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Songs from a Room is a Folk act. Their sound grew out of Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash. Those roots explain a lot about how Songs from a Room arrange songs and choose their tones. Their influence carried into Judy Collins, Richie Havens, Jennifer Warnes, The Neville Brothers and Joe Cocker, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 13 connections around Songs from a Room, reaching back through Bob Dylan and forward to Judy Collins. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Songs from a Room is the second studio album by Canadian musician Leonard Cohen, released in 1969. It reached No. 63 on the US Billboard Top LPs and No. 2 on the UK charts.
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Songs from a Room grew out of Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash, went on to shape Judy Collins, Richie Havens, Jennifer Warnes and The Neville Brothers. 13 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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