I woke up today and checked Google Trends and was quite surprised to see the name of a folk singer that I quite enjoy in the top 10. I was a little worried that he had died - but then realized that unless it was murder, not enough folks know about Devendra Barnhart to care if he actually died (or care enough to make the top 10 Google searches).I looked at the stories surrounding him and soon realized he was dating Natalie Portman and pictures were on the internet…

It’s a little sad to me that folks only care about who he is because he’s dating Natalie Portman.

I mean Natalie Portman’s great - check out this awesome video she did for TakePart : http://youtube.com/watch?v=YEenEchW-oM .

But nonetheless, I hope that in searching for Devendra Barnhart information that people take a moment to listen to his music.

So in that spirit watch some videos for his songs below and also and learn about you can help The Yellow Bird Project, a t-shirt charity initiative that Devendra contributes designs to:

Yellow Bird Project is a Montreal-based, non-profit initiative. We collaborate with musicians in designing a T-shirt, we print and sell them on our website, and all of the money we make goes to charity. Which charity? Each of the artists gets to choose their own. We have three fundamental aims:

1) To make money for charities directly through T-shirt sales.

2) To raise awareness for charity organizations through artists’ endorsement.

3) To raise the profile of the artists we like.

We have specifically approached individuals that we think are creative and conscientious enough to make a difference. [YBP]