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Kofi is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Alton Ellis and The Impressions. Those roots explain a lot about how Kofi arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Dennis Brown, Bitty McLean, Barry Biggs, Gregory Isaacs and Louisa Mark, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Sanchez, Frankie Paul, John Holt, Caron Wheeler and Macka B, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 29 connections around Kofi, reaching back through Alton Ellis and forward to Sanchez. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Carol Simms, better known as Kofi, is a British lovers rock singer who was a member of the group Brown Sugar prior to embarking on a solo career.
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Kofi connections
Kofi grew out of Alton Ellis and The Impressions, shares an orbit with Dennis Brown, Bitty McLean, Barry Biggs and Gregory Isaacs, went on to shape Sanchez, Frankie Paul, John Holt and Caron Wheeler. 29 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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