Banhart, Devendra / Nino Rojo

Young God

Culled from the same sessions as Rejoicing In The Hands, Niño Rojo is a companion album-- essentially the second part of a double album (in fact, both will released together on vinyl as a double-LP). Devendra Banhart is so amazingly magical, unique, and genuine that people just gravitate naturally to his music; best friends' grandmothers relate to it, hard-ass experimentalists enthuse about it, even country/bluegrass purists recognize the man's talents. He emanates joy, generosity, whimsical imagination, superb guitar playing, lyrical complexity, and an absolutely one-of-a-kind voice.  Niño Rojo does have a little more orchestration than Rejoicing, but that's more by coincidence than anything else, and simply adds a little color to the songs. Not even strictly necessary at all. Everything was there on tape when originally Banhart performed it. The album opens with a cover of Ella Jenkins' "Wake Up, Little Sparrow" and one precious gem after another follows, sixteen in all.  This CD contains a video of "At The Hop" performed live (and somewhat psychedelicized) in a grassy field in northern California, dandelions flitting in the wind. The tune was cowritten with Andy Cabic from Vetiver, and they perform a duet of it on the audio portion of the CD.  • Follow-up to the critically acclaimed and stillpopular Rejoicing in the Handsreleased in April • Enhanced CD features a video of “At The Hop” • Musical assistance by Andy Cabic of Vetiver • Buckets of press already confirmed: Rolling Stone, Swingset, Stop Smiling, Soma, Slap, Pollstar, Acoustic Guitar, Nylon, Acoustic Guitar World, and Junkmedia.com • Expected sales 20k+ • No exports outside North America   TOUR DATES 11/7 New York Bowery Ballroom 11/9 Philadelphia First Unitarian Church Sanctuary 11/10 Cambridge First Church of Cambridge 11/11 Montreal La Sala Rossa 11/12 Toronto Music Gallery at St. George Church 11/13 Grand Rapids Division Avenue Arts Co-op 11/14 Chicago Logan Square Auditorium 11/16 Seattle NeumoÕs 11/17 Portland Berbatis Pan 11/19 San Francisco Bimbo's 365 Club 11/20 Los Angeles Echoplex  again, please check stock on:  Devendra Banhart Oh Me Oh My The Way (Young God • YG20) CD 16.98 Devendra Banhart Rejoicing In The Hands (Young God • YG24) CD 16.98 Devendra Banhart The Black Babies (UK) (Young God • YG23) CD 9.98 

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