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Leonard Cohen is a Alternative rock and Blues act. Their catalogue also touches Folk, Pop and Rock. Their sound grew out of Charlie McCoy, Villagers, Carl Anderson, Frederick Knight and Nico. Those roots explain a lot about how Leonard Cohen arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Tim Buckley, Joan Baez, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Nick Drake and Van Morrison, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Emel Mathlouthi, Martha Wainwright, Graeme Allwright, Eels and Julia Jacklin, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 149 connections around Leonard Cohen, reaching back through Charlie McCoy and forward to Emel Mathlouthi. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Leonard Cohen connections
Leonard Cohen grew out of Charlie McCoy, Villagers, Carl Anderson and Frederick Knight, shares an orbit with Tim Buckley, Joan Baez, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds and Nick Drake, went on to shape Emel Mathlouthi, Martha Wainwright, Graeme Allwright and Eels. 149 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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