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Devendra Banhart
Devendra Banhart


Background information
Born May 30, 1981
Born place Houston, Texas, United States
Genre(s) Lo-Fi
Folk
Freak Folk
Years active 2002—present
Label(s) XL Recordings
hinah
Young God Records
Associated acts Beck
Vetiver
Megapuss
CocoRosie
Antony Hegarty
Little Joy
Joanna Newsom
Noah Georgeson
Website Website



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Devendra Obi Banhart (born May 30, 1981) is a singer-songwriter and visual artist. Banhart was born in Houston, Texas and was raised by his mother in Venezuela, until he returned to California as a teenager. He began to study at the San Francisco Art Institute in 1998, but dropped out to perform music in Europe, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Banhart released his debut album in 2002, continuing to record his material on the Young God and XL labels, as well as other work on compilations and collaborations.


Albums
What Will We Be (2009) Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon (2007) Cripple Crow (2005) Niño Rojo (2004) Rejoicing In The Hands (2004) The Black Babies (2003) Oh Me Oh My... (2002) The Charles C. Leary (2002)


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News

Thom Yorke, TV On The Radio, Devendra Banhart Reinterpret New Liars Album

February 4, 2010
Liars have announced the full-tracklisting for 'Sisterworld - Reinterpretations', which forms part of a special 2CD edition of their new album. Disc one of the release features 'Sisterworld' while the second disc sees each song from the record re-imagined by a range of stars, including Thom Yorke and Devendra Banhart.  Read more 

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