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Houston, United States (2002 – present)

Devendra Obi Banhart (Born May 30, 1981 in Houston, Texas, and raised in Venezuela) is a singer and composer whose first few records were released on the young god records label from New York City. His most recent CD was released by Nonesuch. 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, George Ellias, 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.
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  • Girassolunar

    Belo!!

    21 May 3:56am Reply

  • Unfabulous_

    Colours ♡ OPENER [3]

    20 May 10:05am Reply

  • Chris-Blitz

    I am overflowing with feels

    19 May 7:17pm Reply

  • Songs_of_Myself

    p.s. go banana slugs!

    19 May 6:22pm Reply

  • Songs_of_Myself

    great show in santa cruz last night!

    19 May 6:21pm Reply

  • RyanTehRyan

    this is amazing. i cant believe im just now hearing about this guy

    19 May 6:56am Reply

  • pedro__182

    Gênio!

    18 May 12:55am Reply

  • lisapisah

    hey people, i love to go to the concert. unfortunately i missed to buy 2 tickets for me and my brother. does anybody have 2 tickets for the concert in berlin?? greetz, plisa

    14 May 5:14pm Reply

  • ohhhsofragile

    Opener <3 [2]

    11 May 4:15pm Reply

  • karlos55

    Opener <3

    10 May 3:47pm Reply

  • edlainne

    mi negrito

    4 May 5:01am Reply

  • CaptainTails

    mala is brilliant <3

    3 May 5:06am Reply

  • Drewmanschu

    devendra people... i'm debating buying a ticket to see him live, what's your verdict? I have loved his music for years, haven't seen him live before though.

    26 Apr 1:50am Reply

  • alomaxx

    Now my mom calls me Mi Negrita <3

    25 Apr 10:09pm Reply

  • harajukudude

    3 of the Similar Artists have Beards lol

    25 Apr 3:53pm Reply

  • Emile1995

    Greetings from Serbia! As you didn't know, Mala also means Little in Serbian!

    23 Apr 10:16am Reply

  • u2theedge

    your fine petting duck

    23 Apr 7:59am Reply

  • tanyalovisa

    mala is a dream..

    21 Apr 4:35pm Reply

  • Thritythree

    Mala is one of those albums I can play at anytime,it's been on rotation for a while now

    19 Apr 4:13pm Reply

  • jbp06c

    musicxxaddicted - genreizing or generalizing is something that just happens innately, saying this is folk music or is older stuff as folk music is too broad, people read reviews and regurgitate what they read or just talk about it amongst friends and a genre is born, i dont think any really loves having sub genres, it makes finding similar artists easier i think is its only purpose, my two cents, and two more, I enjoy the new album waaaay more than the last, I dont even remember what its callled, ive tried contless times, but I really liked smokey, "I remember" could be my favorite song, loved crow, nino, and rejoicing

    19 Apr 7:23am Reply
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