◇ image via WikipediaJoan Armatrading
Joan Armatrading is a Rock act. Their sound grew out of Gustav Mahler, Richie Hayward, Anton Fig, Darryl Jones and Rory Gallagher. Those roots explain a lot about how Joan Armatrading arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Van Morrison, Tracy Chapman, Tanita Tikaram, Jennifer Warnes and Kirsty MacColl, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Bettye LaVette, Georgie Fame, Billie Marten, Diamond Life and Chris Spedding, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 33 connections around Joan Armatrading, reaching back through Gustav Mahler and forward to Bettye LaVette. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Joan Armatrading grew out of Gustav Mahler, Richie Hayward, Anton Fig and Darryl Jones, shares an orbit with Van Morrison, Tracy Chapman, Tanita Tikaram and Jennifer Warnes, went on to shape Bettye LaVette, Georgie Fame, Billie Marten and Diamond Life. 33 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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