Niño Rojo is the fourth studio release by freak folk

Freak folk

Freak folk is a genre of folk music associated with contemporary artists such as Faun Fables, Animal Collective, Davenport, Devendra Banhart,CocoRosie, Panda Bear, Kelli Ali, Joanna Newsom, Bowerbirds, Woods, Greg Weeks, Hecuba, Akron/Family, Rio en Medio, Birdengine, Sufjan Stevens, Sean Hayes,...

 artist Devendra Banhart

Devendra Banhart

Devendra Obi Banhart is a singer-songwriter and visual artist. Banhart was born in Houston, Texas and was raised by his mother in Venezuela, until he moved to California as a teenager. He began to study at the San Francisco Art Institute in 1998, but dropped out to perform music in Europe, San...

 and his third release on the label Young God Records

Young God Records

Young God Records is an independent record label formed by Michael Gira in 1990 that specializes in experimental, avant-garde and often non genre-specific releases...

. It was released on September 13, 2004.

In 2007, the song "Little Yellow Spider" was used in a commercial for Orange

Orange SA

Orange is the brand used by France Télécom for its mobile network operator and Internet service provider subsidiaries. It is the fifth largest telecom operator in the world, with 210 million customers . The brand was created in 1994 for Hutchison Telecom's UK mobile phone network, which was...

 mobile phone services and in 2005 the song "At The Hop" was featured in a commercial for Cathedral City cheese and in Fat Tire Beer's "Follow your Folly" commercial.

Track listing

1. "Wake Up, Little Sparrow" (Ella Jenkins
   Ella Jenkins
   Ella Jenkins is an American folk singer. Dubbed “The First Lady of the Children’s Folk Song” by the Wisconsin State Journal, Jenkins has been a leading performer of children’s music for fifty years.-Family and personal life:...
   
    cover) – 2:54
2. "Ay Mama" – 3:01
3. "We All Know" – 2:46
4. "Little Yellow Spider" – 3:39
5. "A Ribbon" – 2:39
6. "At the Hop" – 2:14
7. "My Ships" – 1:37
8. "Noah" – 2:29
9. "Sister" – 2:38
10. "Water May Walk" – 3:14
11. "HorseheadedfleshWizard" – 2:25
12. "An Island" – 2:04
13. "Be Kind" – 3:05
14. "Owl Eyes" – 2:45
15. "The Good Red Road" – 2:04
16. "Electric Heart" – 5:32

Personnel

• Devendra Banhart
  Devendra Banhart
  Devendra Obi Banhart is a singer-songwriter and visual artist. Banhart was born in Houston, Texas and was raised by his mother in Venezuela, until he moved to California as a teenager. He began to study at the San Francisco Art Institute in 1998, but dropped out to perform music in Europe, San...
  
   - guitar (acoustic, electric), vocals, producer, artwork
• Doug Anderson - mastering, mixing
• Lynn Bridges - engineer
• Michael Gira
  Michael Gira
  Michael Rolfe Gira is an American musician, author, and artist. He is the main force behind the recently reformed New York City musical group Swans and fronts the Angels of Light...
  
   - harmonica, vocals, producer
• Thor Harris
  Thor Harris
  Thor Harris is a musician, painter, and carpenter. He is the percussionist for Shearwater , a band from Austin, Texas. He has performed with Bill Callahan, The Angels of Light, Lisa Germano, Gretchen Phillips, Devendra Banhart, Rebecca Cannon, Rob Halverson and Swans...
  
   - percussion
• Julia Kent - cello
• Jason LaFarge - vocals, engineer
• Joe McGinty - piano, keyboards
• Steve Moses - percussion, trombone
• Siobhan - vocals
• David Smith - trumpet
• Lauren Dukoff
  Lauren Dukoff
  Lauren Dukoff is an American photographer noted for her portraiture and documentary work of celebrities and musicians.Lauren Dukoff was born in California. Her father is a commercial director and still photographer. Lauren Dukoff briefly studied photography at the Brooks Institute of Photography...
  
   - flute

Chart performance

Chart (2004)	Peak position
French Albums Chart	166