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Ismaël Lô is a Blues and Jazz act. Their catalogue also touches Rap. Their sound grew out of Bob Dylan and Calogero. Those roots explain a lot about how Ismaël Lô arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Amadou & Mariam, Baaba Maal, Vieux Farka Touré, Tiken Jah Fakoly and Papa Wemba, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Cesária Évora, Marianne Faithfull, Africando and Indila, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 16 connections around Ismaël Lô, reaching back through Bob Dylan and forward to Cesária Évora. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Ismaël Lô connections
Ismaël Lô grew out of Bob Dylan and Calogero, shares an orbit with Amadou & Mariam, Baaba Maal, Vieux Farka Touré and Tiken Jah Fakoly, went on to shape Cesária Évora, Marianne Faithfull, Africando and Indila. 16 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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