Play Devendra Banhart Radio

Devendra Banhart

On Tour

20,309,261 plays (537,644 listeners)

Listening now: milklizard1979, emmmkayf, ewhot

2,273 shouts

Add to my Library Share

Houston, United States (1981 – present)

Devendra Banhart (Born 30th May 1981 in Houston, Texas, but brought up in Venezuela) is a whose first few records were released on the young god records label from New York City. His most recent CD was released by Warner Brothers. He is one of the most popular artists to come out of the “” 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.
Read more… Edit

Tagged as:

folk, singer-songwriter, indie, freak folk, new weird america
See more…

Top Albums

See more

Top Tracks

1  
1,594
2  
1,358
3  
1,323
4  
1,307
5  
1,243
6 Play
1,095
7  
1,063
7  
1,063
9  
1,041
10  
1,004
11  
992
12  
950
13  
906
14  
903
14  
903
Buy top tracks at Amazon MP3
See more

Shoutbox

Leave a comment. Log in to Last.fm or sign up (it’s free).
See all 2,273 shouts

Videos

See more

Events

Add event See more

Listeners

See more

Recent Activity

Related Journals

See more

Groups (319)

See more

More Information

Links
Labels
“You can do anything at Last.fm. Anything at all. The only limit is yourself.”

More Last.fm Sites: Blog | Music Manager | Build | Playground (Subscriber VIP zone) | Best of 2009

Popular on CBS sites: College Signing Day | March Madness | TV | iPhone | Cell Phones | Video Game Reviews | Free Music

© 2010 Last.fm Ltd. All rights reserved. | Terms of Use and Privacy Policy | Updated November 21, 2008
Some user-contributed text on this page is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
Text may also be available under the GNU Free Documentation License.