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Sirens with Soothing Voice and Resting Melody

I love music and songs. I especially love soothing female vocal sings a resting melody and poetic lyric that reminds me the story in Homer’s Odyssey, Sirens (Fairies) singing on the island that lures sailors jump into the ocean and drown them in a peaceful death. And during my years of sailing I collected some songs that I love and listen everyday, these fairies some compose and some interpret, I really do love their talent and feel very blessed that they allow me immerse into their feeling and passion when I feel sad and lonely, and sometime I lay on the bed half dead resting to recover in their angelic healing voice. I bet there are so many great singers and songs I have not heard because I don't have enough time money energy to dig, however I must put down a list that I know for showing my gratitude. (Most songs can all be googled, found on youtube and purchased from Amazon) I am glad that the voice of goddess guides me to a musical viking voyage: waves, rock and winds, high pitch spirit and longing :D 
Eva Cassidy is my favorite girl.

Kelly Sweet – Dream On youtube amazon

Siobhan Owen - Black Is the Colour amazon youtube
Giorgia Fumanti - Your Love (Once Upon A Time In The West) amazon youtube
Giorgia Fumanti - Espiritu amazon youtube
Cecilia - Love of a Silent Moon amazon youtube

Grace Bawden - Flower Duet amazon youtube

The Broadway Cats - Memory amazon

Original London Cast - The Phantom Of The Opera amazon

Hazlitt - Introit amazon youtube

Hazlitt - Lux aeterna amazon

Immortal Aria - The Bleeding Rose amazon youtube

Sinéad O'Connor - House of the Rising Sun youtube amazon

Sinéad O'Connor – A Perfect Indian youtube amazon

Hayley Westenra – Prayer youtube amazon

Hayley Westenra – Scarborough Fair amazon youtube

Hayley Westenra - lascia ch'io pianga youtube amazon

Hayley Westenra – Ave Maria - Ave Maria amazon youtube

Celine Dion - Ave Maria amazon youtube

Eliza Lumley - Sweet Child O' Mine amazon

Grace Griffith - Shape Of My Heart youtube amazon

Sarah Mclachlan – Angel youtube amazon

Nana Mouskouri – Time In A Bottle youtube amazon

Eva Cassidy – Fields of Gold youtube amazon

Eva Cassidy - Autumn Leaves youtube amazon

Faryl Smith - Annie's Song amazon

Sasha Lazard - Carnival amazon
Sasha Lazard - Stabat Mater Ixxi amzon

Natasha Marsh - Gymnopedie No. 1 amazon

Natasha Marsh -  Si Un Jour youtube amazon
Natasha Marsh - Ai Giochi Addio youtube amzon 

Viktoria Tocca - Dark Waltz amazon

Pilippa Giordano - Habanera (From Carmen) amazon

Christy Baron - Ain't No Sunshine youtube

Amy Hanaialii - Have You Ever Seen The Rain? youtube amazon

Mary Duff - Take Me Home Country Roads youtube amazon

Barbra Streisand - Woman in love youtube amazon

Sarah K. - What's a Little More Rain? youtube amazon

Emi Fujita - Unchained Melody amazon

Selah – All My Tears (Be Washed Away) amazon
Selah - What Child Is This amazon

Selah - Holy Night amazon

Julie London - Cry Me A River amazon

Melody Gardot – Who Will Comfort Me youtube amazon

Suzzane Thomas – Rain and Snow amazon (Disc1 Track3)

Joan Baez - Diamonds & Rust youtube amazon

Norah Jones - Don't Know Why youtube amazon

Imelda May – Knock 123 youtube amazon

Taylor Swift – Drops of Jupiter amazon

Susan Wong – Sound of Silence youtube

Jewel – Raven youtube amazon

Sissel - Hallowed Mountains youtube amazon

Sissel - molde canticle amazon youtube

Sissel - Dusk amazon

Sissel - O Mio Babbio Caro amazon youtube

Susan Boyle – Wild Horses youtube amazon

Affinit - Tango De Roxanne amazon

Trio Mediaeval - Rolandskvadet (The Song Of Roland) amazon youtube

All the Stars - The Wailin' Jennys youtube amazon

Sarah Brightman – Dust In The Wind youtube amazon

Sarah Brightman – Scarbro Fair youtube amazon

Nana Mouskouri – Besame Mucho youtube amazon

Nana Mouskouri - La Paloma youtube amazon

Eva Cassidy – Imagine youtube amazon

Eva Cassidy – Ain't No Sunshine amazon

Eva Cassidy – True Colors youtube amazon

Eva Cassidy – Wayfaring Stranger youtube1 youtube2 amazon1 amazon2

Eva Cassidy – Bridge Over Troubled Water youtube amazon

Eva Cassidy – Yesterday youtube amazon

Eva Cassidy – Time After Time youtube amazon

Eva Cassidy – Kathy’s Song youtube amazon

Roxanna Riverso - Let it Be amazon

Mariette Davina - Angel Song amazon

Emma Shapplin - Nothing Wrong amazon 
Enya - Orinoco Flow amazon 
Enya - Caribbean Blue amazon
Enya - Only Time amazon

Sasha & Shawna - Sleepsong amazon

Tarja - Oasis amazon youtube

This Mortal Coil - Song to the Siren amazon youtube

Sinead Blanchfield - Granada amazon

Sinead Blanchfield - Hymn A Lamour amazon

Samantha Link - Bring Me to Life amazon

Mary-Jess - Glorious amazon youtube

Katherine Jenkins - I will always Love you amazon
Katherine Jenkins - Parla Più Piano - Love Theme From The Godfather amazon youtube
Katherine Jenkins - Hallelujah amazon 

