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Amel Larrieux

Amel Larrieux is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Shawn Colvin, Chaka Khan, John Lennon, Patrice Rushen and Jimi Hendrix. Those roots explain a lot about how Amel Larrieux arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as India.Arie, Eric Roberson, Dwele, Raheem DeVaughn and Ledisi, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Peyton, Minnie Riperton and Crystal Kay, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 32 connections around Amel Larrieux, reaching back through Shawn Colvin and forward to Peyton. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Amel Eliza Larrieux is an American singer-songwriter, musician and keyboardist. Larrieux rose to fame in the mid-1990s as a founding member of the duo Groove Theory along with Bryce Wilson. After leaving the group in 1999, she released her debut solo album, Infinite Possibilities, the following year on Epic Records.

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Amel LarrieuxShawn ColvinChaka KhanJohn LennonPatrice RushenJimi HendrixJoni MitchellShinichi OsawaElla FitzgeraldPeytonMinnie RipertonCrystal KayIndia.ArieEric RobersonDweleRaheem DeVaughnLedisiJill ScottKindred The Family S…Musiq

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Amel Larrieux connections

Amel Larrieux grew out of Shawn Colvin, Chaka Khan, John Lennon and Patrice Rushen, shares an orbit with India.Arie, Eric Roberson, Dwele and Raheem DeVaughn, went on to shape Peyton, Minnie Riperton and Crystal Kay. 32 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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