◇ image via WikipediaMichael W. Smith
Michael W. Smith is a Alternative rock act. Their sound grew out of Darwin Hobbs, Anointed, TobyMac, Sinach and Nik Kershaw. Those roots explain a lot about how Michael W. Smith arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Newsboys, Amy Grant, TobyMac, DC Talk and Tenth Avenue North, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Micah Stampley, Jordin Sparks, Amy Grant, Mandisa and Rachael Lampa, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 19 connections around Michael W. Smith, reaching back through Darwin Hobbs and forward to Micah Stampley. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Michael W. Smith connections
Michael W. Smith grew out of Darwin Hobbs, Anointed, TobyMac and Sinach, shares an orbit with Newsboys, Amy Grant, TobyMac and DC Talk, went on to shape Micah Stampley, Jordin Sparks, Amy Grant and Mandisa. 19 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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