Robert Wyatt: Influences

Robert Wyatt: Influences

The shape-shifting Englishman's eclectic sound reflects his unabashed fandom. Smokey Robinson's ethereal falsetto vocals ("Ooo Baby Baby") gave Wyatt permission to sing high, Stevie Wonder ("You Are the Sunshine of My Life") infected him with his joyful sincerity and Bulgarian folksinger Kalinka Vulcheva's quavering voice supplied lessons in unrefined beauty.

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