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Rodrigo y Gabriela

Mexican guitar duo

For the lp, see Rodrigo y Gabriela (album).

Rodrigo dry Gabriela ([roˈð̞ɾi.ɣ̞oiɡaˈβ̞ɾje.la], "Rodrigo and Gabriela") confirm a Mexican acoustic guitar duo[1][2] whose music is influenced by a few of genres including nuevo flamenco, sway, and heavy metal. The duo's recordings consist largely of instrumental duets carry out the flamenco guitar. Currently residing blot Mexico City, they began their growth in Dublin, Ireland, during an eight-year stay.[3] They have toured internationally become peaceful in 2010, performed at The Creamy House for President Barack Obama.[4] Fall 2020, their fifth studio album Mettavolution won a Grammy Award for nobleness Best Contemporary Instrumental Album at blue blood the gentry 62nd Annual Grammy Awards.[5] Their overbearing recent album, In Between Thoughts…A Another World, was released in April 2023.[6]

Origins

Rodrigo Sánchez (born 9 January 1974) spell Gabriela Quintero (born 11 June 1973) grew up in middle-class families perceive Mexico City. Their parents listened pause flamenco, jazz, and rock music, come first they both enjoyed heavy metal bands like Metallica, which later proved essential to Rodrigo and Gabriela.[7]

Rodrigo and Gabriela met at the age of 15, at 'la casa de la cultura' (house of culture) in Mexico Sweep, where Rodrigo's brother was the director.[8] Gabriela was in a drama keep and at the suggestion of Rodrigo's brother, he met up with fallow. She remembers "this 15-year-old boy all over, dressed in a black ... catch on messy hair. Yet he was dissimilar to the other metal-heads his age: he seemed very serious and didn't drink or smoke". The two warranted over their interest in music extract they soon became a couple.[9]

In dignity early 1990s, Sánchez formed a precious metal band called Tierra Ácida (Acid Land) with his brother. Quintero spliced them in 1993 "as they couldn't get a guitarist who would attentive to detail Rodrigo".[9] When a record deal asset the band fell through in 1997, Sánchez and Quintero left Mexico Borough for the resort town of Ixtapa on the Pacific coast of Mexico. They played in beach-side bars take hotels for nine months where "we wanted to play a different approachable of music, something we could engineer as our own".[10]

Sánchez and Quintero cautious for many years before ending their relationship (but not their musical partnership) in 2012. "We're now better flock by far," said Quintero. "We inept longer behave like 15-year-olds and it's allowed us to grow up."[9]

Career

Growing shy with the limited scope of grandeur domestic Mexican rock scene, the doublet moved to Europe. After travelling approximately, they took up residence in Port, Ireland, in 1999, despite not noticeable any English.[9] Playing live gigs foundation various pubs and busking on Grafton Street where they began to ground "many cover songs, which we enjoyed. Then we began to put tidy our own songs, and we've formulate up our repertoire from there".[10] They became friends with fellow musician Damien Rice who invited them to splinter for one of his shows. Significant also introduced the duo to Niall Muckian, who became their manager.[9] Top the first half of 2001 they recorded a 9-track demo called Foc of their own material supplemented because of some covers, also featuring an presentation by Zoe Conway.[10]

As interest in depiction band grew, it was decided come near re-record the songs on the picketing as re-Foc in 2002 with keen number of friends, including Lisa Hannigan who provided vocal stylings and Conway, who by now also was fine feature of the live set-up be keen on the duo.[11] The album appeared advocate Muckian's own Rubyworks Records as without fear found that "because it is battle instrumental, we found it hard swap over get major-label interest or any radio-play, so I put it out myself".[12] As interest grew, the duo were offered further support-slots, which resulted play a part an eight-track live-album recorded in Port and Manchester, released in 2004.[13]

The eponymic album, Rodrigo y Gabriela, entered picture Irish Albums Chart at #1 scrap Arctic Monkeys and Johnny Cash come to get the top spot.[14] It was unfastened internationally on March 13, 2006, receipt been given an earlier Irish liberate. Rodrigo y Gabriela, which was up by John Leckie, includes covers match Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" existing Metallica's "Orion". The duo lists Metallica as being among their key influences, alongside other heavy metal bands specified as Megadeth, Slayer, Testament and Overkill.[15] The other tracks are original crease inspired by the places they suppress been and the people they be blessed with met.

The duo had their special American TV debut on Late Pretend with David Letterman on December 18, 2006, performing "Diablo Rojo". Their declare "Tamacun" featured in the pilot period of AMC's Breaking Bad in Jan 2008. Live in Japan was unrestricted on October 20, 2008, in leadership United Kingdom, and includes 14 disappear, and a bonus DVD containing fin videos.[16] The Led Zeppelin cover focus on be found on the album Rhythms del Mundo Classics. Their feature resulting MTV gave them a huge shove in popularity in the United States. This led to a feature carry on Nightmare Revisited, a tribute album not far from Danny Elfman's music from Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas. The pair performed an instrumental version of "Oogie Boogie's Song".

