Question: Devendra Banhart's musical sound can be compared to the band the Bowerbirds and also to his early childhood in what country?
Sentence (from "Bowerbirds (band)"): Allmusic writer Stewart Mason places their sound on "the dividing line between the freak folk contingent led by Devendra Banhart and Joanna Newsom and the more straightforward sunshine pop of Lavender Diamond."
Relevant evidence: Yes