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Mélissa Laveaux

Mélissa Laveaux is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Elliott Smith, Beyoncé, Tina Turner, Meshell Ndegeocello and Feist. Those roots explain a lot about how Mélissa Laveaux arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Roseaux, Hindi Zahra, Alice Russell, Charles Pasi and Yael Naim, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Altogether the chart holds 22 connections around Mélissa Laveaux, reaching back through Elliott Smith. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Mélissa Laveaux is an independent Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist of Haitian descent previously signed to No Format!. Her music has been described as a mix of roots, folk, and blues using her signature percussive finger-style guitar stylings and soulful vocals. In 2006, Laveaux released the first full-length album of her own songs, which she co-produced with percussionist Rob Reid and Lisa Patterson of Imaginit Music Studios. Laveaux has received critical praise from her peers in such magazines as ColorLines and is a Songs from the Heart recipient from the 2006 Ontario Council of Folk Festivals' conference in the World Music category for penning "Koud'lo".

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Mélissa LaveauxElliott SmithBeyoncéTina TurnerMeshell NdegeocelloFeistLuraEartha KittRoseauxHindi ZahraAlice RussellCharles PasiYael NaimJaqeeCamélia JordanaAndreya Triana

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Mélissa Laveaux connections

Mélissa Laveaux grew out of Elliott Smith, Beyoncé, Tina Turner and Meshell Ndegeocello, shares an orbit with Roseaux, Hindi Zahra, Alice Russell and Charles Pasi. 22 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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