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Ritchie is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Patrick Moraz, Paul Simon and Cat Stevens. Those roots explain a lot about how Ritchie arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Roupa Nova, RPM, Lulu Santos, Leo Jaime and Kid Abelha, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Lobão, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 20 connections around Ritchie, reaching back through Patrick Moraz and forward to Lobão. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Richard David Court, known professionally as Ritchie, is a British-born Brazilian singer-songwriter, musician, composer, dancer and multi-instrumentalist.
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Ritchie connections
Ritchie grew out of Patrick Moraz, Paul Simon and Cat Stevens, shares an orbit with Roupa Nova, RPM, Lulu Santos and Leo Jaime, went on to shape Lobão. 20 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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