◇ image via WikipediaBrenda Russell
Brenda Russell is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Donna Summer, Carole King, Snarky Puppy, Howard Hewett and State of Independence. Those roots explain a lot about how Brenda Russell arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Patti Austin, Vanessa Williams, El DeBarge, Jeffrey Osborne and Dionne Warwick, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Oleta Adams, Flo Rida, Bingo Players, Big Pun and Thalía, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 46 connections around Brenda Russell, reaching back through Donna Summer and forward to Oleta Adams. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Brenda Russell is an American-Canadian singer-songwriter, producer, and keyboardist. Russell has a diverse musical range which encompasses R&B, pop, soul, dance, and jazz. She has received five Grammy nominations, winning in 2017 for writing the music for The Color Purple.
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Brenda Russell connections
Brenda Russell grew out of Donna Summer, Carole King, Snarky Puppy and Howard Hewett, shares an orbit with Patti Austin, Vanessa Williams, El DeBarge and Jeffrey Osborne, went on to shape Oleta Adams, Flo Rida, Bingo Players and Big Pun. 46 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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