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Ismaël Lô

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BluesJazzRap

Ismaël Lô is a Blues and Jazz act. Their catalogue also touches Rap. Their sound grew out of Calogero and Bob Dylan. Those roots explain a lot about how Ismaël Lô arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Cheikh Lô, Orchestra Baobab, Amadou & Mariam, Baaba Maal and Vieux Farka Touré, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Marianne Faithfull, Cesária Évora, Africando and Indila, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 19 connections around Ismaël Lô, reaching back through Calogero and forward to Marianne Faithfull. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Ismaël LôCalogeroBob DylanMarianne FaithfullCesária ÉvoraAfricandoIndilaCheikh LôOrchestra BaobabAmadou & MariamBaaba MaalVieux Farka TouréTiken Jah FakolyPapa WembaYoussou N’Dour

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Ismaël Lô connections

Ismaël Lô grew out of Calogero and Bob Dylan, shares an orbit with Cheikh Lô, Orchestra Baobab, Amadou & Mariam and Baaba Maal, went on to shape Marianne Faithfull, Cesária Évora, Africando and Indila. 19 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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