Rodrigo Amarante

Infobox musical artist
Name = Rodrigo Amarante


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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Rodrigo Amarante de Castro Neves
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Born = Birth date and age|1976|9|06 Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro (state), Brazil
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Origin = Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro (state)- Brazil
Instrument = Vocals
Electric guitar
Acoustic Guitar
Bass
Flute
Piano
Years_active = 1997 - 2007 (hiatus)
Label = Abril Music, Sony BMG
Associated_acts = Los Hermanos, Orquestra Imperial
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Rodrigo Amarante de Castro Neves (born September 6 1976), in (Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro (state), Brazil) is a guitarist - occasionally bassist, - singer and songwriter from the Brazilian band Los Hermanos and also from Orquestra Imperial.

Beginning of Los Hermanos

He studied at PUC-RJ, where he met Marcelo Camelo and Rodrigo Barba. After a few rehearsals with Los Hermanos, he was invited to join the band.

In their debut album, "Los Hermanos" (1999), Amarante contributed very little, playing transverse flute and doing the backing vocals. And there are only two songs written by him: "Quem Sabe" (Who Knows), which turned out to be one of the CD's singles, and "Onze Dias" (Eleven Days).

Second Album

In their second album, "Bloco do Eu Sozinho" (2001), he was able to show his real musical quality, playing guitar together with Marcelo, and writing more songs. He recorded "Sentimental" (considered by Dado Villa-Lobos from Legião Urbana as the best song of 2001), "Retrato pra Iaiá" (Portrait for Iaiá), and "Cher Antoine" (sung in French). He also wrote the instrumental part of the song "Mais Uma Canção" (One More Song) with Marcelo. And, together with Marcelo, he wrote "A Flor" (The Flower), one of the album's hits.

Third Album

In their third album, "Ventura" (2003), came his national recognition as a great songwriter, writing songs of doutbless quality, like "Último Romance" (Last Romance), "O velho e o moço" (The old man and the young lad), "Um par" (A Pair), "Do Sétimo Andar" (From the Seventh Floor), and "Deixa o Verão" (Leave Summer).

His role as a sideman in the band ended. He became recognized as one of the band's leaders, which until then, was attributed only to Marcelo Camelo.

Fourth Album

In their fouth album, "4" (2005), songs written by Rodrigo Amarante are almost as many as the ones written by Marcelo. And in "4", an album that didn't have as much success as the previous ones, his songs are much more distinguished, like "O Vento" (The Wind) - the only hit in this album -, and *Condicional". He also wrote "Primeiro Andar" (First Walk), "Os Pássaros" (The Birds) and "Paquetá".

In 2006, he won the prize of "Best Instrumentist" in the Prêmio Multishow (Multishow Awards).

After the temporary break in Los Hermanos (in 2007), he dedicates himself entirely to Orquestra Imperial, a band in which he plays with Moreno Veloso (Caetano Veloso's son), Nina Becker, and the actress Thalma de Freitas.

The Portuguese band "Os Azeitonas" announced that in their next album, "Rádio Alegria" (to be released in November 2007), there will be a new song by Rodrigo Amarante, called "Olá Rubi" (Hello, Ruby). (Song by Amarante and lyrics by Os Azeitonas)

Collaborations

* Fernanda Takai (from Pato Fu)
* "Rosa", with Devendra Banhart (in his newest album "Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon"), whom he met at Tim Festival in 2006 in Rio de Janeiro, where they even sang as a duet a few times.

Songs

1st album - Los Hermanos:

* Quem Sabe.
* Onze Dias

2nd album- Bloco do Eu Sozinho

* A Flor
* Retrato pra Iaiá
* Sentimental
* Cher Antonie

3rd album - Ventura

* Último Romance
* Sétimo Andar
* O Velho e o Moço
* Deixa o Verão
* Um Par

4th album- "4"

* Primeiro Andar
* Paquetá
* Os Pássaros
* O Vento
* Condicional

Orquestra Imperial - Carnaval só no ano que vem

* O Mar e o Ar
* Yarusha Djaruba

Previous Bands

*Los Birras
*Barnabé

ee also

* Los Hermanos
* Orquestra Imperial

External links

* [http://www.loshermanos.com.br| Los Hermanos]
* [http://www.orquestraimperial.com.br| Orquestra Imperial]
* [http://www.devendrabanhart.com| Devendra Banhart]