David Longstreth

David Longstreth born December 17 1981 is an American singer and songwriter He is the lead singer and guitarist for the band Dirty Projectors Longstreth was born in Southbury Connecticut Longstreth attended Yale University and majored in music shortly before dropping out halfway through his second year He stated that he rarely ventured out of his dorm room He found himself completely absorbed in making his own music though there wasnt really anyone to play it for After dropping out he moved in with his brother in Portland Oregon and worked on his first album The Graceful Fallen Mango which he released in 2002 Shortly after completing the album Longstreth returned to Yale to finish his degree and began making music under the Dirty Projectors title He proceeded to record multiple records under the name during his time at Yale In 2015 he contributed to FourFiveSeconds a collaborative song by Rihanna Kanye West and Paul McCartney That same year he composed a classical composition called Michael Jordan It was composed for the New York group Ensemble LPR He also contributed to the orchestral arrangement for the song Time As a Symptom on the album Divers by American musician Joanna Newsom In 2016 he produced the album Azel by Nigerien musician Bombino and collaborated on the Solange release A Seat at the Table In January 2025 he released a David Berman covers EP Longstreth is the younger brother of American painter musician and internet radio personality Jake Longstreth Description above from the Wikipedia article David Longstreth licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia