◇ image via WikipediaM. Ward
M. Ward is a Folk act. Their sound grew out of Daniel Romano, Jim James, Joanna Newsom, Shovels & Rope and Jason Lytle. Those roots explain a lot about how M. Ward arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Andrew Bird, Iron & Wine, The Tallest Man on Earth, Kevin Morby and Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Carrie Rodriguez, Lloyd Cole, Grandaddy, Norah Jones and Gillian Welch, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 40 connections around M. Ward, reaching back through Daniel Romano and forward to Carrie Rodriguez. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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M. Ward connections
M. Ward grew out of Daniel Romano, Jim James, Joanna Newsom and Shovels & Rope, shares an orbit with Andrew Bird, Iron & Wine, The Tallest Man on Earth and Kevin Morby, went on to shape Carrie Rodriguez, Lloyd Cole, Grandaddy and Norah Jones. 40 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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