◇ image via WikipediaLauren Wood
Lauren Wood is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Frank Zappa. Those roots explain a lot about how Lauren Wood arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Patti Austin, Brenda Russell, Glenn Medeiros, Lisa Stansfield and Gino Vannelli, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Rita Coolidge, Tiffany, Gladys Knight, Philip Bailey and Cher, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 24 connections around Lauren Wood, reaching back through Frank Zappa and forward to Rita Coolidge. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Lauren Wood connections
Lauren Wood grew out of Frank Zappa, shares an orbit with Patti Austin, Brenda Russell, Glenn Medeiros and Lisa Stansfield, went on to shape Rita Coolidge, Tiffany, Gladys Knight and Philip Bailey. 24 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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