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Ruby Amanfu

Ruby Amanfu is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of H.E.R., Jack White, Norah Jones, Jason Isbell and Sara Bareilles. Those roots explain a lot about how Ruby Amanfu arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Tess Henley, Clairy Browne & The Bangin' Rackettes and Melody Thornton, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into H.E.R., Alicia Keys and Brandi Carlile, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 20 connections around Ruby Amanfu, reaching back through H.E.R. and forward to H.E.R.. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Eyram Ruby Amanfu Ashworth is an American recording artist based in Nashville. Amanfu has released seven studio albums and multiple singles. She is known for being one half of the duo Sam & Ruby, whose album was named Associated Press Album of the Year in 2009. Amanfu is also known for her collaborations with Jack White in his all-female band, The Peacocks, and has widely appeared on his critically acclaimed solo albums, Blunderbuss and Lazaretto. In 2020 and 2022, Amanfu was nominated for the Grammy Award for Song of the Year for co-writing "Hard Place" by H.E.R. and "A Beautiful Noise" by Alicia Keys and Brandi Carlile, and was nominated for a Soul Train Music Award for The Ashford & Simpson Songwriter's Award.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Ruby AmanfuH.E.R.Jack WhiteNorah JonesJason IsbellSara BareillesPatti LaBelleWanda JacksonHozierH.E.R.Alicia KeysBrandi CarlileTess HenleyClairy Browne & The …Melody Thornton

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Ruby Amanfu connections

Ruby Amanfu grew out of H.E.R., Jack White, Norah Jones and Jason Isbell, shares an orbit with Tess Henley, Clairy Browne & The Bangin' Rackettes and Melody Thornton, went on to shape H.E.R., Alicia Keys and Brandi Carlile. 20 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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