DEVENDRA BANHART'S OFFICIAL SITE
From iTunes:
"Devendra Banhart spent most of his teenage years with an acoustic guitar in his hand, performing in clubs he was most likely too young to be allowed into. The demos from these times, some recorded on four-track, some played into answering machines over long-distance phone conversations, made up his debut, 2002's Oh Me, OhMy.... These were strang, shrieking, surreal songs barely held together by finger-picked guitar and imagery that dealt with flesh, teeth, and animals. They were strong songs though - indebted to bloues and folk singers from ages ago with hints of March Bolan's psychedelic quaver. His next two albums refined this sound, putting Banhart in a real studio and allowing the songwriting to flower into a more cohesive type of nouveau psych-folk. He has continued to grow in musical scope - leaving behind the barefoot, acoustic guitar-wielding mystic and forging ahead as a semi-electric band leader whose music incorporates Brazilian sambas, crunchy rock, whispered piano ballads, funk, tribal weirdness, and overall hirsute freakiness."
From last.fm:
"Devendra Banhart (Born 30th May 1981 in Houston, Texas, but brought up in Venezuela) is a folk singer-songwriter whose first few records were released on the young god records label from New York City. His most recent CD was released by XL Recordings. He is one of the most popular artists to come out of the “new weird america” movement, which includes performers such as Faun Fables, Viking Moses, Jack Rose, Jana Hunter, Arborea, The MV & EE Medicine Show, Currituck Co., Six Organs of Admittance, and The Royal We, among others. He also often joins the band known as Vetiver.
Banhart is considered to have an eclectic style, with many of his songs seemingly following a stream-of-consciousness vein, being hard to decipher and non-literal. His music tends to consist of fairly simple guitar melodies with minimal other instrumentation, and his lyrical themes are often surreal and naturalistic. His involvement in the Los Angeles artist community is reflected in Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon, released in September 2007. He gained some underground notoriety in New York for performing several of his early shows with underwear on his head for the duration of the performance.
Banhart’s most recent tour of the United States saw him perform with his full band, which is currently known as Power Mineral. Power Mineral included Andy Cabic (Vetiver), Greg Rogove (Priestbird), Noah Georgeson, Luckey Remington, Pete Newsom, Otto Hauser (Vetiver, Currituck Co., Espers, Nick Castro), Kevin Barker (Currituck Co.), and others."
Articles/ Others Sites:
Interview :: Devendra Banhart by Six Eyes Music Blog
Banhart's Recognizable Albums:
Rejoicing In The Hands (2004)
1. This Is the Way
2. It's a Sight to Behold
3. The Body Breaks
4. Poughkeepsie
5. Dogs They Make Up the Dark
6. Will Is My Friend
7. This Beard Is for Siobhan
8. See Saw
9. Tit Smoking In the Temple of Artesan Mimicry
10. Rejoicing In the Hands
11. Fall
12. Todo los Dolores
13. When the Sun Shone on Vetiver
14. There Was Sun
15. Insect Eyes
16. Autumn's Child
Nino Rojo (2004)
1. Wake Up, Little Sparrow
2. Ay Mama
3. We All Know
4. Little Yellow Spider
5. A Ribbon
6. At the Hop
7. My Ships
8. Noah
9. Sister
10. Water May Walk
11. HorseheadefleshWizard
12. An Island
13. Be Kind
14. Owl Eyes
15. The Good Red Road
16. Electric Heart
Cripple Crow (2005)
1. Now That I know
2. Santa Maria de Feira
3. Heard Somebody Say
4. Long Haired Child
5. Lazy Butterfly
6. Quedata Luna
7. Queen Bee
8. I Feel Just Like a Child
9. Some People Ride the Wave
10. The Beatles
11. Dragonflys
12. Cripple Crow
13. Inaniel
14. Hey Mama Wolf
15. How's About Telling a Story
16. Chinese Children
17. Sawkill River
18. I Love That Man
19. Luna de Margarita
20. Korean Dogwood
21. Little Boys
22. Canela
Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon (2007)
1. Cristobal
2. So Long Old Bean
3. Samba Vexillographica
4. Seahorse
5. Bad Girl
6. Sea Side
7. Shabop Shalom
8. Tonada Yanomaminista
9. Rosa
10. Saved
11. Lover
12. Carmensita
13. The Other Woman
14. Freely
15. I Remember
16. My Dearest Friend
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