◇ image via WikipediaIan Matthews
Ian Matthews is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Eagles, Robert Palmer and Prince. Those roots explain a lot about how Ian Matthews arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Stills-Young Band, Terry Reid, Al Stewart, Crosby, Stills & Nash and Buffalo Springfield, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Fleet Foxes, Fairport Convention, Hi-Fi and Pavlov's Dog, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 23 connections around Ian Matthews, reaching back through Joni Mitchell and forward to Fleet Foxes. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Ian Matthews connections
Ian Matthews grew out of Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Eagles and Robert Palmer, shares an orbit with The Stills-Young Band, Terry Reid, Al Stewart and Crosby, Stills & Nash, went on to shape Fleet Foxes, Fairport Convention, Hi-Fi and Pavlov's Dog. 23 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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