Unaffected

Happy new year, Unaffect-heads! To celebrate, we’re counting down our top records from 70 years ago.

Let’s semicircumnavigate the globe, from Cabo Verde to Rhode Island to Kansas to Italy with three outstanding singers, Vickie Vieira, Bernadine Read and Ivana Cosetta. And a cameo by one not-so-outstanding singer, me.

On this episode, we delve into the valleys and soar up to the peaks of the range of the human singing voice, landing in the soft comfy middle. Enjoy the ride!

One of the all-time great jazz singers, Lucy Ann Polk’s star shone bright from the mid-40s to the late 1950s. This career retrospective is all too short but I’m confident you’ll fall in love with her voice.

Curl up with your favorite beverage and your favorite person and luxuriate in the intimate sounds of Jacques Foti. Then marvel at his remarkable biography! Also we meet two paradoxically, similarly named singers who hold their own around an unaffected vocal performance.

This is our first ever Jukebox Episode! Featuring artists who never recorded an LP but who left a musical legacy nonetheless on 7 inch discs.

Watch For Better Or For Worse, 1993 documentary featuring Inez and Paul Jones: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rHLO7FfXZ0

Winters is cool! Pinky Winters, that is. A first ballot Unaffected hall of famer who strikes a perfect balance of jazzy musicianship and heartfelt emotion. She is joined here by season-mates Joanie Sommers and Nancy Harrow, so we’ve got you covered for the whole year.

Meet the Queen of Samba, Carmen Costa who had a prolific and varied career in Brazil. Later, hear a record that defies the “record probability phenomenon.” Plus, a special visit from one of Unaffected’s biggest fans - Ethan’s mom.

Carmen Costa

Jane Turzy had some success in 1951 using new mulit-track recording techniques. She never reached the heights of popularity enjoyed by Mary Ford, but perhaps popularity isn’t everything. One of Ford’s tunes is loonily reminiscent of one written by torch singer Barbara Cameron. All that and a political rant to boot!