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Vetiver is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Joanna Newsom, Devendra Banhart, Vashti Bunyan, John Martyn and Graham Nash. Those roots explain a lot about how Vetiver arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Cass McCombs, Cotton Jones, Steve Gunn, Bonny Light Horseman and Phosphorescent, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Carnival, The Shins, Fruit Bats, Wilco and The Gutter Twins, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 38 connections around Vetiver, reaching back through Joanna Newsom and forward to Carnival. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Vetiver is an American folk band headed by songwriter Andy Cabic.
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Vetiver connections
Vetiver grew out of Joanna Newsom, Devendra Banhart, Vashti Bunyan and John Martyn, shares an orbit with Cass McCombs, Cotton Jones, Steve Gunn and Bonny Light Horseman, went on to shape Carnival, The Shins, Fruit Bats and Wilco. 38 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Vetiver
Sounds and acts that shaped Vetiver.
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Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Vetiver.
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