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’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 ...

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 ...

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." ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...