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Joan Osborne

Folk
Folk

Joan Osborne is a Folk act. Their sound grew out of Spin Doctors, Blues Traveler, Chris Whitley, Jeff Buckley and The Funk Brothers. Those roots explain a lot about how Joan Osborne arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Sheryl Crow, Heather Nova, Jewel, Indigo Girls and 10,000 Maniacs, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Meg Myers, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, John Legend, Anouk and Joan Franka, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 38 connections around Joan Osborne, reaching back through Spin Doctors and forward to Meg Myers. 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
Joan OsborneSpin DoctorsBlues TravelerChris WhitleyJeff BuckleyThe Funk BrothersWillie DixonThe ChieftainsDolly PartonMeg MyersNusrat Fateh Ali KhanJohn LegendAnoukJoan FrankaMichael FrantiSheryl CrowHeather NovaJewelIndigo Girls10,000 ManiacsSophie B. HawkinsMeredith BrooksNatalie Imbruglia

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Joan Osborne connections

Joan Osborne grew out of Spin Doctors, Blues Traveler, Chris Whitley and Jeff Buckley, shares an orbit with Sheryl Crow, Heather Nova, Jewel and Indigo Girls, went on to shape Meg Myers, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, John Legend and Anouk. 38 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Joan Osborne

Roots14

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