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Leith Ross is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Lord Huron, Helena Deland, Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton and Lucinda Williams. Those roots explain a lot about how Leith Ross arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Phoebe Bridgers, Adrianne Lenker, Haley Heynderickx, runo plum and Florist, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Julia Jacklin, Haley Heynderickx, Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus and Feist, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 33 connections around Leith Ross, reaching back through Lord Huron and forward to Julia Jacklin. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Leith Ross is a Canadian indie rock singer-songwriter and guitarist, based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They recorded their debut EP, Motherwell (2020), while studying at Humber College, and subsequently found success on TikTok, most prominently with the song "We'll Never Have Sex" in August 2021. In 2022, they were signed to Interscope and Republic Records. They have toured both nationally and internationally with Lord Huron, Andy Shauf, and Helena Deland, and received the inaugural John Prine Songwriter Fellowship at the 2022 Newport Folk Festival. Their debut album, To Learn, was released on May 19, 2023.
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Leith Ross connections
Leith Ross grew out of Lord Huron, Helena Deland, Johnny Cash and Dolly Parton, shares an orbit with Phoebe Bridgers, Adrianne Lenker, Haley Heynderickx and runo plum, went on to shape Julia Jacklin, Haley Heynderickx, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus. 33 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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