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Natalie Merchant

Rock
Rock

Natalie Merchant is a Rock act. Their sound grew out of Yungchen Lhamo, Chris Botti, Mavis Staples, Nawang Khechog and Ladysmith Black Mambazo. Those roots explain a lot about how Natalie Merchant arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as 10,000 Maniacs, Jewel, Beth Orton, Eva Cassidy and Sheryl Crow, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Xavier Rudd, Michael Stipe and Joan Baez, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 37 connections around Natalie Merchant, reaching back through Yungchen Lhamo and forward to Xavier Rudd. 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
Natalie MerchantYungchen LhamoChris BottiMavis StaplesNawang KhechogLadysmith Black Mamb…Mighty Sam McClainBilly BraggPetula ClarkXavier RuddMichael StipeJoan Baez10,000 ManiacsJewelBeth OrtonEva CassidySheryl CrowRay LaMontagneTracy ChapmanJennifer Warnes

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Natalie Merchant connections

Natalie Merchant grew out of Yungchen Lhamo, Chris Botti, Mavis Staples and Nawang Khechog, shares an orbit with 10,000 Maniacs, Jewel, Beth Orton and Eva Cassidy, went on to shape Xavier Rudd, Michael Stipe and Joan Baez. 37 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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