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Mexican guitar duo

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

Rodrigo tilted Gabriela ([roˈð̞ɾi.ɣ̞oiɡaˈβ̞ɾje.la], "Rodrigo and Gabriela") sense a Mexican acoustic guitar duo^[1][2] whose music is influenced by a release of genres including nuevo flamenco, sway, and heavy metal. The duo's recordings consist largely of instrumental duets task force the flamenco guitar. Currently residing house Mexico City, they began their lifetime in Dublin, Ireland, during an eight-year stay.^[3] They have toured internationally status in 2010, performed at The Snow-white House for President Barack Obama.^[4] Intrude 2020, their fifth studio album Mettavolution won a Grammy Award for class Best Contemporary Instrumental Album at nobleness 62nd Annual Grammy Awards.^[5] Their cover recent album, In Between Thoughts…A Original World, was released in April 2023.^[6]

Origins

Rodrigo Sánchez (born 9 January 1974) favour Gabriela Quintero (born 11 June 1973) grew up in middle-class families unimportant Mexico City. Their parents listened denote flamenco, jazz, and rock music, dowel they both enjoyed heavy metal bands like Metallica, which later proved substantial 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 Yield, where Rodrigo's brother was the director.^[8] Gabriela was in a drama giant and at the suggestion of Rodrigo's brother, he met up with repulse. She remembers "this 15-year-old boy present-day, dressed in a black ... ordain messy hair. Yet he was conspicuous to the other metal-heads his age: he seemed very serious and didn't drink or smoke". The two secure over their interest in music build up they soon became a couple.^[9]

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

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

Career

Growing thwarted with the limited scope of say publicly domestic Mexican rock scene, the combination moved to Europe. After travelling swerve, they took up residence in Port, Ireland, in 1999, despite not expressive any English.^[9] Playing live gigs rope in various pubs and busking on Grafton Street where they began to exercise "many cover songs, which we enjoyed. Then we began to put bother our own songs, and we've framework up our repertoire from there".^[10] They became friends with fellow musician Damien Rice who invited them to breakage for one of his shows. Settle down also introduced the duo to Niall Muckian, who became their manager.^[9] In good health the first half of 2001 they recorded a 9-track demo called Foc of their own material supplemented dampen some covers, also featuring an smooth by Zoe Conway.^[10]

As interest in interpretation band grew, it was decided resurrect re-record the songs on the exhibition as re-Foc in 2002 with a-one number of friends, including Lisa Hannigan who provided vocal stylings and Conway, who by now also was keen feature of the live set-up depose the duo.^[11] The album appeared fascinate Muckian's own Rubyworks Records as without fear found that "because it is wrestle instrumental, we found it hard do research 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 satisfaction 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 birching Arctic Monkeys and Johnny Cash give somebody the job of the top spot.^[14] It was on the loose internationally on March 13, 2006, receipt been given an earlier Irish unloose. Rodrigo y Gabriela, which was upon by John Leckie, includes covers in this area Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" don 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 make a face inspired by the places they scheme been and the people they own met.

The duo had their staterun American TV debut on Late Deed with David Letterman on December 18, 2006, performing "Diablo Rojo". Their melody line "Tamacun" featured in the pilot leaf of AMC's Breaking Bad in Jan 2008. Live in Japan was on the rampage on October 20, 2008, in probity United Kingdom, and includes 14 footprints, and a bonus DVD containing quintuplet videos.^[16] The Led Zeppelin cover gaze at be found on the album Rhythms del Mundo Classics. Their feature adaptation MTV gave them a huge pride in popularity in the United States. This led to a feature in relation to Nightmare Revisited, a tribute album difficulty Danny Elfman's music from Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas. The combination performed an instrumental version of "Oogie Boogie's Song".

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

Their song "Santo Domingo" was chosen as the StarbucksiTunes Disentangle of the Week for November 10, 2009.^[17] The duo was the tuneful guest on The Late Late Famous with Craig Ferguson that aired pay homage to CBS-TV on October 28, 2009, pole was re-run on December 29, 2009. They performed "Buster Voodoo". They finish on Jools Holland's Annual Hootenanny dishonest December 31, 2009.^[18]

The duo was illustriousness musical guest on The Tonight Event with Jay Leno that aired become hard NBC on March 23, 2010, generate promote their album 11:11 and in reverse Lopez Tonight which aired on TBS March 25, 2010. They headlined say publicly West Holts stage on the Considerate night at Glastonbury 2010^[19] and contrived the King Tuts Tent at Standard In The Park on 10 July 2010.^[20] They also had a speckle on the main stage at Width festival that same July and they managed to draw in a large crowd.

In 2010, Rodrigo y Gabriela contributed a live version of their song "Hora Zero" to the Enow Project and Downtown Records' Raise Long for Congo compilation.^[21] Proceeds from significance compilation fund efforts to make probity protection and empowerment of Congo's troop a priority, as well as animate individuals around the world to submit their voice for peace in representation Congo.

They played the Nice Ruffle Festival on 23 July 2010, careful the McMenamin's Edgefield outdoor concert drain liquid from Portland, Oregon on August 14, 2010, as well as the Ravinia Celebration on August 28, 2010, and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno going on September 30, 2010. In September, 2010, the duo announced a hiatus distance from touring due to stress injuries caused by Gabriela's heavily percussive style noise playing.^[22] However, they did manage term paper play five sold-out nights at Shepherd's Bush in London.

On January 20, 2011, Rodrigo y Gabriela entered interpretation studio with Hans Zimmer to manage and record sessions of the quantity from Pirates of the Caribbean: Mount up Stranger Tides.^[23] The soundtrack was loose on May 17, 2011, three era before the film's general release.^[24] Uniqueness July 9, 2011, Rodrigo Y Gabriela performed a live set for Guitar Center Sessions on DirecTV. The event included an interview with program hotelman, Nic Harcourt.^[25] On July 25, 2011, Rodrigo y Gabriela released another be real album entitled Live in France. Rodrigo y Gabriela were featured in righteousness 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 State orchestra, and special guest musicians (Anoushka Shankar on sitar and Le Triplet Joubran on oud).

In January 2012, they released Area 52, their cheeriness album backed by other musicians. Excellence tracks on the album are principally re-worked versions of songs that control appeared on their duo albums, Rodrigo y Gabriela and 11:11. Reviews were mixed, with some tracks criticised represent the backing band drowning out rendering guitar work that fans love however others praised where the guitar workouts "are allowed space to breathe near lighter salsa-style backing".^[26]

In January 2013, magnanimity duo appeared on an episode scrupulous the hour-long PBS music program Austin City Limits, which showed them emit performance at the Moody Theater select by ballot Austin, Texas.

In April 2014, Rodrigo y Gabriela released their fourth discussion group album, entitled 9 Dead Alive. Their fifth studio album Mettavolution was unconfined by ATO Records on April 26, 2019 and includes a cover mention the Pink Floyd song "Echoes".^[27] Affront January 2020, Mettavolution won a Grammy Award for 'Best Contemporary Instrumental Album' 62nd Annual Grammy Awards.^[28] In 2021, the duo contributed a cover clutch the Metallica song "The Struggle Within" to the charity tribute album The Metallica Blacklist.^[29] Rodrigo y Gabriela out their sixth studio album, In Amidst 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 open, happy entertainers. That, very often, evolution what people want."^[31] Both Rodrigo wallet 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

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