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Lhasa de Sela

Folk
FolkRapWorld music

Lhasa de Sela is a Folk and Rap act. Their catalogue also touches World music. Their sound grew out of Victor Jara, Billie Holiday and Ibrahim Maalouf. Those roots explain a lot about how Lhasa de Sela arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Hindi Zahra, Cesária Évora, Lila Downs, Souad Massi and Mercedes Sosa, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Nicolas Jaar, The Barr Brothers, Tindersticks, Ibrahim Maalouf and Patrick Watson, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 34 connections around Lhasa de Sela, reaching back through Victor Jara and forward to Nicolas Jaar. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Lhasa de SelaVictor JaraBillie HolidayIbrahim MaaloufNicolas JaarThe Barr BrothersTindersticksIbrahim MaaloufPatrick WatsonPlants and AnimalsBiaHindi ZahraCesária ÉvoraLila DownsSouad MassiMercedes SosaSophie HungerAlela DianeNatalia Lafourcade

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Lhasa de Sela connections

Lhasa de Sela grew out of Victor Jara, Billie Holiday and Ibrahim Maalouf, shares an orbit with Hindi Zahra, Cesária Évora, Lila Downs and Souad Massi, went on to shape Nicolas Jaar, The Barr Brothers, Tindersticks and Ibrahim Maalouf. 34 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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