Devendra Banhart -– his first name means "king of gods" in an Indian myth –- was named by an Indian spiritual leader his parents followed. He was born in Houston but spent his childhood in Caracas, ...

Devendra Banhart’s tenth album in nearly 20 years, Ma, is small and gorgeous — an understated and folk-leaning meditation on parenthood, loss, and family that recalls Songs of Love and Hate-era ...

Devendra Banhart’s sense of humor has been well-documented. But I laughed out loud when, while listening to his new album Ape in Pink Marble, I read a short interview he did for a fashion spread in GQ ...

“Two of my favorite musicians in the world-Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Ali Farka Touré-I have no fucking idea what they’re saying, but I do at the same time,” he says. “I can feel it. So I don’t think ...

When beginning work on his newest album, Devendra Banhart wanted to write a few songs from an insect’s perspective. It wouldn’t have been completely out of character for the Venezuelan-American ...

“Hello, my name is Devendra,” says the voice from the other line. Then, he’s gone. Dropped call. It could have been the perfect Zen interview for Devendra Banhart — the one where nothing happens— but ...

Singers will try anything to deliver a killer performance in the recording booth. The secret weapon of choice varies from vocalist to vocalist: slippery elm tea, echinacea throat spray, personal ...

Devendra Banhart is an artist that has long been somewhat type-casted. Perpetually the whimsical, hippie folk troubadour singing about psychedelic critters, many fail to notice his new haircut, dress ...

Devendra Banhart & The Grogs, his cool backup band from SF, was definitely a high point of Austin City Limits, and we intend absolutely no pun with that statement. Before his set, though, we got a ...

Today, stream or download the audio as we follow Devendra Banhart down the rabbit hole while he relays "three significant things...that I relate with the Grateful Dead and particularly Jerry Garcia." ...

Artist and musician Devendra Banhart posing for the December 2023 issue of Los Angeles magazine Credit: (Photographed by Jen Rosenstein) INSIDE THE CAVERNOUS, concrete Nicodim Gallery in downtown Los ...

Devendra Banhart is nutty, sure. But it's a good kind of nutty. Talking to him is like talking to a self-critical, hippie-leaning screwball comedian-- tangents, lewd jokes, and an overall sense of ...