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The Chieftains

Folk
Folk

The Chieftains is a Folk act. Their sound grew out of Chavela Vargas, Colin James, Celso Duarte, Piero Pelù and James Galway. Those roots explain a lot about how The Chieftains arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Luke Kelly, Clannad, The Wolfe Tones and The Irish Rovers, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Irish Rovers, The Corrs, La Bottine Souriante, Ashley MacIsaac and Joan Osborne, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 32 connections around The Chieftains, reaching back through Chavela Vargas and forward to The Irish Rovers. 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
The ChieftainsChavela VargasColin JamesCelso DuartePiero PelùJames GalwayTurlough O'CarolanAltanAllison MoorerThe Irish RoversThe CorrsLa Bottine SourianteAshley MacIsaacJoan OsborneRy CooderNolwenn LeroyFear of MusicLuke KellyClannadThe Wolfe TonesThe Irish Rovers

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The Chieftains connections

The Chieftains grew out of Chavela Vargas, Colin James, Celso Duarte and Piero Pelù, shares an orbit with Luke Kelly, Clannad, The Wolfe Tones and The Irish Rovers, went on to shape The Irish Rovers, The Corrs, La Bottine Souriante and Ashley MacIsaac. 32 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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Roots8

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Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with The Chieftains.

Bands The Chieftains shaped

Legacy20

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