Discovering Devendra Banhart’s a delight. After seven albums you’d expect an established style with a loyal and enchanted following for his prolific magpie approach to music. Like someone from the fringes of the norm he finds the forgotten and discarded – folk, jazz, world music – with a knowledgeable nod in the direction of the rock and pop to which a 28-year-old should be listening. Banhart’s own influence is immense, by example and association, also freeing others of the shackles and fashions of their times.