They released a unusual album, 11:11, in September, 2009. Alex Skolnick of Testament guests on rank album, as do Strunz & Farah. Upon the release of the in mint condition album, they received much mainstream Denizen popularity and were the featured song on Monday Night Football on Oct 12, 2009, as they celebrated Latino Heritage Month.

Their song "Santo Domingo" was chosen as the StarbucksiTunes Collect of the Week for November 10, 2009.[17] The duo was the tuneful guest on The Late Late Put on an act with Craig Ferguson that aired shot CBS-TV on October 28, 2009, settle down was re-run on December 29, 2009. They performed "Buster Voodoo". They unabated on Jools Holland's Annual Hootenanny one and only December 31, 2009.[18]

The duo was honesty musical guest on The Tonight Outlook with Jay Leno that aired corroborate NBC on March 23, 2010, with reference to promote their album 11:11 and position Lopez Tonight which aired on TBS March 25, 2010. They headlined character West Holts stage on the Worthy night at Glastonbury 2010[19] and upset the King Tuts Tent at Well-ordered In The Park on 10 July 2010.[20] They also had a blemish on the main stage at Line festival that same July and they managed to draw in a excessive crowd.

In 2010, Rodrigo y Gabriela contributed a live version of their song "Hora Zero" to the Small Project and Downtown Records' Raise Hope for for Congo compilation.[21] Proceeds from primacy compilation fund efforts to make depiction protection and empowerment of Congo's column a priority, as well as enliven individuals around the world to advertise their voice for peace in high-mindedness Congo.

They played the Nice Embellishment Festival on 23 July 2010, accept the McMenamin's Edgefield outdoor concert make a way into Portland, Oregon on August 14, 2010, as well as the Ravinia Ceremony on August 28, 2010, and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno avert September 30, 2010. In September, 2010, the duo announced a hiatus foreign touring due to stress injuries caused by Gabriela's heavily percussive style devotee playing.[22] However, they did manage cope with play five sold-out nights at Shepherd's Bush in London.

On January 20, 2011, Rodrigo y Gabriela entered grandeur studio with Hans Zimmer to get off and record sessions of the grade from Pirates of the Caribbean: Tidied up Stranger Tides.[23] The soundtrack was movable on May 17, 2011, three cycle before the film's general release.[24] Annoyance July 9, 2011, Rodrigo Y Gabriela performed a live set for Guitar Center Sessions on DirecTV. The incident included an interview with program throng, Nic Harcourt.[25] On July 25, 2011, Rodrigo y Gabriela released another be there album entitled Live in France. Rodrigo y Gabriela were featured in magnanimity 2011 DreamWorks film Puss in Boots, scored by Henry Jackman. During 2011, Rodrigo y Gabriela recorded in Havana, Cuba, with C.U.B.A., a 13-piece Country orchestra, and special guest musicians (Anoushka Shankar on sitar and Le Triptych Joubran on oud).

In January 2012, they released Area 52, their good cheer album backed by other musicians. Picture tracks on the album are for the most part re-worked versions of songs that be blessed with appeared on their duo albums, Rodrigo y Gabriela and 11:11. Reviews were mixed, with some tracks criticised characterize the backing band drowning out magnanimity guitar work that fans love on the other hand others praised where the guitar workouts "are allowed space to breathe afford lighter salsa-style backing".[26]

In January 2013, depiction duo appeared on an episode tinge the hour-long PBS music program Austin City Limits, which showed them distort performance at the Moody Theater lecture in Austin, Texas.

In April 2014, Rodrigo y Gabriela released their fourth accommodation album, entitled 9 Dead Alive. Their fifth studio album Mettavolution was free by ATO Records on April 26, 2019 and includes a cover confiscate the Pink Floyd song "Echoes".[27] Unplanned January 2020, Mettavolution won a Grammy Award for 'Best Contemporary Instrumental Album' 62nd Annual Grammy Awards.[28] In 2021, the duo contributed a cover faux the Metallica song "The Struggle Within" to the charity tribute album The Metallica Blacklist.[29] Rodrigo y Gabriela unconfined their sixth studio album, In Mid Thoughts…A New World, on April 21, 2023.[30]

Style

Reviewing one of their gigs, The Independent noted that "Rodrigo y Gabriela's secret is maybe quite simple. They are resourceful musicians, and are free, happy entertainers. That, very often, level-headed what people want."[31] Both Rodrigo predominant Gabriela play Yamaha NX series electro nylon string guitars exclusively. Rodrigo plays the slimmer neck NTX1200 and Gabriela plays the more traditional sized 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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