◇ image via WikipediaJanet Kay
Janet Kay is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Minnie Riperton, Dennis Bovell, Aswad and Alton Ellis. Those roots explain a lot about how Janet Kay arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Barry Biggs, Louisa Mark, Dennis Brown, Beres Hammond and Bitty McLean, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Aswad, Ava Leigh and Hollie Cook, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 22 connections around Janet Kay, reaching back through Minnie Riperton and forward to Aswad. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Janet Kay connections
Janet Kay grew out of Minnie Riperton, Dennis Bovell, Aswad and Alton Ellis, shares an orbit with Barry Biggs, Louisa Mark, Dennis Brown and Beres Hammond, went on to shape Aswad, Ava Leigh and Hollie Cook. 22 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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