◇ image via WikipediaMary Black
Mary Black is a Folk act. Their sound grew out of Mary O'Hara and Sandy Denny. Those roots explain a lot about how Mary Black arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Luke Kelly, Christy Moore, Clannad, Eva Cassidy and Jennifer Warnes, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Joan Baez, The Coronas and Westlife, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 18 connections around Mary Black, reaching back through Mary O'Hara and forward to Joan Baez. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Mary Black connections
Mary Black grew out of Mary O'Hara and Sandy Denny, shares an orbit with Luke Kelly, Christy Moore, Clannad and Eva Cassidy, went on to shape Joan Baez, The Coronas and Westlife. 18 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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