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Hayley Westenra

Classical
ClassicalK-pop

Hayley Westenra is a Classical and K-pop act. Their sound grew out of Kate Bush, Mike Oldfield, Ennio Morricone, Andrea Bocelli and Morten Harket. Those roots explain a lot about how Hayley Westenra arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Katherine Jenkins, Il Divo, Sarah Brightman, Susan Boyle and Josh Groban, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Celtic Woman, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Katherine Jenkins, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 23 connections around Hayley Westenra, reaching back through Kate Bush and forward to Celtic Woman. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Hayley WestenraKate BushMike OldfieldEnnio MorriconeAndrea BocelliMorten HarketCeltic WomanMika NakashimaGiles MartinCeltic WomanAndrew Lloyd WebberKatherine JenkinsKatherine JenkinsIl DivoSarah BrightmanSusan BoyleJosh GrobanGregorianKarl JenkinsClannad

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Hayley Westenra connections

Hayley Westenra grew out of Kate Bush, Mike Oldfield, Ennio Morricone and Andrea Bocelli, shares an orbit with Katherine Jenkins, Il Divo, Sarah Brightman and Susan Boyle, went on to shape Celtic Woman, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Katherine Jenkins. 23 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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