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Devotchka nick urata biography

          Born and raised in New York, Urata eventually made his way to Colorado, where he founded DeVotchKa in the early s.

          Nick Urata is best known as founder and front man of the influential band Devotchka....

          2006 was a banner year for DeVotchKa. The Colorado band had already been around almost a decade and toured extensively with burlesque superstar Dita Von Teese, but that was the year of their breakout performance at Bonnaroo, followed by their unforgettable score for the critically acclaimed independent Steve Carell flick Little Miss Sunshine.

          Since then frontman Nick Urata has become a sought-after film scorer himself, racking up 30 credits including Paddington, I Love You Phillip Morris, Ruby Sparks and Whiskey Tango Foxtrot. Here, Urata talks about his many collaborations, learning to enjoy the moments more, and their sensational new album The Night Falls Forever.

          The band's multi-instrumentalist frontman and founder Nick Urata has also gone on to score more than 25 films including Paddington, Crazy Stupid.

        1. Nick Urata, BMI award winning composer and songwriter, is most notably known as the front man and founder of the internationally acclaimed band DeVotchKa.
        2. Nick Urata is best known as founder and front man of the influential band Devotchka.
        3. Nick comes from a musical family and his love of music began at a very young age.
        4. Based in Denver, Colorado, the quartet is made up of Nick Urata, who sings and plays theremin, guitar, bouzouki, piano, and trumpet; Tom Hagerman, who plays.

          5. French Davis: It’s been a while since your last studio outing. Why the long lag?

          Nick Urata: No easy answer there. It seemed like just yesterday for us, but it’s not like we were lounging around or having a life — in that time we we were attracting all these collaborations that we used to dream about,