Devendra Banhart

USA

Born: 30 May 1981

Years Active: 2000

Genres: Pop/Rock, Folk

Styles: Lo-Fi, Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Alternative Folk, Contemporary Folk

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Growing up in Caracas, Venezuela, and Los Angeles, Devendra Banhart was always playing music and drawing. But it wasn't until his brief stay at the San Francisco Art Institute that the disciplines became his constant companions. With the encouragement of poet and SFAI professor Bill Berskon, Banhart began experimenting with all kinds of art. He also began recording songs around that same time, usually on shoddy, hand-me-down four-track machines. Brief, half-finished, or written in stream-of-consciousness form, the recordings weren't initially i...

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