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Melissa Etheridge

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Rock

Melissa Etheridge is a Rock act. Their sound grew out of Piece of My Heart, Tom Robinson, Happy Xmas (War Is Over), Serena Ryder and William Bell. Those roots explain a lot about how Melissa Etheridge arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Jewel, Sheryl Crow, Marc Cohn, Alannah Myles and Matt Nathanson, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Trisha Yearwood, Joss Stone, India.Arie, Josh Kelley and Green Day, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 30 connections around Melissa Etheridge, reaching back through Piece of My Heart and forward to Trisha Yearwood. 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
Melissa EtheridgePiece of My HeartTom RobinsonHappy Xmas (War Is O…Serena RyderWilliam BellShooter JenningsLadysmith Black Mamb…Bruce SpringsteenTrisha YearwoodJoss StoneIndia.ArieJosh KelleyGreen DayAnoukJewelSheryl CrowMarc CohnAlannah MylesMatt NathansonMeredith BrooksTracy ChapmanSophie B. Hawkins

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Melissa Etheridge connections

Melissa Etheridge grew out of Piece of My Heart, Tom Robinson, Happy Xmas (War Is Over) and Serena Ryder, shares an orbit with Jewel, Sheryl Crow, Marc Cohn and Alannah Myles, went on to shape Trisha Yearwood, Joss Stone, India.Arie and Josh Kelley. 30 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Melissa Etheridge

Roots8

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