** ![Ynnad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/4491bb/32.png) [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2020, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soothing-female-vocalists/847953/84 "2020-02-23T01:23:32Z")
I know I would certainly come running up to the fence if I heard this! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/KvtT3UyhibQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Kulning - Ancient Swedish herdingcall") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvtT3UyhibQ) ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2020, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soothing-female-vocalists/847953/85 "2020-02-23T05:39:03Z")
> [@GoodOmens](#): > > I find Tori Amos can be very soothing, depending on the song. I find all of her stuff soothing, apart from the fact that it makes me feel stuff. I mean, _I Can’t See New York_ has a nice gentle sound to it, as long as you fail to attend to the subject matter. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2020, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soothing-female-vocalists/847953/86 "2020-02-24T00:59:13Z")
[quote=“Ynnad, post:84, topic:847953”] I know I would certainly come running up to the fence if I heard this! [/QUOTE] I enjoyed that and watched a couple of her other videos. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2020, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soothing-female-vocalists/847953/87 "2020-02-24T01:40:08Z")
[quote=“Ynnad, post:84, topic:847953”] I know I would certainly come running up to the fence if I heard this! [/QUOTE] Needs more c— uh, nevermind. ---
**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 24, 2020, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soothing-female-vocalists/847953/88 "2020-02-24T01:48:36Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Needs more c— uh, nevermind. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2020, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soothing-female-vocalists/847953/89 "2020-02-24T02:21:20Z")
All depends on what soothes you. Melanie Oesch does it for me. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/wGexgNKPl0k/maxresdefault.jpg "Oesch's die Dritten - Jodelmedley") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGexgNKPl0k) ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2020, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soothing-female-vocalists/847953/90 "2020-02-25T19:04:35Z")
[Princess Chelsea](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYGvFvvzlBI) is very soothing to me. ---
**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2020, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soothing-female-vocalists/847953/91 "2020-02-25T21:13:15Z")
Aoife O’Donovan - one of a recent wave of acoustic players. Nice songwriting, too. [Porch Light](https://youtu.be/5WtuDIb2f0Y) [Magpie](https://youtu.be/9qjHGSK__jw). Plus she sings ‘murder of crows’ so what’s not to like? Eefje de Visser - she sings in Dutch but I can listen to her for hours. I think her songs are a big part of her ‘soothing’ quality, not just her voice. [Ongeveer](https://youtu.be/vC_kKMHZGpk) [Schip](https://youtu.be/1bL5XT28uwY) ---
**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 26, 2020, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soothing-female-vocalists/847953/92 "2020-02-26T00:40:17Z")
[quote=“spifflog, post:75, topic:847953”] I’m unclear. So that’s a “no” for Norah?? I’m surprised it took so long for the posting above for Eva Cassidy [/QUOTE] Sublime — thank you. Also her “Autumn Leaves.” I am bookmarking this thread. ---
**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 26, 2020, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soothing-female-vocalists/847953/93 "2020-02-26T00:59:33Z")
Spifflog — Johanna did mention Eva Cassidy upthread. 🙂 Anyway…Mary Chapin Carpenter (e.g., “[Dead Man Walking](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=E3C37th0KTQ).”) ---
**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 27, 2020, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soothing-female-vocalists/847953/94 "2020-02-27T05:02:15Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > Spifflog — Johanna did mention Eva Cassidy upthread. 🙂 Yep, \*\*spifflog \*\*did acknowledge my post, so all good. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2020, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soothing-female-vocalists/847953/95 "2020-02-27T06:13:02Z")
I like to fall into the sound of Annie Lennox/Eurythmics. One friend of mine claims that it sounds like there is something broken in her voice, but the sound of it beckons to the ancient Pict in me. ---
