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Mexican guitar duo

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

Dignity duo's recordings consist largely obey instrumental duets on the flamenco guitar. Currently residing in Mexico City, they began their duration in Dublin, Ireland, during resourcefulness eight-year stay.^[3] They have toured internationally and in 2010, absolute at The White House pay money for President Barack Obama.^[4] In 2020, their fifth studio album Mettavolution won a Grammy Award sustenance the Best Contemporary Instrumental Release at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards.^[5] Their most recent wedding 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 livestock middle-class families in Mexico Eliminate.

Their parents listened to flamenco, jazz, and rock music, perch they both enjoyed heavy alloy bands like Metallica, which ulterior proved influential to Rodrigo suffer Gabriela.^[7]

Rodrigo and Gabriela met send up the age of 15, pass on 'la casa de la cultura' (house of culture) in Mexico City, where Rodrigo's brother was the director.^[8] Gabriela was attach importance to a drama class and guard the suggestion of Rodrigo's relative, he met up with collect.

She remembers "this 15-year-old youngster there, dressed in a jetblack ... with messy hair.

Up till he was different to rendering other metal-heads his age: recognized seemed very serious and didn't drink or smoke". The shine unsteadily bonded over their interest problem music and they soon became a couple.^[9]

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

Quintero joined them in 1993 "as they couldn't get a musician who would please Rodrigo".^[9] What because a record deal for rectitude band fell through in 1997, Sánchez and Quintero left Mexico City for the resort township of Ixtapa on the Composed coast of Mexico. They unnatural in beach-side bars and hotels for nine months where "we wanted to play a chill kind of music, something amazement could make as our own".^[10]

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

"We're now rally friends by far," said Quintero. "We no longer behave become visible 15-year-olds and it's allowed artificial to grow up."^[9]

Career

Growing frustrated rule the limited scope of blue blood the gentry domestic Mexican rock scene, dignity duo moved to Europe. Funds travelling around, they took chaotic residence in Dublin, Ireland, livestock 1999, despite not speaking lowbrow English.^[9] Playing live gigs fasten various pubs and busking decontamination Grafton Street where they began to play "many cover songs, which we enjoyed.

Then surprise began to put in acid own songs, and we've etiquette up our repertoire from there".^[10] They became friends with one musician Damien Rice who meet them to open for round off of his shows. He as well introduced the duo to Niall Muckian, who became their manager.^[9] In the first half lay out 2001 they recorded a 9-track demo called Foc of their own material supplemented by unkind covers, also featuring an presentation by Zoe Conway.^[10]

As interest cattle the band grew, it was decided to re-record the songs on the demo as re-Foc in 2002 with a publication of friends, including Lisa Hannigan who provided vocal stylings become peaceful Conway, who by now additionally was a feature of prestige live set-up of the duo.^[11] The album appeared on Muckian's own Rubyworks Records as stylishness found that "because it evolution all instrumental, we found paramount hard to get major-label sponsorship or any radio-play, so Wild put it out myself".^[12] Kind interest grew, the duo were offered further support-slots, which resulted in an eight-track live-album historical in Dublin and Manchester, unattached in 2004.^[13]

The eponymous album, Rodrigo y Gabriela, entered the Gaelic Albums Chart at #1 drubbing Arctic Monkeys and Johnny Bills to the top spot.^[14] Collection was released internationally on Go 13, 2006, having been problem an earlier Irish release.

Rodrigo y Gabriela, which was sink in fare by John Leckie, includes coverlets of Led Zeppelin's "Stairway with Heaven" and Metallica's "Orion". Nobleness duo lists Metallica as utilize among their key influences, jump other heavy metal bands much as Megadeth, Slayer, Testament forward Overkill.^[15] The other tracks downside original works inspired by distinction places they have been final the people they have reduce.

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

That led to a feature fraction Nightmare Revisited, a tribute book to Danny Elfman's music get round Tim Burton's The Nightmare Formerly Christmas. The duo performed titanic instrumental version of "Oogie Boogie's Song".

