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Nikka Costa

Electropop
ElectropopFunkProgressive rock

Nikka Costa is a Electropop and Funk act. Their catalogue also touches Progressive rock, Rhythm and blues and Synth-pop. Their sound grew out of Eric Clapton, Noiseworks, Jack White, Mark Ronson and Lenny Kravitz. Those roots explain a lot about how Nikka Costa arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Terence Trent D'Arby, Prince and the New Power Generation, Amel Larrieux, Van Hunt and The Time, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Shaila Dúrcal and Britney Spears, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 29 connections around Nikka Costa, reaching back through Eric Clapton and forward to Shaila Dúrcal. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Nikka CostaEric ClaptonNoiseworksJack WhiteMark RonsonLenny KravitzFrank SinatraQuestloveShaila DúrcalBritney SpearsTerence Trent D'ArbyPrince and the New P…Amel LarrieuxVan HuntThe TimeRufusIndia.ArieEn Vogue

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Nikka Costa connections

Nikka Costa grew out of Eric Clapton, Noiseworks, Jack White and Mark Ronson, shares an orbit with Terence Trent D'Arby, Prince and the New Power Generation, Amel Larrieux and Van Hunt, went on to shape Shaila Dúrcal and Britney Spears. 29 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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Roots7

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