◇ image via WikipediaYumi Matsutoya
Yumi Matsutoya is a J-pop act. Their sound grew out of Joni Mitchell, Carole King and Kazuhiko Katō. Those roots explain a lot about how Yumi Matsutoya arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Misia and Akina Nakamori, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Candies, Rie fu, Yukihiro Takahashi, Alisa Mizuki and A Ballads, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 10 connections around Yumi Matsutoya, reaching back through Joni Mitchell and forward to Candies. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Yumi Matsutoya connections
Yumi Matsutoya grew out of Joni Mitchell, Carole King and Kazuhiko Katō, shares an orbit with Misia and Akina Nakamori, went on to shape Candies, Rie fu, Yukihiro Takahashi and Alisa Mizuki. 10 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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