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Joy Crookes is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Laura Marling, Ray Charles, Black Uhuru, Marvin Gaye and The Pogues. Those roots explain a lot about how Joy Crookes arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Pip Millett, Olivia Dean, Nectar Woode, Mahalia and Greentea Peng, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Kano, Vince Staples, Lewis Capaldi, The Blessed Madonna and Giant Rooks, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 40 connections around Joy Crookes, reaching back through Laura Marling and forward to Kano. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Joy Elizabeth Akther Crookes is a British singer-songwriter. She incorporates details about relationships, self-reliance, her culture, her South London roots, and her identity in her music. Crookes has released three extended plays since 2017 and was nominated for the Rising Star Award at the 2020 Brit Awards.
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Joy Crookes connections
Joy Crookes grew out of Laura Marling, Ray Charles, Black Uhuru and Marvin Gaye, shares an orbit with Pip Millett, Olivia Dean, Nectar Woode and Mahalia, went on to shape Kano, Vince Staples, Lewis Capaldi and The Blessed Madonna. 40 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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