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Johnny Flynn

Folk
Folk

Johnny Flynn is a Folk act. Their sound grew out of Laura Marling, Shirley Collins, Anna Calvi and Barbarossa. Those roots explain a lot about how Johnny Flynn arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Tallest Man on Earth, The Staves, Fionn Regan, Benjamin Francis Leftwich and Roo Panes, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Noah and the Whale and Mumford & Sons, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 20 connections around Johnny Flynn, reaching back through Laura Marling and forward to Noah and the Whale. 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
Johnny FlynnLaura MarlingShirley CollinsAnna CalviBarbarossaNoah and the WhaleMumford & SonsThe Tallest Man on E…The StavesFionn ReganBenjamin Francis Lef…Roo PanesGregory Alan IsakovVillagersIron & Wine

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Johnny Flynn connections

Johnny Flynn grew out of Laura Marling, Shirley Collins, Anna Calvi and Barbarossa, shares an orbit with The Tallest Man on Earth, The Staves, Fionn Regan and Benjamin Francis Leftwich, went on to shape Noah and the Whale and Mumford & Sons. 20 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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