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Sparklehorse

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Rap

Sparklehorse is a Rap act. Their sound grew out of Merle Travis, Johnny Cash, Danny Elfman, The Carpenters and John Parish. Those roots explain a lot about how Sparklehorse arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Songs: Ohia, Heatmiser, Yo La Tengo, Stephen Malkmus and The American Analog Set, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Earlimart, PJ Harvey, Nina Persson, Tom Waits and M. Ward, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 54 connections around Sparklehorse, reaching back through Merle Travis and forward to Earlimart. 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
SparklehorseMerle TravisJohnny CashDanny ElfmanThe CarpentersJohn ParishCamper Van BeethovenNina PerssonSuzanne VegaEarlimartPJ HarveyNina PerssonTom WaitsM. WardAzure RayOur Love to AdmireThe CardigansSongs: OhiaHeatmiserYo La TengoStephen MalkmusThe American Analog …DestroyerDinosaur Jr.Daniel Johnston

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Sparklehorse connections

Sparklehorse grew out of Merle Travis, Johnny Cash, Danny Elfman and The Carpenters, shares an orbit with Songs: Ohia, Heatmiser, Yo La Tengo and Stephen Malkmus, went on to shape Earlimart, PJ Harvey, Nina Persson and Tom Waits. 54 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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