◇ image via WikipediaBryter Layter
Bryter Layter is a Folk act. Their sound grew out of Fairport Convention and John Cale. Those roots explain a lot about how Bryter Layter arrange songs and choose their tones. Their influence carried into Will Smith, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 3 connections around Bryter Layter, reaching back through Fairport Convention and forward to Will Smith. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Bryter Layter is the second studio album by the English folk singer-songwriter Nick Drake. Released on March 5, 1971 by Island Records, it was his last album to feature other musicians; his next and final studio album, Pink Moon, had Drake perform all songs solo.
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Bryter Layter grew out of Fairport Convention and John Cale, went on to shape Will Smith. 3 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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