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Pentangle is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Alexis Korner, John McLaughlin and Bob Dylan. Those roots explain a lot about how Pentangle arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Bert Jansch, Ralph McTell, Fred Neil, Judy Collins and Tim Buckley, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Fairport Convention, Midlake, Blood Ceremony and Steeleye Span, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 17 connections around Pentangle, reaching back through Alexis Korner and forward to Fairport Convention. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Pentangle connections
Pentangle grew out of Alexis Korner, John McLaughlin and Bob Dylan, shares an orbit with Bert Jansch, Ralph McTell, Fred Neil and Judy Collins, went on to shape Fairport Convention, Midlake, Blood Ceremony and Steeleye Span. 17 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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