◇ image via WikipediaSharon Forrester
Sharon Forrester is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Ambelique. Those roots explain a lot about how Sharon Forrester arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Junior Murvin, Joe White, The Maytones, U-Roy and Bob Andy, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Alpha Blondy, Burning Spear, Jimmy Cliff, The Heptones and Yami Bolo, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 11 connections around Sharon Forrester, reaching back through Ambelique and forward to Alpha Blondy. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Sharon Forrester connections
Sharon Forrester grew out of Ambelique, shares an orbit with Junior Murvin, Joe White, The Maytones and U-Roy, went on to shape Alpha Blondy, Burning Spear, Jimmy Cliff and The Heptones. 11 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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