◇ image via WikipediaLaura Branigan
Laura Branigan is a Pop and Synth-pop act. Their sound grew out of Bryan Adams, Janis Joplin, Leonard Cohen, Falco and Alphaville. Those roots explain a lot about how Laura Branigan arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Kim Wilde, Belinda Carlisle, Irene Cara, Michael Sembello and Bonnie Tyler, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Céline Dion, Linda Ronstadt, Olivia Newton-John, Juice Newton and Cyndi Lauper, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 54 connections around Laura Branigan, reaching back through Bryan Adams and forward to Céline Dion. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Laura Branigan connections
Laura Branigan grew out of Bryan Adams, Janis Joplin, Leonard Cohen and Falco, shares an orbit with Kim Wilde, Belinda Carlisle, Irene Cara and Michael Sembello, went on to shape Céline Dion, Linda Ronstadt, Olivia Newton-John and Juice Newton. 54 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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