Singers Who've Kept Their Voice

granted this was a few years ago but hoo boy Chaka Khan

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsCIeklgp1M

A rickroll for your Thursday

Ann <3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBq_THTWNM4

Russell Mael is the gold standard for this thread imo

Listening to her Sun’s Signature EP, Liz Fraser still has her wonderful voice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0f-gwU5dhI

David Crosby obviously sings no more but his voice remained intact when be still did.

I saw him in 2019 and this was indeed a pleasant surprise, especially given his various addictions over the years. They took a toll on him in every way EXCEPT on his voice. I only went to see him because it was free but I'm so glad I went - it exceeded every expectation I had, helped by a near-flawless setlist. (I'm a far more of a Byrds fan but besides his best work with them, he also picked the CS&N(Y) and solo songs that I actually liked, closing out with a furious take on Young's "Ohio.")

I'll also add Bonnie Raitt. I've never done a direct comparison, and to be fair, given the blues and R&B nature of her work, rougher textures in anyone's voice can actually help, but I saw her last year and for all I know she didn't sound different from the first time I saw her on a VHS copy of her Road Tested concert video.

I mentioned this in the Taylor Dayne thread, but I saw Taylor Dayne recently, and… well, Taylor Dayne has kept her voice!

Couldn't quite believe my ears when I heard Jimmy Somerville's falsetto as a guest vocal on Oliver Sim's Hideous last year.

David Hidalgo, although he always had this "Elder Zen" thing going on.

#onethread

Check out Smokey Robinson's NPR Tiny Desk Concert. What a singer!

Kevin Rowland is sounding good on his/Dexys' current tour. If you were being churlish you might say he's not as strong on the high notes as he used to be, but still I thought he was on fine form, sounding very much himself.