◇ image via WikipediaDavid Gray
David Gray is a Rap act. Their sound grew out of Bob Dylan, Beth Rowley, Soft Cell and Lisa Hannigan. Those roots explain a lot about how David Gray arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Ray LaMontagne, Van Morrison, James Morrison, Pete Yorn and James Blunt, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Gin Wigmore, Kate Havnevik, Dermot Kennedy, Carbon Leaf and James Blunt, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 26 connections around David Gray, reaching back through Bob Dylan and forward to Gin Wigmore. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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David Gray connections
David Gray grew out of Bob Dylan, Beth Rowley, Soft Cell and Lisa Hannigan, shares an orbit with Ray LaMontagne, Van Morrison, James Morrison and Pete Yorn, went on to shape Gin Wigmore, Kate Havnevik, Dermot Kennedy and Carbon Leaf. 26 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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