Devendra Banhart Book Due in May

Lots of photos of beards, no doubt....

By Blurt Staff

Devendra Banhart fans, mark your calendars for May 20: that's when acclaimed photographer Lauren Dukoff has her Banhart-centric book Family published by Chronicle. As noted in the publisher's info, below, the 9x11, 192 page volume features images of all the usual suspects who are part of the extended Banhart family: Joanna Newsom, Feathers, Bat For Lashes, Espers, Vetiver, Vashti Bunyan, Bert Jansch and others.

The L.A.-based Dukoff, sharp-minded readers may recall, shot an eye-popping, cross-dressing Banhart for our cover story on the songwriter back when we were known as Harp magazine...

The book will sell for $35 and is available for preorder from the Chronicle website.

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From the publisher:

For many years, Lauren Dukoff has been photographing close friend and musician Devendra Banhart and an extended, loose-knit international family of artists who share inspiration variously from folk, Tropicalia, and each other, as well as a range of other musical influences. This lovely hardcover album collects Dukoff's striking portraits and candid images of Banhart, Joanna Newsom, Bat for Lashes, Feathers, Espers, Vetiver, Bert Jansch, Vashti Bunyan, and many others individually and together, in performance and more private spaces. The 150 full-bleed, color and black and white photographs are complemented by a foreword by Banhart, text and artwork by the musicians, artist biographies, and a digital download featuring songs by some of the artists in the book.