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Yinka Davies is a Afrobeat act. Their sound grew out of Sam Cooke, Johnny Cash, Elvis, Jimmy Dean and Manu Dibango. Those roots explain a lot about how Yinka Davies arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as 9ice, Majek Fashek, Duncan Mighty and Harrysong, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Tony Allen, Lagbaja, Geraldo Pino, Aṣa and Tiwa Savage, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 17 connections around Yinka Davies, reaching back through Sam Cooke and forward to Tony Allen. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Yinka Davies grew out of Sam Cooke, Johnny Cash, Elvis and Jimmy Dean, shares an orbit with 9ice, Majek Fashek, Duncan Mighty and Harrysong, went on to shape Tony Allen, Lagbaja, Geraldo Pino and Aṣa. 17 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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