Latest Release
- 24 NOV 2023
- 1 Song
- Volta e Meia - Single · 2019
- Mala · 2013
- Franklin's Tower - Single · 2020
- What Will We Be · 2009
- Ape in Pink Marble · 2016
- Ape in Pink Marble · 2016
- Ape in Pink Marble · 2016
- Ma · 2019
- Ma · 2019
- Rejoicing in the Hands · 2004
Essential Albums
- 2023
- 2021
- 2019
- 2016
- 2013
Music Videos
- 2023
- 2023
- 2023
Artist Playlists
- Enigmatic freak folk that's as idiosyncratic as it gets.
- Strange, unpredictable and international.
- This folk-leaning oddball expands his sonic palate.
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- 2023
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Appears On
- Ariana Delawari
- Y La Bamba
- Gabriel Rios
- Mykki Blanco
- Stray Dogg
About Devendra Banhart
Singer-songwriter Devendra Banhart’s earliest musical influences included merengue and cumbia, which he heard while growing up in Caracas, Venezuela. ∙ He credits skateboarding videos—including one made by pro skater Keenan Milton that featured “King of Ska” Desmond Dekker—for making him want to pursue a career in music. ∙ Banhart started performing around San Francisco bars and clubs while in art school, although his first gig was playing two songs at his roommates’ wedding. ∙ His 2002 debut, oh me oh My...., was released via Michael Gira’s Young God Records after Gira’s then-wife heard Banhart’s self-released album, The Charles C. Leary. ∙ In the 2000s, Banhart became a major figure in the freak-folk movement, later collaborating with one of his inspirations, British folk singer Vashti Bunyan. ∙ In 2009, Banhart sang on and coproduced “Life During Wartime,” the theme song of director Todd Solondz’s movie of the same name.
- HOMETOWN
- Houston, TX, United States
- BORN
- 30 de maio de 1981
- GENRE
- Alternative