Rodrigo Amarante

Rodrigo Amarante
Amarante in 2008
Background information
Birth name	Rodrigo Amarante de Castro Neves
Born	(1976-09-06) 6 September 1976 (age 48) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Genres	Folk rock, psychedelic folk, MPB, samba, acoustic, experimental
Instrument(s)	Vocals multi-instrumentalist guitar, piano, bass
Years active	1997–present
Labels	Rough Trade Records, Easy Sound Recording Co., Mais Um Discos, Som Livre, Sony BMG,
Website	rodrigoamarante.com

Rodrigo Amarante de Castro Neves (born 6 September 1976) is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, composer and arranger. He is part of the bands Los Hermanos, Orquestra Imperial, and Little Joy, and released his first solo record, Cavalo, in Brazil in late 2013 and worldwide in May 2014. He also wrote and performed the (bolero style) narcocorrido "Tuyo", the theme song for the Netflix Original Series Narcos (2015) and Narcos: Mexico (2018), and wrote the score for the film Entebbe (2018).

Amarante was born in

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

On the band's second album, Bloco do Eu Sozinho (2001), Amarante 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 to be the best song of 2001), "Retrato pra Iaiá", and "Cher Antoine" (sung in French). He also co-wrote with Marcelo "A Flor", one of the album's hits, and the instrumental part of the song "Mais Uma Canção".

With their third album, Ventura (2003), came Amarante's national recognition as a great songwriter; he wrote songs of indisputable quality,^{[citation needed]} like "Último Romance", "O velho e o moço", "Um par", "Do Sétimo Andar", and "Deixa o Verão". His role as a sideman in the band ended, and he became recognized as one of the band's leaders, which role until then was attributed only to Marcelo Camelo.^{[citation needed]}

On the group's fourth album, 4 (2005), Amarante wrote almost as many songs as Marcelo. Although 4 did not have as much success as the previous album, Amarante's songs are much more distinguished,^{[citation needed]} like "O Vento" – the only hit in this album – and "Condicional". He also wrote "Primeiro Andar", "Os Pássaros", and "Paquetá" (Paquetá is a small island in Rio de Janeiro).

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

In April 2007 the band announced they were going on hiatus, since 2009, the band has been gathering from years to years for concerts and musical tours.

After a hiatus from

In 2014, Amarante released his first solo album, Cavalo, one of the first releases on the Easy Sounds Recording Company label.^[1] The album received strong critical reviews^[2][3][4] and featured as one of NPR Music's "50 Favourite Songs of 2014 So Far".^[5] He performed the album on tour in nearly 30 different countries.^{[citation needed]}

In 2015, Amarante wrote and vocalized the Spanish-language song, "

Amarante composed the song "Olá Rubi" ("Hello, Ruby") on the album Rádio Alegria (released in November 2007), by the Portuguese band Os Azeitonas. The lyrics were written by Mário Brandão, vocalist of Os Azeitonas. The original name of the song was "Tema Castanho".

After in 2008, on the album Maré by

On the albums Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon, What Will We Be, and Mala by Devendra Banhart (as an instrumentalist and as a singer of the song "Rosa" on Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon). "Nu Com A Minha Música" with

Rodrigo married actress Karine Carvalho in 2002.^[8] Amarante and Carvalho divorced in 2010.^[9]

• Los Hermanos (1999)
• Bloco do Eu Sozinho (2001)
• Ventura (2003)
• 4 (2005)

• Little Joy (2008)

• Cavalo (2013)
• Drama (2021)

• "Tuyo" (2015) on the Narcos (Netflix Original series) Soundtrack
• 7 Days in Entebbe
  (2018) ALV

• Narcocorrido

• Rodrigo Amarante
• Los Hermanos
• Orquestra Imperial
• Devendra Banhart
• Little Joy
• Easy Sound
• TSMDT