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Nino Rojo

Devendra Banhart

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Taken from the same sessions as his previous album, Rejoicing In the Hands, Nino Rojo continues Devendra Banhart’s search for his own place within the modern recording studio. Supplemented by a few friends who chant alongside the Freak Folk King and add a few touches, Nino Rojo opens with a cover of Ella Jenkins’ “Wake Up, Little Sparrow,” immediately showing off the depths of Banhart’s affections and brilliantly emphasizing his ancient folk-blues leanings. “Ay Mama” lilts along with Banhart’s trademark croon that shies further away from its Marc Bolan roots and towards its own odd affectations where vowels are lovingly exploited for the joy of their sound. “We All Know” sounds almost conventional by Banhart standards as it explodes into a rambunctious sing-a-long. “Be Kind” breaks out into a party. Yet the ghosts of the distant past make their presence felt in the quiet desperation of “My Ships,” “A Ribbon” and the child-like “Little Yellow Spider.” Banhart inhabits a world of weirdness and wonder where his friends (“Noah”) make their way into his private language that is strangely accessible to the modern world.

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One of Today's Most Eccentric, Most Creative, and Most Talented Songwriters

Stumbling upon Devendra Banhart (while looking at the iTunes review for Grizzly Bear's "Horn of Plenty," actually) was one of the luckiest accidents in my life. Never before had I set ears upon a musician who could take 70 or so songs and, thoughout three albums, transform each into a swirling and surreal vignette. I've often thought that the best albums featured songs that worked as one solid and symbiotic mass; however, Banhart's first three albums work quite the opposite way: each song is its own little galaxy. I think "Oh Me Oh My..." is brilliant, as are "Rejoicing..." and this one. This album is definitely worth having in one's collection, but I'd buy "Rejoicing" as well, since they are companion pieces.

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Biography

Born: May 30, 1981 in Houston, TX

Genre: Alternative

Years Active: '00s, '10s

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...
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