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Ray LaMontagne

Folk
Folk

Ray LaMontagne is a Folk act. Their sound grew out of Rachael Yamagata, Sierra Ferrell, Priscilla Ahn, Kaleo and Stephen Stills. Those roots explain a lot about how Ray LaMontagne arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Iron & Wine, The Civil Wars, Gregory Alan Isakov, James Vincent McMorrow and Eva Cassidy, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Dermot Kennedy and Lyle Lovett, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 34 connections around Ray LaMontagne, reaching back through Rachael Yamagata and forward to Dermot Kennedy. 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
Ray LaMontagneRachael YamagataSierra FerrellPriscilla AhnKaleoStephen StillsOtis ReddingRyan AdamsBeckDermot KennedyLyle LovettIron & WineThe Civil WarsGregory Alan IsakovJames Vincent McMorrowEva CassidyDonavon FrankenreiterPhosphorescentThe Milk Carton Kids

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Ray LaMontagne connections

Ray LaMontagne grew out of Rachael Yamagata, Sierra Ferrell, Priscilla Ahn and Kaleo, shares an orbit with Iron & Wine, The Civil Wars, Gregory Alan Isakov and James Vincent McMorrow, went on to shape Dermot Kennedy and Lyle Lovett. 34 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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