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Carbon Leaf is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Something Corporate, O.A.R., David Gray, Jason Mraz and Blues Traveler. Those roots explain a lot about how Carbon Leaf arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Guster, Great Big Sea, O.A.R., Five for Fighting and Dawes, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Katy Perry, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 45 connections around Carbon Leaf, reaching back through Something Corporate and forward to Katy Perry. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Carbon Leaf is a quintet from Richmond, Virginia, known for their alt-country, Celtic, and folk-infused indie rock. Though some of the band members have changed through the years, Carbon Leaf has been consistently creating and performing music since the early 1990s. The band currently consists of founding members Barry Privett, Carter Gravatt, and Terry Clark, as well as Jon Markel and Jesse Humphrey. Carbon Leaf is best known for the song "Life Less Ordinary", which debuted in 2004 and reached #5 on Billboard's Adult Alternative charts.
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Carbon Leaf connections
Carbon Leaf grew out of Something Corporate, O.A.R., David Gray and Jason Mraz, shares an orbit with Guster, Great Big Sea, O.A.R. and Five for Fighting, went on to shape Katy Perry. 45 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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