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Jay Brannan is a Folk act. Their sound grew out of Tracy Chapman, Ani DiFranco, Sinéad O'Connor, Liz Phair and Rufus Wainwright. Those roots explain a lot about how Jay Brannan arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Kris Allen, Jason Mraz, Matt Nathanson, Howie Day and Ray LaMontagne, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Mashrou' Leila, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 17 connections around Jay Brannan, reaching back through Tracy Chapman and forward to Mashrou' Leila. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Jay Brannan grew out of Tracy Chapman, Ani DiFranco, Sinéad O'Connor and Liz Phair, shares an orbit with Kris Allen, Jason Mraz, Matt Nathanson and Howie Day, went on to shape Mashrou' Leila. 17 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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