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Jill Sobule

Indie rock
Indie rock

Jill Sobule is a Indie rock act. Their sound grew out of Swan Dive, Harry Nilsson, Loudon Wainwright III, Harry Chapin and Randy Newman. Those roots explain a lot about how Jill Sobule arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Ani DiFranco, Indigo Girls, Sophie B. Hawkins, Jewel and Liz Phair, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Alanis Morissette, Emma Roberts, I Kissed a Girl and Barbie Girl, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 29 connections around Jill Sobule, reaching back through Swan Dive and forward to Alanis Morissette. 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
Jill SobuleSwan DiveHarry NilssonLoudon Wainwright IIIHarry ChapinRandy NewmanTom MorelloWarren ZevonAlanis MorissetteEmma RobertsI Kissed a GirlBarbie GirlAni DiFrancoIndigo GirlsSophie B. HawkinsJewelLiz PhairIngrid MichaelsonLetters to CleoBob Mould

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Jill Sobule connections

Jill Sobule grew out of Swan Dive, Harry Nilsson, Loudon Wainwright III and Harry Chapin, shares an orbit with Ani DiFranco, Indigo Girls, Sophie B. Hawkins and Jewel, went on to shape Alanis Morissette, Emma Roberts, I Kissed a Girl and Barbie Girl. 29 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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