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Ben Westbeech is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings and Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings. Those roots explain a lot about how Ben Westbeech arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Jazzanova, The Brand New Heavies, Zo!, Mother Earth and Mr. Scruff, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Rusko, Henrik Schwarz, MJ Cole, Midland and Dusky, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 23 connections around Ben Westbeech, reaching back through Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings and forward to Rusko. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Ben Westbeech connections
Ben Westbeech grew out of Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings and Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, shares an orbit with Jazzanova, The Brand New Heavies, Zo! and Mother Earth, went on to shape Rusko, Henrik Schwarz, MJ Cole and Midland. 23 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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