DEVENDRA BANHART Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon (2007 UK 16-track CD album - Recorded in the longstanding bohemian enclave of Topanga, 'Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon' is very much the work of a band; with the vocal arrangements noticeably more intricate & ambitious with lush harmonies running through many of these numbers and the instrumental performances, a rich blend of acoustic and electric guitars, understated drumming and gentle percussion, diffident bass and a varietyof downhome keyboards, subtly coloured with the occasional lightest touch of strings or woodwind)