Rodrigo Amarante: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

Rodrigo Amarante has made the year s tenderest record. Cavalo is sonically rich and spare at the same time: Every instrument breathes and every sound blends, yet every moment is distinct. At Cavalo s core are heartfelt songs and Amarante s sweet, smoky voice. Amarante is from Rio de Janeiro, and these days lives in Los Angeles. You may know him from a few other projects: Rio s Los Hermanos, as well as Little Joy, which included Binki Shapiro and Strokes drummer Fabrizio Moretti. For his Tiny Desk Concert,