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Kaleo

Kaleo is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Dea Matrona, Bishop Briggs, Jimi Hendrix, Carlos Santana and Jim Morrison. Those roots explain a lot about how Kaleo arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Welshly Arms, The Blue Stones, Highly Suspect, KONGOS and Royal Blood, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Lumineers, The Rolling Stones, Hozier, Ray LaMontagne and Led Zeppelin, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 25 connections around Kaleo, reaching back through Dea Matrona and forward to The Lumineers. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Kaleo is an Icelandic blues rock band which formed in Mosfellsbær in 2012. It consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Jökull Júlíusson, drummer Davíð Antonsson, bassist Daniel Kristjánsson, lead guitarist Rubin Pollock and harmonicist Þorleifur Gaukur Davíðsson. They have released four studio albums, Kaleo (2013), A/B (2016), Surface Sounds (2021), and Mixed Emotions (2025), as well as the EP Glasshouse (2013).

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KaleoDea MatronaBishop BriggsJimi HendrixCarlos SantanaJim MorrisonThe LumineersThe Rolling StonesHozierRay LaMontagneLed ZeppelinCreamZZ TopVance JoyWelshly ArmsThe Blue StonesHighly SuspectKONGOSRoyal BloodNothing but ThievesGreta Van FleetDan Auerbach

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Kaleo connections

Kaleo grew out of Dea Matrona, Bishop Briggs, Jimi Hendrix and Carlos Santana, shares an orbit with Welshly Arms, The Blue Stones, Highly Suspect and KONGOS, went on to shape The Lumineers, The Rolling Stones, Hozier and Ray LaMontagne. 25 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Kaleo

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Sounds and acts that shaped Kaleo.

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