“On his most cohesive album in more than a decade, the re-energized songwriter imparts life lessons to the child he may never have.”
“Devendra Banhart takes it steady on new LP Ma”
““Do you like it? / Would you like me to sing this song?” asks Devendra Banhart at the start of his tenth album. The answer, having considered the picked notes and smooth strings on ‘Is This Nice?’, is a noncommittal ‘alright’. It’s a long time since the one-time freak-folk artist was essential listening, his last couple of releases drifting into downbeat, non-confrontational pop. ‘Ma’, his first ”
