专辑简介

From 1971 - 1975 Roberto embarked on an adventurous departure from his skyrocketing career as a dance star and choreographer. It was during this period, that his "other passion" , music, led him to establish himself as a co-founding member of the ground-breaking Progressive Rock band CARMEN. This was the first group to fuse Orchestral Rock with Flamenco, both musically and visually. With CARMEN, Roberto enjoyed worldwide success and critical acclaim as a vocalist, songwriter, arranger, choreographer and featured dancer. These special "CARMEN" years were highlighted by 3 legendary albums and several unforgettable European and American concert tours with such luminary Rock acts as Jethro Tull, Electric Light Orchestra, Blue Oyster Cult and Golden Earring. It was superstar David Bowie who really put CARMEN into orbit when, in 1973, he first offcially introduced the band to the world in his landmark television special THE DAVID BOWIE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL.

Roberto released his first solo cd "The Freedom" in 2015. It's a compilation of his newest songs as well as a retrospective of some of the songs he's penned over the last 25 years. Amaral refers to his songs as "exotic contemporary", a unique fusion of different genres including Pop, Rock, Latin, Jazz, Flamenco, R&B and Arabic.