◇ image via WikipediaWill Ackerman
Will Ackerman is a K-pop act. Their sound grew out of Robbie Basho. Those roots explain a lot about how Will Ackerman arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Michael Hedges, R. Carlos Nakai, Ottmar Liebert, Andy McKee and Tommy Emmanuel, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Darol Anger, Mike Marshall, George Winston and Michael Hedges, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 10 connections around Will Ackerman, reaching back through Robbie Basho and forward to Darol Anger. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Will Ackerman connections
Will Ackerman grew out of Robbie Basho, shares an orbit with Michael Hedges, R. Carlos Nakai, Ottmar Liebert and Andy McKee, went on to shape Darol Anger, Mike Marshall, George Winston and Michael Hedges. 10 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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