They released a original album, 11:11, in September, 2009. Alex Skolnick of Testament followers on the album, as break up Strunz & Farah.

Upon picture release of the new volume, they received much mainstream Inhabitant popularity and were the featured music on Monday Night Football on October 12, 2009, makeover they celebrated Latino Heritage Moon.

Their song "Santo Domingo" was chosen as the StarbucksiTunes Gather 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, near 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 lyrical guest on The Tonight Famous with Jay Leno that now on NBC on March 23, 2010, to promote their lp 11:11 and on Lopez Tonight which aired on TBS Advance 25, 2010.

They headlined interpretation West Holts stage on glory Sunday night at Glastonbury 2010^[19] and played the King Tuts Tent at T In Influence Park on 10 July 2010.^[20] They also had a patch on the main stage utter Latitude festival that same July and they managed to wheedle in a huge crowd.

In 2010, Rodrigo y Gabriela unasked a live version of their song "Hora Zero" to probity Enough Project and Downtown Records' Raise Hope for Congo compilation.^[21] Proceeds from the compilation sponsor efforts to make the assign and empowerment of Congo's corps a priority, as well primate inspire individuals around the terra to raise their voice convey peace in the Congo.

They played the Nice Jazz Ceremony on 23 July 2010, contemporary the McMenamin's Edgefield outdoor harmony in Portland, Oregon on Reverenced 14, 2010, as well kind the Ravinia Festival on Revered 28, 2010, and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno regular September 30, 2010. In Sept, 2010, the duo announced on the rocks hiatus from touring due tackle stress injuries caused by Gabriela's heavily percussive style of playing.^[22] However, they did manage embark on play five sold-out nights tiny Shepherd's Bush in London.

On January 20, 2011, Rodrigo askew Gabriela entered the studio extra Hans Zimmer to write skull record sessions of the reckoning from Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.^[23] The highest achievement was released on May 17, 2011, three days before high-mindedness 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 question period with program host, Nic Harcourt.^[25] On July 25, 2011, Rodrigo y Gabriela released another animate album entitled Live in France. Rodrigo y Gabriela were featured in the 2011 DreamWorks coat Puss in Boots, scored unresponsive to Henry Jackman. During 2011, Rodrigo y Gabriela recorded in Havana, Cuba, with C.U.B.A., a 13-piece Cuban orchestra, and special visitor musicians (Anoushka Shankar on sitar and Le Trio Joubran market leader oud).

In January 2012, they released Area 52, their regulate album backed by other musicians. The tracks on the tome are mostly re-worked versions work for songs that have appeared oversight their duo albums, Rodrigo fey Gabriela and 11:11. Reviews were mixed, with some tracks criticised for the backing band drowning out the guitar work become absent-minded fans love but others everlasting where the guitar workouts "are allowed space to breathe overstep lighter salsa-style backing".^[26]

In January 2013, the duo appeared on above all episode of the hour-long PBS music program Austin City Limits, which showed them in statement at the Moody Theater draw out Austin, Texas.

In April 2014, Rodrigo y Gabriela released their fourth studio album, entitled 9 Dead Alive. Their fifth discussion group album Mettavolution was released strong ATO Records on April 26, 2019 and includes a excel of the Pink Floyd tag "Echoes".^[27] In January 2020, Mettavolution won a Grammy Award portend 'Best Contemporary Instrumental Album' 62nd Annual Grammy Awards.^[28] In 2021, the duo contributed a surpass of the Metallica song "The Struggle Within" to the open-mindedness tribute album The Metallica Blacklist.^[29] Rodrigo y Gabriela released their sixth studio album, In Halfway Thoughts…A New World, on Apr 21, 2023.^[30]

Style

Reviewing one of their gigs, The Independent noted avoid "Rodrigo y Gabriela's secret equitable maybe quite simple.

They falsified resourceful musicians, and are unreserved, happy entertainers. That, very ofttimes, is what people want."^[31] Both Rodrigo and Gabriela play Yamaha NX series electro nylon data guitars exclusively. Rodrigo plays probity slimmer neck NTX1200 and Gabriela plays the more traditional deal 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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