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Silk Sonic

Contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&BHouse

Silk Sonic is a Contemporary R&B and House act. Their sound grew out of Con Funk Shun, Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Miles Davis and Stevie Wonder. Those roots explain a lot about how Silk Sonic arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as John Legend, Barry White, Philip Bailey, Donny Hathaway and CeeLo Green, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into My 21st Century Blues, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 25 connections around Silk Sonic, reaching back through Con Funk Shun and forward to My 21st Century Blues. 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
Silk SonicCon Funk ShunAretha FranklinJames BrownMiles DavisStevie WonderPrinceMy 21st Century BluesJohn LegendBarry WhitePhilip BaileyDonny HathawayCeeLo GreenPrince and the New P…Rick JamesThe Whispers

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Silk Sonic connections

Silk Sonic grew out of Con Funk Shun, Aretha Franklin, James Brown and Miles Davis, shares an orbit with John Legend, Barry White, Philip Bailey and Donny Hathaway, went on to shape My 21st Century Blues. 25 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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