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Indigo Girls is a Rap act. Their sound grew out of Vic Chesnutt, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Tracy Chapman and Suzanne Vega. Those roots explain a lot about how Indigo Girls arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Ani DiFranco, 10,000 Maniacs, Jewel, Tracy Chapman and Sara Bareilles, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Alanis Morissette, Siouxsie Sioux, Michael Stipe, Cazwell and P!nk, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 37 connections around Indigo Girls, reaching back through Vic Chesnutt and forward to Alanis Morissette. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Indigo Girls connections
Indigo Girls grew out of Vic Chesnutt, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan and Tracy Chapman, shares an orbit with Ani DiFranco, 10,000 Maniacs, Jewel and Tracy Chapman, went on to shape Alanis Morissette, Siouxsie Sioux, Michael Stipe and Cazwell. 37 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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