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First Aid Kit

Folk
Folk

First Aid Kit is a Folk act. Their sound grew out of Johnny Cash, Fleet Foxes, Judy Garland, Billie Holiday and Bright Eyes. Those roots explain a lot about how First Aid Kit arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Staves, Amy Macdonald, The Tallest Man on Earth, Lord Huron and Jade Bird, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Lola Kirke, Conor Oberst, Jenny Lewis, Håkan Hellström and The Staves, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 54 connections around First Aid Kit, reaching back through Johnny Cash and forward to Lola Kirke. 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
First Aid KitJohnny CashFleet FoxesJudy GarlandBillie HolidayBright EyesBob DylanLeonard CohenThe Carter FamilyLola KirkeConor OberstJenny LewisHåkan HellströmThe StavesDotterThe StavesAmy MacdonaldThe Tallest Man on E…Lord HuronJade BirdThe Civil WarsMumford & SonsAlela Diane

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First Aid Kit connections

First Aid Kit grew out of Johnny Cash, Fleet Foxes, Judy Garland and Billie Holiday, shares an orbit with The Staves, Amy Macdonald, The Tallest Man on Earth and Lord Huron, went on to shape Lola Kirke, Conor Oberst, Jenny Lewis and Håkan Hellström. 54 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced First Aid Kit

Roots22

Sounds and acts that shaped First Aid Kit.

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