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Karen Clark Sheard

Gospel
Gospel

Karen Clark Sheard is a Gospel act. Their sound grew out of LaShun Pace, Richard Smallwood, J Moss, Donald Lawrence and Kim Burrell. Those roots explain a lot about how Karen Clark Sheard arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Myron Butler & Levi, Donald Lawrence, Kurt Carr, J Moss and Vanessa Bell Armstrong, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Kierra Sheard, Beyoncé, Mariah Carey, Faith Evans and Jonathan Nelson, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 37 connections around Karen Clark Sheard, reaching back through LaShun Pace and forward to Kierra Sheard. 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
Karen Clark SheardLaShun PaceRichard SmallwoodJ MossDonald LawrenceKim BurrellDorinda Clark-ColeFaith EvansTweetKierra SheardBeyoncéMariah CareyFaith EvansJonathan NelsonDon't Give UpMyron Butler & LeviDonald LawrenceKurt CarrJ MossVanessa Bell ArmstrongTye Tribbett & G.A.Micah StampleyRichard Smallwood

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Karen Clark Sheard connections

Karen Clark Sheard grew out of LaShun Pace, Richard Smallwood, J Moss and Donald Lawrence, shares an orbit with Myron Butler & Levi, Donald Lawrence, Kurt Carr and J Moss, went on to shape Kierra Sheard, Beyoncé, Mariah Carey and Faith Evans. 37 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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