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Bruce Cockburn

Folk
Folk

Bruce Cockburn is a Folk act. Their sound grew out of Raffi, Superchunk, Youssou N’Dour and Mississippi John Hurt. Those roots explain a lot about how Bruce Cockburn arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Gordon Lightfoot, Joan Armatrading, Ron Sexsmith, Ray LaMontagne and Neil Finn, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Sarah Harmer, U2, Emmylou Harris, Jackson Browne and Sarah McLachlan, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 22 connections around Bruce Cockburn, reaching back through Raffi and forward to Sarah Harmer. 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
Bruce CockburnRaffiSuperchunkYoussou N’DourMississippi John HurtSarah HarmerU2Emmylou HarrisJackson BrowneSarah McLachlanBarenaked LadiesDavid NailDan HillGordon LightfootJoan ArmatradingRon SexsmithRay LaMontagneNeil FinnLoudon Wainwright IIIVan MorrisonBeth Orton

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Bruce Cockburn connections

Bruce Cockburn grew out of Raffi, Superchunk, Youssou N’Dour and Mississippi John Hurt, shares an orbit with Gordon Lightfoot, Joan Armatrading, Ron Sexsmith and Ray LaMontagne, went on to shape Sarah Harmer, U2, Emmylou Harris and Jackson Browne. 22 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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