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Pamela Adlon’s friendly raspiness still defines Bobby, who has outgrown his father’s “That boy ain’t right” expectations to become the executive chef of a Japanese-German fusion restaurant he co-owns.

From Salon • Aug. 4, 2025

With almost daily performances, Tines on Sunday had an uncharacteristic, if not dramatically inappropriate, raspiness to his voice at times.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2020

Sullivan’s voice, which appears on a few songs including the Daft Punk-sampling fever dream “Hublots,” is a great foil for Ocean; her raspiness provides a balance to his smoothness.

From Time • Aug. 19, 2016

Her airy/gravely take on Macy Gray’s “I Try” impressed Shelton with its “natural sandpaper” raspiness; he called it “badass.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2014

For maximum raspiness, go with a call that has three or four layers of latex and a cut in one of the layers.

From Time Magazine Archive