Tickets are on sale here.Īmazon Music listeners can find Devendra Banhart’s cover of “Franklin’s Tower” on the Chill Indie playlist. In 2019, Banhart released his critically acclaimed album Ma, which Paste called “the most cohesive songs and sophisticated arrangements that Banhart has delivered to date.” On July 24 of this year, he released a new EP, Vast Ovoid, which features three previously unreleased songs from the Ma sessions alongside a Helado Negro remix of the Ma track “Love Song.” He also just announced OLA: Devendra Banhart plays songs in the order they were written, a series of live concerts that will stream on Wednesdays from various Los Angeles locations in September. & I feel at once remarkably insignificant and the most precious thing in the universe,Ī wave, held in the ocean of my mother's eyes. Help/Slip/Frank guiding me through the weird underworld that the day has become, Into Blues for Allah, marveling at Phillip Garris’s eerie and alluring cover art, The bliss of unconditional love and acceptance. 'In another time’s forgotten space Your eyes looked through your mother's face' We chose 'Franklin's Tower' for its opening line, one of my favorite opening lines of all time:

It was recorded remotely in various studios and home studios around Los Angeles and Stinson Beach, CA. The song was produced and mixed by Noah Georgeson and recorded with his current touring band: Nicole Lawrence on guitar, Jeremy Harris on synths, and Gregory Rogove on drums and percussion. Banhart’s cover is released in honor of the 45th anniversary of The Grateful Dead’s album Blues for Allah.

Devendra Banhart has released an Amazon Original cover of The Grateful Dead’s “ Franklin’s Tower,” available to stream and purchase only on Amazon Music here.

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