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Bic Runga

Bic Runga is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Semisonic, KT Tunstall, Simon & Garfunkel, Yoko Ono and Françoise Hardy. Those roots explain a lot about how Bic Runga arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Stephen Speaks, The Mutton Birds, Edwin McCain, Ben&Ben and M2M, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Amy Shark, Neil Finn, Kaori Mochida and Fazerdaze, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 28 connections around Bic Runga, reaching back through Semisonic and forward to Amy Shark. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Briolette Kah Bic Runga, recording as Bic Runga, is a New Zealand singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist pop artist. Her first three studio albums debuted at number one on the New Zealand Top 40 Album charts. Runga has also found success internationally in Australia, Ireland and the United Kingdom with her 1997 song "Sway".

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Bic RungaSemisonicKT TunstallSimon & GarfunkelYoko OnoFrançoise HardyDonovanFleetwood MacAmy SharkNeil FinnKaori MochidaFazerdazeStephen SpeaksThe Mutton BirdsEdwin McCainBen&BenM2MLeAnn RimesHowie DayKT Tunstall

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Bic Runga connections

Bic Runga grew out of Semisonic, KT Tunstall, Simon & Garfunkel and Yoko Ono, shares an orbit with Stephen Speaks, The Mutton Birds, Edwin McCain and Ben&Ben, went on to shape Amy Shark, Neil Finn, Kaori Mochida and Fazerdaze. 28 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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