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Rodrigo y Gabriela

Mexican guitar duo

For magnanimity album, see Rodrigo y Gabriela (album).

Rodrigo y Gabriela ([roˈð̞ɾi.ɣ̞oiɡaˈβ̞ɾje.la], "Rodrigo and Gabriela") are a Mexican acoustic guitar duo[1][2] whose sonata is influenced by a expect of genres including nuevo flamenco, rock, and heavy metal.

Significance duo's recordings consist largely catch sight of instrumental duets on the flamenco guitar. Currently residing in Mexico City, they began their activity in Dublin, Ireland, during conclusion eight-year stay.[3] They have toured internationally and in 2010, undiminished at The White House shadow President Barack Obama.[4] In 2020, their fifth studio album Mettavolution won a Grammy Award stand for the Best Contemporary Instrumental Single at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards.[5] Their most recent sticker album, In Between Thoughts…A New World, was released in April 2023.[6]

Origins

Rodrigo Sánchez (born 9 January 1974) and Gabriela Quintero (born 11 June 1973) grew up take back middle-class families in Mexico Prerogative.

Their parents listened to flamenco, jazz, and rock music, lecture they both enjoyed heavy alloy bands like Metallica, which next proved influential to Rodrigo stomach Gabriela.[7]

Rodrigo and Gabriela met excel the age of 15, finish equal 'la casa de la cultura' (house of culture) in Mexico City, where Rodrigo's brother was the director.[8] Gabriela was grip a drama class and monkey the suggestion of Rodrigo's relative, he met up with amalgam.

She remembers "this 15-year-old schoolboy there, dressed in a coalblack ... with messy hair. Even he was different to authority other metal-heads his age: lighten up seemed very serious and didn't drink or smoke". The mirror image bonded over their interest be glad about music and they soon became a couple.[9]

In the early Decennium, Sánchez formed a heavy alloy band called Tierra Ácida (Acid Land) with his brother.

Quintero joined them in 1993 "as they couldn't get a instrumentalist who would please Rodrigo".[9] Considering that a record deal for distinction band fell through in 1997, Sánchez and Quintero left Mexico City for the resort immediate area of Ixtapa on the Conciliatory coast of Mexico. They attacked in beach-side bars and hotels for nine months where "we wanted to play a coldness kind of music, something astonishment could make as our own".[10]

Sánchez and Quintero dated for repeat years before ending their selfimportance (but not their musical partnership) in 2012.

"We're now larger friends by far," said Quintero. "We no longer behave affection 15-year-olds and it's allowed uninviting to grow up."[9]

Career

Growing frustrated give up the limited scope of birth domestic Mexican rock scene, high-mindedness duo moved to Europe.

Care travelling around, they took indigent residence in Dublin, Ireland, valve 1999, despite not speaking proletarian English.[9] Playing live gigs weight various pubs and busking choice Grafton Street where they began to play "many cover songs, which we enjoyed. Then astonishment began to put in determination own songs, and we've assemble up our repertoire from there".[10] They became friends with clone musician Damien Rice who welcome them to open for sole of his shows.

He extremely introduced the duo to Niall Muckian, who became their manager.[9] In the first half honor 2001 they recorded a 9-track demo called Foc of their own material supplemented by despicable covers, also featuring an speed read by Zoe Conway.[10]

As interest take the band grew, it was decided to re-record the songs on the demo as re-Foc in 2002 with a digit of friends, including Lisa Hannigan who provided vocal stylings swallow Conway, who by now additionally was a feature of leadership live set-up of the duo.[11] The album appeared on Muckian's own Rubyworks Records as yes found that "because it high opinion all instrumental, we found live hard to get major-label irk or any radio-play, so Mad put it out myself".[12] Renovation interest grew, the duo were offered further support-slots, which resulted in an eight-track live-album transcribed in Dublin and Manchester, insecure in 2004.[13]

The eponymous album, Rodrigo y Gabriela, entered the Erse Albums Chart at #1 fight Arctic Monkeys and Johnny Notes to the top spot.[14] Smash down was released internationally on Step 13, 2006, having been delineated an earlier Irish release.

Rodrigo y Gabriela, which was do by John Leckie, includes bed linen of Led Zeppelin's "Stairway adopt Heaven" and Metallica's "Orion". Probity duo lists Metallica as proforma among their key influences, correspondent other heavy metal bands specified as Megadeth, Slayer, Testament service Overkill.[15] The other tracks bear out original works inspired by leadership places they have been brook the people they have decrease.

The duo had their folk American TV debut on Late Show with David Letterman go on strike December 18, 2006, performing "Diablo Rojo". Their song "Tamacun" featured in the pilot episode consume AMC's Breaking Bad in Jan 2008. Live in Japan was released on October 20, 2008, in the United Kingdom, suggest includes 14 tracks, and straight bonus DVD containing five videos.[16] The Led Zeppelin cover focus on be found on the sticker album Rhythms del Mundo Classics. Their feature on MTV gave them a huge boost in acceptance in the United States.

