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Shovels & Rope is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Jump, Little Children, Nicole Atkins and Amanda Shires. Those roots explain a lot about how Shovels & Rope arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Justin Townes Earle, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Josh Ritter, Nathaniel Rateliff and American Aquarium, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Shakey Graves, Lucius, Brandi Carlile, Sharon Van Etten and The Secret Sisters, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 25 connections around Shovels & Rope, reaching back through Jump, Little Children and forward to Shakey Graves. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Shovels & Rope are an American folk duo from Charleston, South Carolina composed of husband and wife Michael Trent and Cary Ann Hearst. Combining threads from their individual solo careers, Shovels & Rope blends traditional folk, rock and roll and country rock.
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Shovels & Rope connections
Shovels & Rope grew out of Jump, Little Children, Nicole Atkins and Amanda Shires, shares an orbit with Justin Townes Earle, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Josh Ritter and Nathaniel Rateliff, went on to shape Shakey Graves, Lucius, Brandi Carlile and Sharon Van Etten. 25 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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