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Sierra Ferrell

Sierra Ferrell is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Justin Townes Earle, Tracy Chapman, Shania Twain and Grateful Dead. Those roots explain a lot about how Sierra Ferrell arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The SteelDrivers, Turnpike Troubadours, Molly Tuttle, Nikki Lane and The Deslondes, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Billy Strings, Sarah Jarosz, The Black Keys, Ray LaMontagne and Zach Bryan, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 24 connections around Sierra Ferrell, reaching back through Justin Townes Earle and forward to Billy Strings. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Sierra Elizabeth Ferrell is an American singer-songwriter and musician from West Virginia, whose music incorporates elements of folk, bluegrass, and gypsy jazz, and styles such as tango and calypso music.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Sierra FerrellJustin Townes EarleTracy ChapmanShania TwainGrateful DeadBilly StringsSarah JaroszThe Black KeysRay LaMontagneZach BryanShakey GravesPost MaloneColony HouseThe SteelDriversTurnpike TroubadoursMolly TuttleNikki LaneThe DeslondesJason IsbellJustin Townes EarleJason Isbell and the…

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Sierra Ferrell grew out of Justin Townes Earle, Tracy Chapman, Shania Twain and Grateful Dead, shares an orbit with The SteelDrivers, Turnpike Troubadours, Molly Tuttle and Nikki Lane, went on to shape Billy Strings, Sarah Jarosz, The Black Keys and Ray LaMontagne. 24 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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