Ed Sheeran: Influences

Ed Sheeran: Influences

The wide-ranging sounds that have inspired this British pop chameleon are on display here. His murmured ballads have precursors in the artful restraint and melodic pathos of Joni Mitchell and Damien Rice; Bon Iver's gauzy indie pop reverberates in his muted strums. And Stevie Wonder's jazzy soul and Eminem's rhythmic bravado nod to the hip-hop and R&B cadences that colour so many Sheeran tracks.

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