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Kevin Morby

Kevin Morby is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Magnolia Electric Co., Nina Simone, Bedouine, Waxahatchee and Rodrigo Amarante. Those roots explain a lot about how Kevin Morby arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Kurt Vile, Bill Callahan, Aldous Harding, Cut Worms and Waxahatchee, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Cate Le Bon, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 29 connections around Kevin Morby, reaching back through Magnolia Electric Co. and forward to Cate Le Bon. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Kevin Robert Morby is an American musician, singer, and songwriter. A former member of Woods and the Babies, Morby has released eight solo studio albums: Harlem River (2013), Still Life (2014), Singing Saw (2016), City Music (2017), Oh My God (2019), Sundowner (2020), This Is a Photograph (2022), and Little Wide Open (2026).

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Kevin MorbyMagnolia Electric Co.Nina SimoneBedouineWaxahatcheeRodrigo AmaranteWoodsJason MolinaSongs: OhiaCate Le BonKurt VileBill CallahanAldous HardingCut WormsWaxahatcheeCass McCombsSteve GunnJosé González

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Kevin Morby connections

Kevin Morby grew out of Magnolia Electric Co., Nina Simone, Bedouine and Waxahatchee, shares an orbit with Kurt Vile, Bill Callahan, Aldous Harding and Cut Worms, went on to shape Cate Le Bon. 29 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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