◇ image via WikipediaBobby Alu
Bobby Alu is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Peter Tosh, Burning Spear and Bob Marley. Those roots explain a lot about how Bobby Alu arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Green, Fat Freddy's Drop, Iya Terra, Fortunate Youth and Bob Marley & The Wailers, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Xavier Rudd, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 16 connections around Bobby Alu, reaching back through Peter Tosh and forward to Xavier Rudd. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Bobby Alu is a Samoan-Australian musician, singer-songwriter, drummer and ukulele player. His music blends elements of tropical folk, roots, reggae and Polynesian rhythm, drawing on his Samoan heritage and life by the sea. Alu has released multiple studio albums since 2010 and toured internationally, both as a solo artist and as a percussionist supporting other acts.
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Bobby Alu grew out of Peter Tosh, Burning Spear and Bob Marley, shares an orbit with The Green, Fat Freddy's Drop, Iya Terra and Fortunate Youth, went on to shape Xavier Rudd. 16 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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