Only 23 years old, Devendra Banhart has caught the ear of many people. Among them
Michael Gira, renowned producer and fellow stablemate at
Young God Records, but more importantly the ears of the public - who know something genuine and honest -
even when it isn't brought to them in bite-size bursts on television or radio.
devendra banhart
One of the songs on Banhart's second
YGR release,
'Rejoicing in the Hands'(2004), is
THE BODY BREAKS - just a sweetly plucked acoustic guitar and honestly wrought vocal wrapped up in a blanket of somehow familiar melody.
mp3 courtesy of Young God Records
plus
WILL IS MY FRIEND
mp3 courtesy of neumu.com
What an awesome album. He's barely heard of here in the UK, despite an appearance on Jools Holland, but I'm doing all I can to change that.
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