◇ image via WikipediaGregory Porter
Gregory Porter is a Blues and House act. Their sound grew out of Nat King Cole, Disclosure, Topic, Donny Hathaway and Bill Withers. Those roots explain a lot about how Gregory Porter arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as José James, Stacey Kent, Madeleine Peyroux, Jamie Cullum and Dominique Fils-Aimé, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Zara McFarlane and José James, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 25 connections around Gregory Porter, reaching back through Nat King Cole and forward to Zara McFarlane. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Gregory Porter connections
Gregory Porter grew out of Nat King Cole, Disclosure, Topic and Donny Hathaway, shares an orbit with José James, Stacey Kent, Madeleine Peyroux and Jamie Cullum, went on to shape Zara McFarlane and José James. 25 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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