Ma by Devendra Banhart

‘Ma’ means ‘mother’ in pretty much every language. The album is kind of everything I would say to a child ... (It is) also a thank-you to the mothering nature of music, and a celebration and honoring of mothers.” He continues, “I was also thinking about the sorrow about having to put a child up for adoption, loving that child but not being with them, for whatever reason.” Banhart, who is Venezuelan-American, says, “And that is exactly how I have felt observing the situation in Venezuela: there’s this helplessness, this thing that has been a mother to you, that you have also mothered, suffering so much. There is nothing you can do but send out that love and be in that sorrowful state.” Ma features special guests Cate Le Bon and Vashti Bunyan, who Banhart calls “the archetype of a mother,” on one track each

Singer/songwriter, poet, artist and actor who was born in Houston, TX, and moved with his mother to her native Caracas, Venezuela. The family relocated to Los Angeles during his teenage years; it was there that he learned to speak English, skateboard, and play music. Banhart first began to perform in public while attending the San Francisco Art Institute. Flying Wig - out September 22.

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