Renee Fleming - Hallelujah amazon

Ella Fitzgerald's Christmas (Whole CD) amazon

Charlotte Church - Pie Jesu From Requiem amazon
Charlotte Church - Dream A Dream church amazon
Jackie Evancho - Panis Angelicus amazon
Jackie Evancho - A Mother's Prayer amazon
Laura Wright - The Ash Grove amazon
Laura Wright - Drink to Me only with Thine Eyes amazon
Lisa Kelly - Now We are Free amazon
Hayley Westenra - Traditional Go To Sleep amazon

Alison Krauss - down to the river to pray amazon

Connie Fisher - Somewhere amazon

Sarah Niemietz – Stand By Me youtube amazon

Emi Fujita – Tears in Heaven youtube amazon

Selah – Bless The Broken Road youtube amazon

Melody Gardot – Your Heart Is As Black As Night youtube amazon

Melody Gardot – Our Love Is Easy youtube amazon

Norah Jones - Come Rain Or Come Shine youtube amazon

Norah Jones – Jolene (Live Cover on youtube) youtube

Adele - Someone Like You youtube amazon
Tracey Kent - Hushabye Mountain youtube amazon
Dolly Parton - Stairway to Heaven youtube amazon
First Aid Kit - My Silver Lining (acoustic) youtube

Cat Power - Metal Heart youtube amazon

Cat Power - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction youtube amazon
Lissie - Nothing Else Matters amazon

CHINESE SIRENS WITH SOOTHING VOICE AND RESTING MELODY

There are also some Chinese folk and poetry singers that are equal to the above English Singing Sirens. So the following list of a few songs for people who lust some good vocal. My choice of standard is, soothing voice, good melody, and poetic lyric. No propaganda song.

Link to 50 Best Mandarin Songs (Chinese HiFi Vocal Singers) 国语美声50首

Ode to Homeless

Ode to Homeless By Laijon Liu 20120120 O1 O tell God, Who is the bravest among men? A wayfaring stranger despised by passerby Men and stock are born in house and stable But he’s resurrected after his roof collapse Family and friends so all become strangers Streets and parks suddenly turn to badlands Winter freezing winds blow his heart cold Sizzling summer heat burns up his thirst O2 Where he should go? Jordan? A Shelter? Would he find his father and mother there? Crowd faces, his usual sitting spot, all new Only his old past is lost and he can’t forget In rainy night, the sky spits on his head In sunny day, he begs every stone face To be himself, he must practice give up Let the world win, watching people pass O3 Sitting in a corner he bows his head Like a convict receiving his trial in court His crime is that he lost his job and home out of love and hope, no money to pay his debt He is drowned in Vodka, his stomach like a sea A non-stop smoker, cigarette can’t kill He refuse to quit, coz he’s never addicted Only drink and smoke soothe his sense O4 Time and silence are his sentence In this wall-less jail he tries to rejoin our society No name or inmate number required And he’s liberal to roam anywhere Life is a journey, but he can’t find rest Living is a match; he’s preset to lose Mountains and rivers test his lonely faith Bar light and catering noise tempt his appetite O5 He is a traveling monk, a living Buddha Hunger and thirst are his meditation Thru deaf ears and rejections he observes Zen At the marketplace he lives out a hermit life Shaking his coin cup, he offers a sincere prayer Facing apathetic crowd he puts on Golden Globe act No, he doesn’t want to be rich and famous His paperboard says [Money for food n drink] O6 Dress is his identity, so he picked original brand Thru rains and winds he endures his natural scent Shower and soap cannot match the fresh breeze Sympathy and acceptance are not triggered by sense Seasons pass, he experiences warmth and cold On his pilgrim road there’s no sickness, toil or danger People immigrate, mammals and birds migrate Yet, wherever he goes, he can’t find a satisfying habitat O7 Oh, where is his house for his lonely unrest soul? In his ransacked temple he silently sits and recalls Childhood nightmares and long lost wife and love His failure, promise and his glory white bubble days Good life like a rushing train in dream crashed in past Typhoon, earthquake, battle cries and his child’s face Like a rolling avalanche lands on his wrinkled forehead He was too slow to react, nothing he could do to survive O8 His hands were broken and his heart pierced Yet, he was reborn after his house vanished He saw a life after death and his wound never healed On the crossroad he begs for money and pity He doesn’t have a name; he could be you and me And in the people crowded cities He receives God’s enlightenment To try to adapt and fall asleep on this strange golden field

Thought on the Beach

Thought on the Beach

By Ms. Jane Yang 2012.01.08

Blue sky

Is a virtuous lad

Waves of warm breeze

Is he that chasing after a fair goddess

Offered bloom

Red like burning flame

May the lovers in world

Hold hand and forever

It’s rare to meet a poet on street; it’s rare a poet meets another poet in public or business place. I just found out my dentist is a poet, and how? Because she saw me reading a poetry book on her patient bed, and after she cleaned my teeth she wrote down two short poems for me. And I was so glad. So I hereby typed her Chinese poem and translated it to just mark down this happy and rare experience.

沙滩随想 （一）

杨健

蓝天

是干干净净的少年

阵阵和风

是他在追逐美丽的天仙

奉上的花朵

红过燃烧的火焰

祝福天下有情的人儿

牵手 万年