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Ben Howard

Folk
Folk

Ben Howard is a Folk act. Their sound grew out of Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, Haven, Jake Bugg, John Martyn and Van Morrison. Those roots explain a lot about how Ben Howard arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as James Vincent McMorrow, Bear's Den, Benjamin Francis Leftwich, Blanco White and Gregory Alan Isakov, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Bear's Den, swim school, The Staves, Hollow Coves and Peking Duk, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 48 connections around Ben Howard, reaching back through Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats and forward to Bear's Den. 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
Ben HowardNathaniel Rateliff &…HavenJake BuggJohn MartynVan MorrisonJoni MitchellSimon & GarfunkelNick DrakeBear's Denswim schoolThe StavesHollow CovesPeking DukUppermostAngus & Julia StoneDaughterJames Vincent McMorrowBear's DenBenjamin Francis Lef…Blanco WhiteGregory Alan IsakovJosé GonzálezKeaton HensonRoo Panes

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Ben Howard connections

Ben Howard grew out of Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, Haven, Jake Bugg and John Martyn, shares an orbit with James Vincent McMorrow, Bear's Den, Benjamin Francis Leftwich and Blanco White, went on to shape Bear's Den, swim school, The Staves and Hollow Coves. 48 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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