Exotic vocal

Not mainstream, not expected as per Western cultural standards, my guess... As when Debussy infused Eastern tunes into Western mainstream 100+ years ago. Not that easy to define nowadays that we r all mixed and racially-"corrected" but some genetic/racial knowledge tells us what that is.
like for me, Tchaikovsky's 4th under Karajan sounds "exotic": the guy never heard Russian folk tune "the birch in the meadow" so his take is beautiful but "exotic" to my ears. 

Natalie Merchant

Ofra Haza. She is my all time favorite vocalist. No one comes close to her. She has that voice that hypnotizes you.
Picking a favorite song from Ofra Haza is hard, but Jerusalem of Gold is one of my favorites.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JH8gtdDA5x0
(P.s:, someone here said that Ofra's voice was just ''okay'', if that's what you think then you need to clean your ears and listen again. You have no idea what you're talking about. Peace)

Excellent song and Ofra's voice sounds beautiful. I don't much like her singing in English, but that's how record companies make money.

Hi,

There is an album on the Ecm label from a jazz pianist named Tord Gustavsen that is european jazz (instrumental) that is very relaxing featuring a middle eastern vocalist named Simin Tander who has a very ethereal voice which is just gorgeous. She sings some of the songs in a middle eastern language called Pashto and some are sung in englis but all are absolutely beautiful. The Ecm cd's or lp's aer always so beautifully recorded as well.   Some of the songs are sung in this beautifully recorded The name of the album is "what was aid" and here is a link (if they will allow it

https://www.amazon.com/Gustavsen-Simin-Tander-Jarle-Vespestad/dp/B01AN7H33Q/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=simin+tander+ecm&qid=1579452580&sr=8-2