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Naturally 7 is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Sarah Connor, James Taylor, Phil Collins, Michael Bublé and Dinah Washington. Those roots explain a lot about how Naturally 7 arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Nate James, Jay Delano, Wayne Brady, Kevon Edmonds and Marcus Canty, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Ludacris and Xavier Naidoo, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 19 connections around Naturally 7, reaching back through Sarah Connor and forward to Ludacris. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Naturally 7 is an American music group with a distinct a cappella style they call "vocal play," which, according to group leader Roger Thomas, is "the art of becoming an instrument using the human voice to create the sound." They simulate the sounds of an instrumental band using only their voices, mouths and distortion effects. The group was formed in 1999 in New York City. It currently consists of the Thomas brothers Roger and Warren, Rod Eldridge, Ricky Cort, Dwight Stewart, Sean Simmonds, and N'Namdi Bryant.
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Naturally 7 connections
Naturally 7 grew out of Sarah Connor, James Taylor, Phil Collins and Michael Bublé, shares an orbit with Nate James, Jay Delano, Wayne Brady and Kevon Edmonds, went on to shape Ludacris and Xavier Naidoo. 19 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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