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Sounds of Silence

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Sounds of Silence is a Folk act. Their sound grew out of Bert Jansch and Nat Adderley. Those roots explain a lot about how Sounds of Silence arrange songs and choose their tones. Their influence carried into Billy Bragg, Kirsty MacColl, The Tremeloes, Them and Wings, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 9 connections around Sounds of Silence, reaching back through Bert Jansch and forward to Billy Bragg. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Sounds of Silence is the second studio album by the American folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel, released on January 17, 1966. The album's title is a slight modification of the title of the duo's first major hit, "The Sound of Silence", which originally was released as "The Sounds of Silence". The song had earlier been released in an acoustic version on the album Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M., and later on the soundtrack to the movie The Graduate. Without the knowledge of Paul Simon or Art Garfunkel, electric guitars, bass and drums were overdubbed under the direction of Columbia Records staff producer Tom Wilson on June 15, 1965. This new version was released as a single in September 1965, and opens the album.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Sounds of SilenceBert JanschNat AdderleyBilly BraggKirsty MacCollThe TremeloesThemWingsNancy WilsonEva Cassidy

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Sounds of Silence grew out of Bert Jansch and Nat Adderley, went on to shape Billy Bragg, Kirsty MacColl, The Tremeloes and Them. 9 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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