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Sandy Denny

Folk
Folk

Sandy Denny is a Folk act. Their sound grew out of Candle in the Wind, Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II, Dave Swarbrick, Fairport Convention and Richard & Linda Thompson. Those roots explain a lot about how Sandy Denny arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Pentangle, Bert Jansch, Judee Sill, Judy Collins and Kate Rusby, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Sarah McLachlan, Nina Simone, Mary Black, Nanci Griffith and Luke Sital-Singh, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 42 connections around Sandy Denny, reaching back through Candle in the Wind and forward to Sarah McLachlan. 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
Sandy DennyCandle in the WindBob Dylan's Greatest…Dave SwarbrickFairport ConventionRichard & Linda Thom…Richard ThompsonTom PaxtonJackson C. FrankSarah McLachlanNina SimoneMary BlackNanci GriffithLuke Sital-SinghCat PowerRobert PlantPete TownshendThe PentangleBert JanschJudee SillJudy CollinsKate RusbyNick DrakeFred NeilBill Fay

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Sandy Denny connections

Sandy Denny grew out of Candle in the Wind, Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II, Dave Swarbrick and Fairport Convention, shares an orbit with The Pentangle, Bert Jansch, Judee Sill and Judy Collins, went on to shape Sarah McLachlan, Nina Simone, Mary Black and Nanci Griffith. 42 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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