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Michael Hedges

K-pop
K-pop

Michael Hedges is a K-pop act. Their sound grew out of Edgard Varèse, Anton Webern, Will Ackerman, Bobby McFerrin and John Martyn. Those roots explain a lot about how Michael Hedges arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Andy McKee, Tommy Emmanuel, Ottmar Liebert and Jeff Beck, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Erik Mongrain, Antoine Dufour, Kaki King and Andy McKee, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 15 connections around Michael Hedges, reaching back through Edgard Varèse and forward to Erik Mongrain. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Michael Alden Hedges was an American acoustic guitarist and songwriter. He was known as a virtuoso who used unorthodox playing techniques, and much of his output was classified as new age music. Hedges died in an auto accident, and won a posthumous Grammy Award for his album Oracle.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Michael HedgesEdgard VarèseAnton WebernWill AckermanBobby McFerrinJohn MartynThe BeatlesIgor StravinskyErik MongrainAntoine DufourKaki KingAndy McKeeAndy McKeeTommy EmmanuelOttmar LiebertJeff Beck

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Michael Hedges connections

Michael Hedges grew out of Edgard Varèse, Anton Webern, Will Ackerman and Bobby McFerrin, shares an orbit with Andy McKee, Tommy Emmanuel, Ottmar Liebert and Jeff Beck, went on to shape Erik Mongrain, Antoine Dufour, Kaki King and Andy McKee. 15 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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