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Maria McKee

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CountryFolk

Maria McKee is a Country and Folk act. Their sound grew out of Bryan MacLean, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen Jr., Bob Dylan and U2. Those roots explain a lot about how Maria McKee arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Kirsty MacColl, Sophie B. Hawkins, Belinda Carlisle, Vanessa Williams and Tanita Tikaram, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Joan Osborne, The Chicks, Sam Brown and Bette Midler, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 33 connections around Maria McKee, reaching back through Bryan MacLean and forward to Joan Osborne. 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
Maria McKeeBryan MacLeanAdam ClaytonLarry Mullen Jr.Bob DylanU2Tom PettyLoveRichard ThompsonJoan OsborneThe ChicksSam BrownBette MidlerKirsty MacCollSophie B. HawkinsBelinda CarlisleVanessa WilliamsTanita TikaramDolly PartonJoan ArmatradingLinda Ronstadt

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Maria McKee connections

Maria McKee grew out of Bryan MacLean, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen Jr. and Bob Dylan, shares an orbit with Kirsty MacColl, Sophie B. Hawkins, Belinda Carlisle and Vanessa Williams, went on to shape Joan Osborne, The Chicks, Sam Brown and Bette Midler. 33 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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