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Songs: Ohia is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Black Sabbath, Mike Mogis, Mahalia Jackson and Townes Van Zandt. Those roots explain a lot about how Songs: Ohia arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Palace Music, MJ Lenderman, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Red House Painters and Bill Callahan, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Horse Jumper of Love, Squirrel Flower, Sparky Deathcap, Wild Pink and Hiss Golden Messenger, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 35 connections around Songs: Ohia, reaching back through Black Sabbath and forward to Horse Jumper of Love. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Jason Andrew Molina was an American musician, singer and songwriter. Raised in northern Ohio, he came to prominence performing and recording as Songs: Ohia, both in solo projects and with a rotating cast of musicians in the late 1990s. Beginning in 2003, he garnered a further indie following for his releases with the band Magnolia Electric Co.
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Songs: Ohia connections
Songs: Ohia grew out of Black Sabbath, Mike Mogis, Mahalia Jackson and Townes Van Zandt, shares an orbit with Palace Music, MJ Lenderman, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy and Red House Painters, went on to shape Horse Jumper of Love, Squirrel Flower, Sparky Deathcap and Wild Pink. 35 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Songs: Ohia
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