Currently residing in mexico city, they began their career in dublin, ireland, during an. It would have once seemed inconceivable that a duo playing instrumental pieces on acoustic guitars would be able to. The duos recordings consist largely of instrumental duets on the flamenco guitar. In their newest album, 9 dead alive, rodrigo y gabriela return to their roots, reminding listeners why they fell in love with the mexican duo in the first place. The album finds them at the peak of their musical flexibility, dexterously weaving elements of heavy metal with flamenco. They were both brought up listening to jazz, rock music, heavy metal and metallica through their parents influences.
Sep 14, 2017 gabriela quintero, best known as one half of rodrigo y gabriela, took a break from working on the duos new studio album to post a video announcing a u. Rodrigo y gabriela have been bringing their incendiary stage performance to fans across the globe in support of their latest album, mettavolution. Rodrigo y gabriela wikipedia, a enciclopedia livre. Featured podcast kpbs daily news podcast covering local politics, education, health, environment, the border and more. Npr music tiny desk concert youtube natalia lafourcade. Vip tickets sells 100% guaranteed tickets to the hottest concerts, sport, and theater events. The mexicanborn guitar duo rodrigo y gabriela, after honing skills and an eclectic style abroad, are welcomed by fans in their hometown, mexico city. Get rodrigo y gabriela setlists view them, share them, discuss them with other rodrigo y gabriela fans for free on. Gabriela saldivia producer, coronavirus daily npr linkedin.
Rodrigo y gabriela rodrigo y gabriela releases discogs. Rodrigo y gabriela draw inspiration from the wildest of sources, given the type of music they play. Gabriela quintero, best known as one half of rodrigo y gabriela, took a break from working on the duos new studio album to post a video announcing a u. The tiny desk is working from home for the foreseeable future. Theyve come a long way since busking on grafton street the underground guitar duo from mexico are now playing arenasized shows with the likes of robert plant in montreux. In this how i made it, rodrigo and gabriela take us back to the origins of their band and tell us what keeps them going after more than 20 years. Leeching all agony and macho from their virtuoso metal roots, their worldmusic variant has the approximate new and different factor of a wellappointed hotel room. Jan 24, 2012 the mexicanborn guitar duo rodrigo y gabriela, after honing skills and an eclectic style abroad, are welcomed by fans in their hometown, mexico city. Acoustic rock maestros rodrigo y gabrielas new studio album is titled 9 dead alive and it is the bands first record of new material in five years. Rodrigo y gabriela mailing list if you would like to follow the rodrigo y gabriela official webstore, then please enter your name and e mail address below. Rodrigo y gabriela make echoes entirely their own, wrote npr music, turning the original versions extended psychjam and terrifying atmospherics into percussive knocks on their guitars. Rodrigo y gabriela spin the songs behind their wild sound.
Constantly refining and redefining their craft, 2006 sees them rising to meet the challenge of taking their craft to a. April 28, 2020 rodrigo y gabriela play a relaxed tiny desk home concert from their studio in zihuatanejo, mexico. Rodrigo y gabriela aka rodrigo sanchez born 1974 and gabriela quintero born 1973 are an acoustic duo from mexico city. There was an overemphasis on furious riffing, accompanied by rodrigos new line in rock hero poses. In the late 90s, rodrigo sanchez and gabriela quintero embarked on a oneway trip to dublin, ireland. Rodrigo y gabriela have been one of the most unusual success stories of the last two years. They play fast, rhythmic music on acoustic guitars. A mexican duo living in dublin, rodrigo y gabriela just released an album called 11. Watch rodrigo y gabriela perform a tiny desk from home specially for npr music.
The mexicanborn, metalgoneacoustic duo speaks with nprs arun rath and performs songs from the new album 9 dead alive. Rodrigo y gabriela rodrigo y gabriela with bonus dvd. May 24, 2019 the mexican guitar duo talk share songs by nina simone, caifanes and rage against the machine and discuss the role of. Introducing npr musics tiny desk home concerts, bringing you performances from across the country and the world. Rodrigo y gabriela rodrigo and gabriela are a mexican acoustic guitar duo whose music is influenced by a number of genres including nuevo flamenco, rock, and heavy metal. Shop online for rodrigo y gabriela tour merchandise, tshirts, clothing, apparel, posters and accessories. This dublinbased, mexicoborn guitar duo dont want to be called flamenco, so flamenco lite will have to do. Rodrigo y gabriela perform live on david letterman. Rodrigo y gabrielas set proffered a dazzling display of their skills, acquired as teenagers in a mexico city heavymetal band. Rodrigo y gabriela covers pink floyds echoes, announces new. Rodrigo y gabriela return to mexico city in triumph the new. Across the table sits gabriela, the second half of a duo that has electrified irish audiences in recent months. Enter the main site or listen to the song triveni by clicking the download link. Rodrigo y gabriela simple english wikipedia, the free.
