◇ image via WikipediaKaren Dalton
Karen Dalton is a Folk act. Their sound grew out of Bob Dylan, Booker T. Jones, Billie Holiday, Jimmy Reed and Bessie Smith. Those roots explain a lot about how Karen Dalton arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Judee Sill, Tia Blake, Fred Neil, Connie Converse and Linda Perhacs, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Nick Cave, Devendra Banhart, Joanna Newsom, Patty Griffin and Lucinda Williams, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 42 connections around Karen Dalton, reaching back through Bob Dylan and forward to Nick Cave. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Karen J. Dalton was an American country blues singer, guitarist, and banjo player. She was associated with the early 1960s Greenwich Village folk music scene, particularly with Fred Neil, the Holy Modal Rounders, and Bob Dylan. Although she did not enjoy much commercial success during her lifetime, her music has gained significant recognition since her death. Artists like Nick Cave, Devendra Banhart, and Joanna Newsom have noted her as an influence.
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Karen Dalton connections
Karen Dalton grew out of Bob Dylan, Booker T. Jones, Billie Holiday and Jimmy Reed, shares an orbit with Judee Sill, Tia Blake, Fred Neil and Connie Converse, went on to shape Nick Cave, Devendra Banhart, Joanna Newsom and Patty Griffin. 42 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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