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Anoushka Shankar is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Concha Buika and Ravi Shankar. Those roots explain a lot about how Anoushka Shankar arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Ravi Shankar, Talvin Singh, A.R. Rahman, Asha Bhosle and Lata Mangeshkar, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Norah Jones, Sting, M.I.A., Ibeyi and Gold Panda, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 21 connections around Anoushka Shankar, reaching back through Concha Buika and forward to Norah Jones. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Anoushka Shankar connections
Anoushka Shankar grew out of Concha Buika and Ravi Shankar, shares an orbit with Ravi Shankar, Talvin Singh, A.R. Rahman and Asha Bhosle, went on to shape Norah Jones, Sting, M.I.A. and Ibeyi. 21 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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