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Kurt Vile
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American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer
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- Listeners
- 820,552
- Total plays
- 27,677,771
Tags
Lo-Fipsychedelicindiesinger-songwriterbedroom pop
Kurt Vile (born 1980 in Philadelphia) is an American guitarist and singer. Previously the lead guitarist in the band The War on Drugs, he began his solo career in 2008. Though his name is sometimes assumed to be a pseudonym due to its similarity to German composer Kurt Weill, it is in fact his birth name, as given by his parents Donna and Charles Vile. Vile began his musical career in 2003 creating lo-fi home recordings with frequent collaborator Adam Granduciel. <a href="https://www.last.fm/m
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Kurt
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Lansdowne
- Occupation
- composer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- music
- Instrument
- banjo
- Record label
- Secretly Canadian
- Official website
- www.kurtvile.com
- Image
- Kurt Vile - Roskilde Festival 2011.jpg
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- name in native language
- Kurt Vile
- Commons category
- Kurt Vile
- date of birth
- 1980-01-03
- start of work period
- 2003-00-00
- social media followers
- 82206
- member of
- The War on Drugs
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