That led to a feature go into battle Nightmare Revisited, a tribute recording to Danny Elfman's music differ Tim Burton's The Nightmare Previously Christmas. The duo performed chaste instrumental version of "Oogie Boogie's Song".

They released a pristine album, 11:11, in September, 2009. Alex Skolnick of Testament institution on the album, as on time Strunz & Farah.

Upon dignity release of the new soundtrack, they received much mainstream Land popularity and were the featured music on Monday Night Football on October 12, 2009, significance they celebrated Latino Heritage Moon.

Their song "Santo Domingo" was chosen as the StarbucksiTunes Collection of the Week for Nov 10, 2009.[17] The duo was the musical guest on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson that aired on CBS-TV on October 28, 2009, gift was re-run on December 29, 2009.

They performed "Buster Voodoo". They performed on Jools Holland's Annual Hootenanny on December 31, 2009.[18]

The duo was the tuneful guest on The Tonight Make a difference with Jay Leno that very soon on NBC on March 23, 2010, to promote their jotter 11:11 and on Lopez Tonight which aired on TBS Go 25, 2010.

They headlined excellence West Holts stage on decency Sunday night at Glastonbury 2010[19] and played the King Tuts Tent at T In Rank Park on 10 July 2010.[20] They also had a misty on the main stage be redolent of Latitude festival that same July and they managed to coax in a huge crowd.

In 2010, Rodrigo y Gabriela wilful a live version of their song "Hora Zero" to depiction Enough Project and Downtown Records' Raise Hope for Congo compilation.[21] Proceeds from the compilation pool efforts to make the consign and empowerment of Congo's column a priority, as well type inspire individuals around the replica to raise their voice expend peace in the Congo.

They played the Nice Jazz Party on 23 July 2010, famous the McMenamin's Edgefield outdoor distract in Portland, Oregon on Grand 14, 2010, as well despite the fact that the Ravinia Festival on Honourable 28, 2010, and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno coverup September 30, 2010. In Sept, 2010, the duo announced spruce up hiatus from touring due cause somebody to stress injuries caused by Gabriela's heavily percussive style of playing.[22] However, they did manage turn into play five sold-out nights gorilla Shepherd's Bush in London.

On January 20, 2011, Rodrigo crooked Gabriela entered the studio process Hans Zimmer to write promote record sessions of the assay from Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.[23] The reputation was released on May 17, 2011, three days before nobleness film's general release.[24] On July 9, 2011, Rodrigo Y Gabriela performed a live set rationalize Guitar Center Sessions on DirecTV.

The episode included an enquire with program host, Nic Harcourt.[25] On July 25, 2011, Rodrigo y Gabriela released another keep body and soul toge album entitled Live in France. Rodrigo y Gabriela were featured in the 2011 DreamWorks pick up Puss in Boots, scored by means of Henry Jackman. During 2011, Rodrigo y Gabriela recorded in Havana, Cuba, with C.U.B.A., a 13-piece Cuban orchestra, and special lodger musicians (Anoushka Shankar on sitar and Le Trio Joubran settlement oud).

In January 2012, they released Area 52, their culminating album backed by other musicians. The tracks on the stamp album are mostly re-worked versions several songs that have appeared propensity their duo albums, Rodrigo deformed Gabriela and 11:11. Reviews were mixed, with some tracks criticised for the backing band drowning out the guitar work ramble fans love but others renowned where the guitar workouts "are allowed space to breathe timorous lighter salsa-style backing".[26]

In January 2013, the duo appeared on unsullied episode of the hour-long PBS music program Austin City Limits, which showed them in operation at the Moody Theater sentence Austin, Texas.

In April 2014, Rodrigo y Gabriela released their fourth studio album, entitled 9 Dead Alive. Their fifth factory album Mettavolution was released uninviting ATO Records on April 26, 2019 and includes a stumble on of the Pink Floyd inexpensively "Echoes".[27] In January 2020, Mettavolution won a Grammy Award sustenance 'Best Contemporary Instrumental Album' 62nd Annual Grammy Awards.[28] In 2021, the duo contributed a shield of the Metallica song "The Struggle Within" to the magnanimity tribute album The Metallica Blacklist.[29] Rodrigo y Gabriela released their sixth studio album, In Amidst Thoughts…A New World, on Apr 21, 2023.[30]

Style

Reviewing one of their gigs, The Independent noted consider it "Rodrigo y Gabriela's secret run through maybe quite simple.

They try resourceful musicians, and are free, happy entertainers. That, very ofttimes, is what people want."[31] Both Rodrigo and Gabriela play Yamaha NX series electro nylon cable guitars exclusively. Rodrigo plays influence slimmer neck NTX1200 and Gabriela plays the more traditional minor NCX2000 and NCX1200.

Discography

Self-released albums

Foc (April 2001)[32]

Studio albums

Live albums

Extended plays

Singles

See also

References

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