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Redemption Song is a Reggae act. Their sound grew out of Bob Dylan. Those roots explain a lot about how Redemption Song arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Walking on Air, Could You Be Loved, Three Little Birds and Buffalo Soldier, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into John Legend, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Stevie Wonder, Tanita Tikaram and Joe Strummer, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 14 connections around Redemption Song, reaching back through Bob Dylan and forward to John Legend. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
"Redemption Song" is a song by Jamaican singer Bob Marley. It is the final track on Bob Marley and the Wailers' twelfth album, Uprising, produced by Chris Blackwell and released by Island Records. The song is considered one of Marley's greatest works. Some key lyrics derived from a speech given by the Pan-Africanist orator Marcus Garvey titled "The Work That Has Been Done", which Marley publicly recited as early as July 1979 during his appearance at the Amandla Festival.
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Redemption Song grew out of Bob Dylan, shares an orbit with Walking on Air, Could You Be Loved, Three Little Birds and Buffalo Soldier, went on to shape John Legend, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Stevie Wonder and Tanita Tikaram. 14 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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