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Katie Melua

Blues
BluesJazzPop

Katie Melua is a Blues and Jazz act. Their catalogue also touches Pop. Their sound grew out of Queen, Black, Badfinger, Eva Cassidy and John Mayall. Those roots explain a lot about how Katie Melua arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Eva Cassidy, Madeleine Peyroux, Jennifer Warnes, Amy Macdonald and Rumer, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Kenya Grace, Chris Spedding, Inside In/Inside Out and Orla Gartland, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 37 connections around Katie Melua, reaching back through Queen and forward to Kenya Grace. 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
Katie MeluaQueenBlackBadfingerEva CassidyJohn MayallRandy NewmanThe CureLeonard CohenKenya GraceChris SpeddingInside In/Inside OutOrla GartlandEva CassidyMadeleine PeyrouxJennifer WarnesAmy MacdonaldRumerStacey KentLisa EkdahlMalia

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Katie Melua connections

Katie Melua grew out of Queen, Black, Badfinger and Eva Cassidy, shares an orbit with Eva Cassidy, Madeleine Peyroux, Jennifer Warnes and Amy Macdonald, went on to shape Kenya Grace, Chris Spedding, Inside In/Inside Out and Orla Gartland. 37 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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Roots15

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