a rapist's fantasy of submissiveness

I suppose you'd have to have those sort of fantasies to know.

Matt Milton made a good point about Nancy Wallace. She sings in her speaking voice. So did Shirley Collins. No artifice. So does Jackie Oates. So, I believe do the Unthanks and Kate Rusby (I've never spoken to any of them but heard them speak on stage and radio).

What many people here seem to refer to as a "belting" voice is an acting voice. It's somebody adopting a persona through their singing. You could, if you so desired, say that's a fake. They don't talk like that in real life. Jo Ann Kelly certainly didn't speak like she sang, from what I remember, and I don't simply mean she didn't have an American accent.

From an agnostic start, I've grown to love the Shirley Collins approach down the years and am glad she has become such a role model for being what you are.