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James Blunt

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BluesRock

James Blunt is a Blues and Rock act. Their sound grew out of Sam Feldt, Scouting for Girls, Chesney Hawkes, Damien Rice and David Gray. Those roots explain a lot about how James Blunt arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as James Morrison, Jason Mraz, Daniel Powter, James Bay and Calum Scott, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Sara Bareilles, fakemink, Birdy, Vukašin Brajić and Straight Outta Lynwood, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 53 connections around James Blunt, reaching back through Sam Feldt and forward to Sara Bareilles. 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
James BluntSam FeldtScouting for GirlsChesney HawkesDamien RiceDavid GrayElton JohnJason MrazGraceSara BareillesfakeminkBirdyVukašin BrajićStraight Outta LynwoodJames MorrisonJason MrazDaniel PowterJames BayCalum ScottRonan KeatingAmy MacdonaldDido

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James Blunt connections

James Blunt grew out of Sam Feldt, Scouting for Girls, Chesney Hawkes and Damien Rice, shares an orbit with James Morrison, Jason Mraz, Daniel Powter and James Bay, went on to shape Sara Bareilles, fakemink, Birdy and Vukašin Brajić. 53 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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