◇ image via WikipediaKathryn Williams
Kathryn Williams is a Folk act. Their sound grew out of John Lennon, Nina Simone, Nick Drake, Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan. Those roots explain a lot about how Kathryn Williams arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Kate Rusby, Emma Pollock, Beth Orton, Ron Sexsmith and Kirsty MacColl, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Magic Numbers, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 16 connections around Kathryn Williams, reaching back through John Lennon and forward to The Magic Numbers. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Kathryn Williams connections
Kathryn Williams grew out of John Lennon, Nina Simone, Nick Drake and Joni Mitchell, shares an orbit with Kate Rusby, Emma Pollock, Beth Orton and Ron Sexsmith, went on to shape The Magic Numbers. 16 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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