**Author:** ![eschrodinger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschrodinger/32/122_2.png) [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2020, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soothing-female-vocalists/847953/96 "2020-02-27T08:06:37Z")
Anna Nalick [Wreck of the Day - YouTube](https://youtu.be/IPq09dMEuAs) Bebel Gilberto [BEBEL GILBERTO - SAMBA DA BENÇÃO - YouTube](https://youtu.be/4rlzdn9xk6c) Bitter:Sweet [Don't Forget To Breathe - YouTube](https://youtu.be/yj2Av6eFAKI) Morcheeba [Morcheeba - The Sea - Big Calm (1998) - YouTube](https://youtu.be/--wy8QmLlM8) Yael Naïm [Yael Naïm - Flashdance... What A Feeling - YouTube](https://youtu.be/sZVP9BZFKzw) Corinne Bailey Rae [Corinne Bailey Rae - Trouble Sleeping - YouTube](https://youtu.be/-wc0qMerzz0) Erin McCarley [Erin McCarley - Pitter-Pat ft. KS Rhoads - YouTube](https://youtu.be/VlJA_sbM4W4) Imogen Heap [Let Go - YouTube](https://youtu.be/VvdzKHhgANA) Inara George (she’s great, but maybe less soothing in the Bird and the Bee) [- YouTube](https://youtu.be/qgfWUVIZFWo) India.Arie Ingrid Michaelson [Ingrid Michaelson - Can't Help Falling In Love - YouTube](https://youtu.be/5sQeQC4hT10) Jem [Down To Earth - YouTube](https://youtu.be/_ERHlRS_46M) KT Tunstall Me’shell Ndegeocello [Meshell Ndegeocello - Waterfalls (Official Video) - YouTube](https://youtu.be/R2MHkGmzt-Y) Meiko [Meiko - Leave The Lights On - YouTube](https://youtu.be/UvAi53lynSc) Metisse [Boom boom ba lyrics metisse - YouTube](https://youtu.be/qj4mg4CkNGs) Pink Martini (China Forbes and Storm Large co-lead vocalists – both great. Storm Large is a phenomenon on her own as well.) [Splendor in the Grass - Pink Martini ft. Storm Large | Live from Washington 2011 - YouTube](https://youtu.be/6L-_DiZlrUI) Priscilla Ahn [Priscilla Ahn - I'll Be Here - YouTube](https://youtu.be/umES6RdKXn4) Rachael Yamagata [Rachael Yamagata - Over (Official Video) - YouTube](https://youtu.be/YmyWJy2_HAo) Shivaree (Ambrosia Parsley). I discovered them by stumbling upon them playing live on the lounge side of a restaurant I went to for dinner. The owner came to our table and encouraged us to go next door for the last few songs of the show. When it was over, I bought their CD on the spot, and got it autographed – only time I’ve ever done that. I continue to be surprised that they never made it bigger than they did. [Goodnight Moon - YouTube](https://youtu.be/waAam2n0kB0) Melody Gardot [Melody Gardot - Baby I'm A Fool (Official Video) - YouTube](https://youtu.be/_qphknagXqA) Supreme Beings of Leisure [Supreme Beings of Leisure "Never The Same" - YouTube](https://youtu.be/nRtDilPtAMA) Victoria Vox [Daffodil - YouTube](https://youtu.be/-MewNpD0YOs) ---
**Author:** ![Quercus\_alba](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quercus_alba/32/4061_2.png) [@Quercus\_alba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus_alba)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2020, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soothing-female-vocalists/847953/97 "2020-02-27T12:40:22Z")
> [@mack](#): > > Aoife O’Donovan - one of a recent wave of acoustic players. Nice songwriting, too. > [Porch Light](https://youtu.be/5WtuDIb2f0Y) > [Magpie](https://youtu.be/9qjHGSK__jw). > Plus she sings ‘murder of crows’ so what’s not to like? Came here to add Aoife, along with Sarah Jarosz and their trio work with Sarah Watkins, as [“I’m with her”](https://youtu.be/BTDUDRIEifQ). Vienna Teng should also be on this list. ---
**Author:** ![Quercus\_alba](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quercus_alba/32/4061_2.png) [@Quercus\_alba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus_alba)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2020, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soothing-female-vocalists/847953/98 "2020-02-27T12:44:23Z")
> [@mack](#): > > Aoife O’Donovan - one of a recent wave of acoustic players. Nice songwriting, too. > [Porch Light](https://youtu.be/5WtuDIb2f0Y) > [Magpie](https://youtu.be/9qjHGSK__jw). > Plus she sings ‘murder of crows’ so what’s not to like? Came here to add Aoife, along with Sarah Jarosz and their trio work with Sarah Watkins, as [“I’m with her”](https://youtu.be/BTDUDRIEifQ). (Your choice of “Magpie” as an exemplar of her work is spot on, too.) [Vienna Teng](https://youtu.be/mlmhMS_luX8)should also be on this list. ---
**Author:** ![Hickory\_Joe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Hickory\_Joe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hickory_Joe)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2020, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soothing-female-vocalists/847953/99 "2020-02-29T06:52:08Z")
Anita O’Day - Skylark [Skylark - Anita O'Day (1941) - YouTube](https://youtu.be/IWBMlgHSaGc) Her voice starts at 1:09 ---
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[quote=“jtur88, post:89, topic:847953”] All depends on what soothes you. Melanie Oesch does it for me. [/QUOTE] At :47 I felt an emotion I’ve never felt before! I do feel soothed. Thank you! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soothing-female-vocalists/847953.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soothing-female-vocalists/847953.md?page=6)