Singers with incredibly pleasant voices

[Nice Relaxing Poo]

Gruff Rhys encapsulates this for me. He's no octave spanning technical power house of a singer, but I could listen to him sing the phone book in his mellifluous style, his voice just relaxes the brain. Lovely tunes help mind

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usGdERPWoPU&ab_channel=GruffRhysGruffRhysOfficialArtistChannel

[Elderly Sumo Prophecy]

James Taylor? Very easy on the ear.

[studpuppet]

Karen Carpenter - I've never heard a voice hit low notes so effortlessly and still sound beautiful.

[Satchmo Distel]

Ella Fitzgerald, Chet Baker, Carl Wilson.

[JaDanketies]

Billie Eilish, Billie Marten, Tessa Violet, Nena, Julia Stone and her brother Angus, Peter Paul and Mary

[DJ Bob Hoskins]

Joni Mitchell. It's like honey being drizzled into my ears*

*not literally, that would be hideous

[purlieu]

Gotta be Mark Hollis for me, especially later Talk Talk and his solo album. Often a very subtle performer, barely understandable at times, but just one of the most comforting voices I've ever heard.
Inside Looking Out might be my favourite performance of his.

[badaids]

Hope Sandoval has the most bestest voice ever.

[chveik]

Edda Dell'Orso, Hako Yamasaki, Nara Leao, Dionne Warwick

[badaids]

And let's not forget Phil Minton.

[Sebastian Cobb]

Emmylou Harris
Rachael Goswell
Bobbie Gentry

[Kankurette]

Emmylou Harris has a voice that could make a grown man cry. She sounds so beautifully sad. And agreed about Gruff Rhys. Early Catatonia as well before Cerys fucked up her voice, it has a rather ethereal quality to it. Especially on the 93-94 EPs.

[Pearly-Dewdrops Drops]

Tracyanne Campbell

[SpiderChrist]

Judee Sill

[Key]

Liz Harris
Julianna Barwick

[pigamus]

Joni Mitchell. It's like honey being drizzled into my ears*

*not literally, that would be hideous

By around Court and Spark, yeah - she could be quite shrill up to that point.

[pigamus]

Sandy Denny. My favourite singer.

[LORD BAD VIBE]

Nick Drake.

[Bently Sheds]

Jenn Wasner
Paul Buchanan

[DrGreggles]

Sam Cooke, Al Green, Stevie Wonder

[Sebastian Cobb]

Betty Davis
Roxanne Clifford

[lankyguy95]

Harriet Wheeler from The Sundays. A voice I can never tire of.

On a similar tack, I've got into the new album from Subsonic Eye and their singer has a lovely voice and a really nice way of gliding from one note to another. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvSD0HZ21pY

[sutin]

Bobby Wratten i've always found soothing, there's little bits of Field Mice songs i'd play over and over again because I enjoyed his intonation.

[The Crumb]

Mimi parker from Low, so sombre yet comforting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNmuVPl8o8I

Iris Dement has such an expressive voice, here with Emmylou Harris for double voice pleasantness.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FikZwgj89HI

Not singing, but I could listen to PJ Harvey talking for hours, her soft Dorset accent is a delight.

[Cuellar]

Well I like Rufus Wainwright

I like John Grant

I like Christian Gerhaher

I like Arooj Aftab

[Kankurette]

I've developed a fondness for Mark Lanegan as well. The leathery old growler could make a phone book sound sexy.

[Brundle-Fly]

Harry Nillson
Kevin Ayers
Nat King Cole
Ella Fitzgerald
Dusty Springfield
Emitt Rhodes
David McAlmont
Bernard Cribbins

[All Surrogate]

Edward Droste of Grizzly Bear.


Peggy Lee.


Thom Yorke of Radiohead.


Antwaun Stanley (sometime with Vulfpeck)

[Gulftastic]

Karen Carpenter - I've never heard a voice hit low notes so effortlessly and still sound beautiful.

This. Amazing voice.

[Nice Relaxing Poo]

Yeah, Karen Carpenter had a voice like an incredibly rich chocolate sponge cake.