Freebase Dali

I'd have to say:

Leslie Feist. (Feist)
Her vocals are amazing.

Also:
Elinor Blake (April March)
She's got the sexiest voice I've ever heard.

Those two have to be my faves.

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CaseNumber:825

I wouldn't call this singer 'The best' in any way..... but I'm going to say that Ai Otsuka has got to have the cutest voice in existence

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Barabajagal

Wow I love this. I'm not sure why...it reminds me of a grownup lullaby or something. She's adorable besides.

CaseNumber:825

She is very adorable. I have her 'best-of' album and the whole thing is just really quite awesome.


I also like singers that are different, if you get what I mean.
There's a certain style of singing in Japan, common in the Amami Ōshima region. A singer that I like very much comes from there and if you listen to any of her songs:





And as you can see it is a very very distinctive style of singing.
Her voice is known to be very relaxing in Japan.... I wonder if it gives the same impression to Western listeners? I know I feel relaxed when I listen to her.

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johne

I always like the Asian female artists you post CaseNumber. To my "Western ear," her music is just the opposite of relaxing. I am more roused by it--it's intriguing and mysterious to me, it makes me sit up and listen, but I wouldn't call it relaxing. But maybe that's just me and not representative of other Western listeners...

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CaseNumber:825

Her voice is definately intriguing, you're right

It might be that it is just a different listening experience for different types of people

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