Renato Teixeira

Renato Teixeira de Oliveira (born May 20, 1945) is a Brazilian singer-songwriter. He is a representative of sertanejo music and folk rock, linked to the caipira culture and dialect. Teixeira is the author of several hit songs including "Romaria", which was notably covered by Elis Regina in her eponymous 1977 album. Other hit songs by Teixeira were "Dadá Maria" (in duet with Gal Costa) and "Tocando em Frente" (in duet with Almir Sater), later sung also by Maria Bethânia. Teixeira won twice the Latin Grammy Award: in 2015 for Best Sertaneja Music Album, with Sérgio Reis, and in 2016, with Sater. His album +AR (with Sater) was ranked as the 44th best Brazilian album of 2018 by the Brazilian edition of Rolling Stone magazine and among the 25 best Brazilian albums of the second half of 2018 by the São Paulo Association of Art Critics.

Discography 1969 - Maranhão e Renato Teixeira 1971 - Álbum de Família 1973 - Paisagem 1977 - Romaria 1979 - Amora 1980 - Garapa 1981 - Uma Doce Canção 1982 - Um Brasileiro Errante 1984 - Azul 1985 - Terra Tão Querida 1986 - Renato Teixeira 1990 - Amizade Sincera 1992 - Ao Vivo em Tatuí (with Pena Branca & Xavantinho) 1995 - Aguaraterra (with Xangai) 1996 - Sonhos Guaranis 1997 - Um Poeta e Um Violão 1998 - Ao Vivo no Rio 2000 - Alvorada Brasileira (with Natan Marques) 2000 - O Novo Amanhecer (with Zé Geraldo) 2002 - Cantoria Brasileira 2003 - Cirandas, Folias e Cantigas do Povo Brasileiro 2004 - Renato Teixeira e Rolando Boldrin 2007 - Ao Vivo No Auditório Ibirapuera 2010 - Amizade Sincera (with Sérgio Reis) 2015 - Amizade Sincera II (with Sérgio Reis) 2016 - AR (with Almir Sater)