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Del Water Gap is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Bob Dylan, Randy Newman and Bon Iver. Those roots explain a lot about how Del Water Gap arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Coin, Maggie Rogers, Hippo Campus, Royel Otis and The Japanese House, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Maggie Rogers, Clairo, Arlo Parks, Niall Horan and Holly Humberstone, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 29 connections around Del Water Gap, reaching back through Bob Dylan and forward to Maggie Rogers. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Samuel Holden Jaffe, known as Del Water Gap, is an American musician and record producer from Sharon, Connecticut, now based in Brooklyn, New York. He has released three studio albums with Mom + Pop Music.
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Del Water Gap connections
Del Water Gap grew out of Bob Dylan, Randy Newman and Bon Iver, shares an orbit with Coin, Maggie Rogers, Hippo Campus and Royel Otis, went on to shape Maggie Rogers, Clairo, Arlo Parks and Niall Horan. 30 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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