◇ image via WikipediaMary Black
Mary Black is a Folk act. Their sound grew out of Sandy Denny and Mary O'Hara. Those roots explain a lot about how Mary Black arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Luke Kelly, Clannad, Eva Cassidy, Jennifer Warnes and The Wolfe Tones, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Joan Baez, Westlife and The Coronas, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 13 connections around Mary Black, reaching back through Sandy Denny 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 Sandy Denny and Mary O'Hara, shares an orbit with Luke Kelly, Clannad, Eva Cassidy and Jennifer Warnes, went on to shape Joan Baez, Westlife and The Coronas. 13 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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