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Beth Ditto

Rock
Rock

Beth Ditto is a Rock act. Their sound grew out of The Raincoats, Etta James, Janis Joplin, Tina Turner and Nirvana. Those roots explain a lot about how Beth Ditto arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Gossip, La Roux, Little Boots, Róisín Murphy and Jain, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Gossip, Simian Mobile Disco, Blondie and Calvin Johnson, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 46 connections around Beth Ditto, reaching back through The Raincoats and forward to Gossip. 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
Beth DittoThe RaincoatsEtta JamesJanis JoplinTina TurnerNirvanaPearl JamWhitney HoustonCyndi LauperGossipSimian Mobile DiscoBlondieCalvin JohnsonGossipLa RouxLittle BootsRóisín MurphyJainRomyHercules and Love Af…Annie

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Beth Ditto connections

Beth Ditto grew out of The Raincoats, Etta James, Janis Joplin and Tina Turner, shares an orbit with Gossip, La Roux, Little Boots and Róisín Murphy, went on to shape Gossip, Simian Mobile Disco, Blondie and Calvin Johnson. 46 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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