“Everyone was invited — including the dog,” Devendra Banhart chuckles over Zoom, looking back on Cripple Crow, his sprawling 2005 opus that was part artistic manifesto, part communal love letter.

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An unwilling poster boy for the so-called "freak-folk" movement, idiosyncratic Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Devendra Banhart visits Higher Ground Thursday on the heels of his major label debut ...

The unpunctuated title of Devendra Banhart’s new album reads like a questioning of style and substance. After making the transition from his early ramshackle folk into the bombastic shape-shifting of ...

People are talking about Devendra Banhart, and not without reason. At the age of 22 he’s already appeared in Rolling Stone in his underwear. You might be thinking that a number of people have ...

This week, the best album-release week so far in 2013, is brimming with solid tunes.--- Must Have: Devendra Banhart, Mala ”Fur Hildegard von Bingen” Best Dramatic... This week, the best album-release ...

In the 2000s, there emerged a new genre called freak folk. This sound took the aesthetics of ’60s folk music while adding a more avant-garde approach and DIY sensibilities. Leaders of the genre ...