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Vashti Bunyan

Folk
Folk

Vashti Bunyan is a Folk act. Their sound grew out of This Is the Kit, Joanna Newsom, Tia Blake, Bob Dylan and Marianne Faithfull. Those roots explain a lot about how Vashti Bunyan arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Linda Perhacs, Tia Blake, Connie Converse, Jessica Pratt and Karen Dalton, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Emeli Sandé, Massive Attack, Mary Hopkin, Sam Amidon and Vetiver, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 45 connections around Vashti Bunyan, reaching back through This Is the Kit and forward to Emeli Sandé. 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
Vashti BunyanThis Is the KitJoanna NewsomTia BlakeBob DylanMarianne FaithfullJoni MitchellJohn MartynEmeli SandéMassive AttackMary HopkinSam AmidonVetiverPiano MagicLiana FloresMatt MalteseLinda PerhacsTia BlakeConnie ConverseJessica PrattKaren DaltonJudee SillNick DrakeNico

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Vashti Bunyan connections

Vashti Bunyan grew out of This Is the Kit, Joanna Newsom, Tia Blake and Bob Dylan, shares an orbit with Linda Perhacs, Tia Blake, Connie Converse and Jessica Pratt, went on to shape Emeli Sandé, Massive Attack, Mary Hopkin and Sam Amidon. 45 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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