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Lisa Hannigan

Folk
Folk

Lisa Hannigan is a Folk act. Their sound grew out of David Bowie, Britney Spears, Kate McGarrigle, Damien Rice and Joni Mitchell. Those roots explain a lot about how Lisa Hannigan arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Villagers, Fionn Regan, The Frames, James Vincent McMorrow and Agnes Obel, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into David Gray, The Frames, Herbie Hancock and Jason Mraz, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 30 connections around Lisa Hannigan, reaching back through David Bowie and forward to David Gray. 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
Lisa HanniganDavid BowieBritney SpearsKate McGarrigleDamien RiceJoni MitchellNina SimoneJanis JoplinThe NationalDavid GrayThe FramesHerbie HancockJason MrazVillagersFionn ReganThe FramesJames Vincent McMorrowAgnes ObelThe StavesIron & WineKT Tunstall

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Lisa Hannigan connections

Lisa Hannigan grew out of David Bowie, Britney Spears, Kate McGarrigle and Damien Rice, shares an orbit with Villagers, Fionn Regan, The Frames and James Vincent McMorrow, went on to shape David Gray, The Frames, Herbie Hancock and Jason Mraz. 30 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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