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Joy Williams

Folk
Folk

Joy Williams is a Folk act. Their sound grew out of Portishead, Avi Kaplan, Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel and Massive Attack. Those roots explain a lot about how Joy Williams arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Amy Grant, Britt Nicole, Sara Bareilles, Lauren Daigle and Plumb, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Altogether the chart holds 16 connections around Joy Williams, reaching back through Portishead. 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
Joy WilliamsPortisheadAvi KaplanKate BushPeter GabrielMassive AttackAmy GrantBritt NicoleSara BareillesLauren DaiglePlumbKT TunstallSuperchic[k]TobyMac

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Joy Williams connections

Joy Williams grew out of Portishead, Avi Kaplan, Kate Bush and Peter Gabriel, shares an orbit with Amy Grant, Britt Nicole, Sara Bareilles and Lauren Daigle. 16 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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