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Devendra Banhart: Album and Tour Dates
 Devendra Banhart |
Devendra Banhart and band will be playing U.S. tour dates this November in celebration of the release of What Will We Be, his sixth full-length release. Devendra Banhart exploded on the international music scene in 2002 quickly winning a coterie of devoted fans as well as an unusually hefty amount of critical kudos right from the outset. The new album was recorded in a sleepy Northern California town throughout the spring of 2009 co-produced by Devendra and Paul Butler (from U.K. outfit Band Of Bees). What Will We Be is his label debut for Warner Bros. Records.
Stream What Will We Be HERE.
The touring lineup will be Devendra on vocals and guitar; Noah Georgeson (producer of Banhart's last two albums) on guitar and backing vocals, Greg Rogove (Priestbird) on drums and backing vocals; Luckey Remington (The Pleased) on bass and vocals and Rodrigo Amarante (Los Hermanos, Little Joy) on guitar and backing vocals. This is the same lineup that recorded What Will We Be. All the musicians involved played a part in arranging the songs recorded. Devendra and company took up residence in a private home, North of San Francisco, and set up a recording studio in it.
What Will We Be has a sunny, breezy feel with performances that evoke warm, lazy afternoons spent with good friends. The album is dominated by powerfully melodic, mid-tempo numbers played with relaxed expertise. But there's also ambitious stylistic range displayed with the inclusion of evanescent ballads like "Meet Me At Lookout Point," the epic riff-rocker "Rats," sprightly R&B flavored groovers on "Baby," and the sultry Latin-flavored stunner "Brindo," the Roxy-inspired "16th & Valencia, Roxy Music" among other pleasant surprises.
Devendra Banhart has emerged as one of the most fascinating, unpredictable and inspiring artists of his generation and with What Will We Be he continues to surprise and delight an ever-increasing audience of fans and critics alike.
DEVENDRA BANHART TOUR DATES
11/16/09 Mon The Vic Theatre Chicago, IL
11/17/09 Tue The Ark Ann Arbor, MI
11/19/09 Thu Higher Ground (Ballroom) Burlington, VT
11/20/09 Fri Berklee Performance Center Boston, MA
11/22/09 Sun Town Hall New York, NY
11/24/09 Tue Electric Factory Philadelphia, PA
11/25/09 Wed 9:30 Club Washington, DC
11/27/09 Fri Queen Elizabeth Theatre Toronto, ON
12/15/09 Tue Shepherd's Bush Empire London, GB
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