ALBUMWhat Will We Be (Deluxe Version)Devendra Banhart
ALBUMSmokey Rolls Down Thunder CanyonDevendra Banhart
ALBUMCripple CrowDevendra Banhart
ALBUMNino RojoDevendra Banhart
ALBUMRejoicing In the HandsDevendra Banhart
Devendra Banhart's Popular Music Videos
Carmensita
Devendra Banhart
I Feel Just Like a Child
Devendra Banhart
Free (feat. Devendra Banhart)
SASAMI
La torre (feat. Devendra Banhart) [En vivo]
Gabriel Rios
Twin
Devendra Banhart
Fireflies
Devendra Banhart
Sirens
Devendra Banhart
A Cat & Aran in Repose
Devendra Banhart & Noah Georgeson
Someday (feat. Devendra Banhart)
Akira Kosemura
Artist Playlists
Devendra Banhart Essentials
Enigmatic freak folk that's as idiosyncratic as it gets.
Devendra Banhart: Influences
Strange, unpredictable, and international.
Devendra Banhart: Deep Cuts
This folk-leaning oddball expands his sonic palate.
Artist Biography
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.