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Anna Calvi

Indie rock
Indie rock

Anna Calvi is a Indie rock act. Their sound grew out of Leonard Cohen, Songs of Love and Hate, Domino Recording Company, Nick McCarthy and Red Right Hand. Those roots explain a lot about how Anna Calvi arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Nadine Shah, PJ Harvey, King Hannah, St. Vincent and Sharon Van Etten, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Arctic Monkeys, Grinderman, Noah and the Whale, FKA twigs and Suicide, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 54 connections around Anna Calvi, reaching back through Leonard Cohen and forward to Arctic Monkeys. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Anna CalviLeonard CohenSongs of Love and HateDomino Recording Com…Nick McCarthyRed Right HandNick CaveCaptain BeefheartThe Rolling StonesArctic MonkeysGrindermanNoah and the WhaleFKA twigsSuicideDavid ByrneMarianne FaithfullMorrisseyNadine ShahPJ HarveyKing HannahSt. VincentSharon Van EttenThe KillsCat PowerBeth Orton

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Anna Calvi connections

Anna Calvi grew out of Leonard Cohen, Songs of Love and Hate, Domino Recording Company and Nick McCarthy, shares an orbit with Nadine Shah, PJ Harvey, King Hannah and St. Vincent, went on to shape Arctic Monkeys, Grinderman, Noah and the Whale and FKA twigs. 54 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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