◇ image via WikipediaVonda Shepard
Vonda Shepard is a House act. Their sound grew out of Kay Starr, Dan Hill and Joseph Williams. Those roots explain a lot about how Vonda Shepard arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Tina Arena, Jewel, Donna Lewis, Amy Grant and Dido, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Sy Smith and Renée Elise Goldsberry, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 20 connections around Vonda Shepard, reaching back through Kay Starr and forward to Sy Smith. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Vonda Shepard connections
Vonda Shepard grew out of Kay Starr, Dan Hill and Joseph Williams, shares an orbit with Tina Arena, Jewel, Donna Lewis and Amy Grant, went on to shape Sy Smith and Renée Elise Goldsberry. 20 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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