Devendra Banhart is one of the most popular and richest Folk Singer who was born on May 30, 1981 in Houston, Texas, United States. He was in a brief-lived relationship in 2008 with He had a short-lived romance with Natalie Portman in 2008. in the year 2008.
Banhart was born May 30, 1981 in Houston, Texas, to a Venezuelan mother, María Eugenia Rísquez, and an American father, Robert Gary Banhart. His given name is a synonym for Indra (Hindu), which was suggested by Prem Rawat, an Indian religious leader whom Banhart’s parents followed. Banhart’s middle name Obi was modeled after Obi-Wan Kenobi, a Star Wars character. Banhart’s parents divorced two years after his birth and he moved with his mother to Caracas, Venezuela. His mother later remarried and Banhart’s stepfather moved the family to Los Angeles, when Banhart was 14 years old.
Devendra Obi Banhart (born May 30, 1981) is a Venezuelan American singer-songwriter and visual artist. Banhart was born in Houston, Texas and was raised by his mother in Venezuela, until he moved to California as a teenager. He began to study at the San Francisco Art Institute in 1998, but dropped out to perform music in Europe, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Banhart released his debut album in 2002, continuing to record his material on the Young God and XL labels, as well as other work on compilations and collaborations.
His romance his with Rebecca Schwartz began in 2011.
The song “Lover” was included on the soundtrack to Nick as well as Nora’s Infinite Playlist and he made an appearance on the movie.
Some reviewers, including AllMusic, The Times, and Mojo, have pointed out similarities between Banhart’s songs and production with that of the early 1970s band Tyrannosaurus Rex (an early version of Marc Bolan’s T. Rex). In a May 2004 interview with Arthur magazine, Banhart stated that he was unaware of the music of Tyrannosaurus Rex until after he began writing and recording songs. Devendra Banhart instead prefers to credit Vashti Bunyan, Caetano Veloso, Simon Diaz and Arthur Russell among his main influences.
