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Djivan Gasparyan

World music
World music

Djivan Gasparyan is a World music act. Their sound grew out of Andreas Vollenweider. Those roots explain a lot about how Djivan Gasparyan arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Orchestra Baobab, R. Carlos Nakai, Mercan Dede, Ravi Shankar and Cesária Évora, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Sting, Peter Gabriel, Michael Brook, Brian May and Lionel Richie, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 24 connections around Djivan Gasparyan, reaching back through Andreas Vollenweider and forward to Sting. 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
Djivan GasparyanAndreas VollenweiderStingPeter GabrielMichael BrookBrian MayLionel RichieLudovico EinaudiBoris GrebenshchikovBrian EnoOrchestra BaobabR. Carlos NakaiMercan DedeRavi ShankarCesária ÉvoraClannadDavid DarlingAra Dinkjian

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Djivan Gasparyan connections

Djivan Gasparyan grew out of Andreas Vollenweider, shares an orbit with Orchestra Baobab, R. Carlos Nakai, Mercan Dede and Ravi Shankar, went on to shape Sting, Peter Gabriel, Michael Brook and Brian May. 24 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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