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Tay Zonday

Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues

Tay Zonday is a Rhythm and blues act. Their sound grew out of Paul Robeson and Barry White. Those roots explain a lot about how Tay Zonday arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Flight, LazyTown, Yuno Miles, Tom MacDonald and Kevin Macleod, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Carly Rae Jepsen, The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?), Lindsey Stirling, John Mayer and Nelly Furtado, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 21 connections around Tay Zonday, reaching back through Paul Robeson and forward to Carly Rae Jepsen. 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
Tay ZondayPaul RobesonBarry WhiteCarly Rae JepsenThe Fox (What Does t…Lindsey StirlingJohn MayerNelly FurtadoTré CoolLily AllenBeyoncéFlightLazyTownYuno MilesTom MacDonaldKevin MacleodKing CombsParry GrippTy Dolla $ign

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Tay Zonday connections

Tay Zonday grew out of Paul Robeson and Barry White, shares an orbit with Flight, LazyTown, Yuno Miles and Tom MacDonald, went on to shape Carly Rae Jepsen, The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?), Lindsey Stirling and John Mayer. 21 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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