Artist.......: Rodrigo Amarante
Album........: Nova Sessions
Label........: n/a
Genre........: Alternative
Catnr........: n/a
Source.......: DVBS
Rip.date.....: 2014-10-11
Str.date.....: 2014-00-00
Quality......: 211kbps/48.0kHz/Joint Stereo
Url..........: http://rodrigoamarante.com.br/
track title time
1. Nova Sessions 54:25
Runtime 54:25
Size 82.47
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Journeyman singer, songwriter, poet, and multi-instrumentalist Rodrigo Amarante
first became known as a member of popular Brazilian rock group Los Hermanos. A
native of Rio de Janeiro, Amarante joined the band shortly before the release of
their 1999 debut album, which vaulted them into the spotlight with the hit
single "Anna J·lia." Though he played a minor role on their first album, he
became an increasingly bigger presence on each of their three subsequent albums,
writing and singing much of the band's material as they altered their sound,
adding more Brazilian and bossa nova influences and downplaying their heavier
rock tendencies. During this time, Amarante became a part of Brazilian big band
Orquestra Imperial, who paired notable names from the Carioca pop scene like
Nina Becker and Moreno Veloso with veteran musicians to play classic samba
tunes. In 2006, the orchestra released their debut, Carnaval S≤ Ano Que Vem,
just as Los Hermanos were winding down toward an indefinite hiatus that occurred
in early 2007. That same year, he traveled to California to join indie folk
singer Devendra Banhart on his album Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon. During
this time, he befriended Strokes drummer Fabrizio Moretti and
multi-instrumentalist Binki Shapiro, and the three formed a new rock group
called Little Joy, who released a self-titled album on Rough Trade in 2008.
During the next several years, Amarante continued to write songs, occasionally
contributing to other projects. A pair of Los Hermanos reunions occurred in 2009
and 2010, but no new music was recorded. In 2013, he finally made his debut as a
solo artist with the album Cavalo.