Npr mettavolution reassures that for as long as theyre around, rodrigo y gabriela will be echoing their influences as only they can. Rodrigo y gabriella convey compassion on mettavoltuion. Rodrigo y gabriela return to mexico city in triumph the. Rodrigo y gabriela covers pink floyds echoes, announces. Npr rodrigo y gabriela play a relaxed tiny desk home concert from their studio in zihuatanejo, mexico. Apr 21, 2014 in their newest album, 9 dead alive, rodrigo y gabriela return to their roots, reminding listeners why they fell in love with the mexican duo in the first place. With rodrigo sanchez, gabriela quintero, zoe conway, oisin davis. If you would like to follow the rodrigo y gabriela official webstore, then please enter your name and e mail address below. See more ideas about rodrigo y gabriela, music and concert. It was recorded and produced by rod and gab at their studio in ixtapa, mexico. An acoustic guitar duo, originally from mexico city, rodrigo sanchez and gabriela quintero began playing in metal bands as teenagers before switching to acoustic music and traveling to europe, where they built up an audience by busking their fiery fusion of latin, jazz and rock music. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover gabriela.
Rodrigo y gabriela tickets, 2020 concert tour dates. They became well known playing in the hotels and bars of dublin, ireland. Rodrigo sanchez and gabriela quintero joined nprs arun rath in the studio at npr west to perform a few selections from their latest album, 9 dead alive. Watch rodrigo y gabriela play a tiny desk from home rodrigo y gabriela play a relaxed tiny desk home concert from their studio in zihuatanejo, mexico. Their third album, rodrigo y gabriela, was released in 2006 and debuted atop the irish charts, beating out arctic monkeys for the number one spot. Mettavolution closes with a mesmerizing version of. Rodrigo y gabriela became the newest fixture of the world music circuit, known for their nimblefingered guitar work and diverse background few flamenco guitarists could boast a background in metal music. An electrifying acoustic guitar performance guitar duo rodrigo y gabriela combine furiously fast riffs and dazzling rhythms to create a style that draws on both flamenco guitar and heavy metal in this live performance of their song, the soundmaker. The duo conveys compassion through the music and emotion felt on its latest album, mettavolution.
Rodrigos fretwork is blindingly quick and sharp and gabriela s guitar is the perfect complement to this. Rodrigo y gabriela rodrigo y gabriela 3 5 stars 3 out of 5 stars. Watch rodrigo y gabriela play a tiny desk from home. Sep 03, 2009 i n terms of commercial success, rodrigo y gabriela just get better and better. Rodrigo y gabriela a profile and interview we dont play flamenco and we are not brother and sister. They have reshaped its landscape using lightning speed, dynamic range and irresistible rhythmic invention. Rodrigo y gabriela have shared a first taste of the album in the form of echoes, a cover of the pink floyd track, which takes up the whole of the second half of mettavolution. Apr 25, 2019 11 videos play all mettavolution new album out now rodrigo y gabriela rodrigo y gabriela hanuman official duration. Constantly refining and redefining their craft, 2006 sees them rising to meet the challenge of taking their craft to a wider audience and greater artistic acclaim. Currently residing in mexico city, they began their career in dublin, ireland, during an eightyear stay. Well keep you up to date with latest products, special offers and discounts. Rodrigo y gabriela have reinvented the rules for acoustic guitar. Story of two young mexicans, rodrigo and gabriela, decided to do what they loved the most and, against all odds, could make their wildest dreams come true.
Rodrigo y gabriela performs mettavolution live at mckittrick hotel. With that cleared up, rodrigo sits back and stirs his tea. The music of rodrigo sanchez and gabriela quintero attempts to reconcile their love of heavy metal music with their traditional style of mexican. They cite metal bands such as iron maiden as influences, and its not hard to see once you give this cd a few listens. Rod and gab performed one of the very first tiny desk concerts all the way. Acoustic rock maestros rodrigo y gabriela s new studio album is titled 9 dead alive and it is the bands first record of new material in five years. For its worldly sound and cultural significance, area 52 will no doubt be popular with the npr crowd, but the legions that love rodrigo y gabriela for their guitar work probably wont be overawed. Rodrigo y gabriela full performance live on kexp youtube. Rodrigo y gabriela s career offers insight into how creative you can be with just two guitars.
Mettavolution looks within rodrigo y gabriela ncpr news. View gabriela saldivias profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Mixing was handled by andrew scheps black sabbath, adele, metallica, lana del. The acoustic duos first album in five years, mettavolution marks the most ambitious music of rodrigo y gabrielas remarkable twodecade career and was one of npr s top 6 albums of the week.
The duo is rodrigo sanchez, lead guitar, and gabriela quintero, rhythm guitar and percussion. October 10, 2009 the mexican duo rodrigo y gabriela is known for nimblefingered classical guitar work and a diverse musical background that. Rodrigo y gabrielas career offers insight into how creative you can be with just two guitars. The pair first met when they were 15 in mexico, after connecting over their taste of music and they. Tamacun is a song by rodrigo y gabriela from the album rodrigo y gabriela.
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