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Altan is a World music act. Their sound grew out of Afro Celt Sound System and Alison Krauss. Those roots explain a lot about how Altan arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Clannad, Luke Kelly, The Irish Rovers and The Wolfe Tones, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Cécile Corbel, The Chieftains, Bonnie Raitt, Alison Krauss and Dolly Parton, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 12 connections around Altan, reaching back through Afro Celt Sound System and forward to Cécile Corbel. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Altan connections
Altan grew out of Afro Celt Sound System and Alison Krauss, shares an orbit with Clannad, Luke Kelly, The Irish Rovers and The Wolfe Tones, went on to shape Cécile Corbel, The Chieftains, Bonnie Raitt and Alison Krauss. 12 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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