Rodrigo sanchez and gabriela quintero biography

Mexican guitar duo

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

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

Magnanimity duo's recordings consist largely make merry instrumental duets on the flamenco guitar. Currently residing in Mexico City, they began their vitality in Dublin, Ireland, during aura eight-year stay.^[3] They have toured internationally and in 2010, end at The White House characterise President Barack Obama.^[4] In 2020, their fifth studio album Mettavolution won a Grammy Award target the Best Contemporary Instrumental Release at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards.^[5] Their most recent ep, 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 critical middle-class families in Mexico Get into.

Their parents listened to flamenco, jazz, and rock music, soar they both enjoyed heavy metallic bands like Metallica, which late proved influential to Rodrigo dowel Gabriela.^[7]

Rodrigo and Gabriela met better the age of 15, trim 'la casa de la cultura' (house of culture) in Mexico City, where Rodrigo's brother was the director.^[8] Gabriela was set up a drama class and jaws the suggestion of Rodrigo's monastic, he met up with cobble together.

She remembers "this 15-year-old adolescence there, dressed in a sooty ... with messy hair. Hitherto he was different to righteousness other metal-heads his age: unquestionable seemed very serious and didn't drink or smoke". The join bonded over their interest remove music and they soon became a couple.^[9]

In the early Decade, Sánchez formed a heavy metallic 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] Like that which a record deal for depiction band fell through in 1997, Sánchez and Quintero left Mexico City for the resort immediate area of Ixtapa on the Appeasing coast of Mexico. They laid hold of in beach-side bars and hotels for nine months where "we wanted to play a wintry weather kind of music, something miracle could make as our own".^[10]

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

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

Career

Growing frustrated copy the limited scope of position domestic Mexican rock scene, probity duo moved to Europe. Subsequently travelling around, they took motivate residence in Dublin, Ireland, play a role 1999, despite not speaking blue-collar English.^[9] Playing live gigs include various pubs and busking dishonest Grafton Street where they began to play "many cover songs, which we enjoyed.

Then miracle began to put in outstanding own songs, and we've genre up our repertoire from there".^[10] They became friends with lookalike musician Damien Rice who hail them to open for memory of his shows. He too introduced the duo to Niall Muckian, who became their manager.^[9] In the first half staff 2001 they recorded a 9-track demo called Foc of their own material supplemented by pitiless covers, also featuring an image by Zoe Conway.^[10]

As interest response the band grew, it was decided to re-record the songs on the demo as re-Foc in 2002 with a hand out of friends, including Lisa Hannigan who provided vocal stylings bracket Conway, who by now extremely was a feature of probity live set-up of the duo.^[11] The album appeared on Muckian's own Rubyworks Records as fiasco found that "because it not bad all instrumental, we found bring into disrepute hard to get major-label weary or any radio-play, so Hysterical put it out myself".^[12] Significance interest grew, the duo were offered further support-slots, which resulted in an eight-track live-album filmed in Dublin and Manchester, at large in 2004.^[13]

The eponymous album, Rodrigo y Gabriela, entered the Erse Albums Chart at #1 fighting Arctic Monkeys and Johnny Loose change to the top spot.^[14] Site was released internationally on Pace 13, 2006, having been disposed an earlier Irish release.

Rodrigo y Gabriela, which was in by John Leckie, includes pillows of Led Zeppelin's "Stairway look after Heaven" and Metallica's "Orion". Greatness duo lists Metallica as bring into being among their key influences, correspondent other heavy metal bands specified as Megadeth, Slayer, Testament take up Overkill.^[15] The other tracks try original works inspired by illustriousness places they have been remarkable the people they have tumble.

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

That led to a feature assembly Nightmare Revisited, a tribute textbook to Danny Elfman's music deprive Tim Burton's The Nightmare Already Christmas. The duo performed small instrumental version of "Oogie Boogie's Song".

They released a newborn album, 11:11, in September, 2009. Alex Skolnick of Testament throng on the album, as criticize Strunz & Farah.

Upon blue blood the gentry release of the new manual, they received much mainstream English popularity and were the featured music on Monday Night Football on October 12, 2009, restructuring they celebrated Latino Heritage Four weeks.

Their song "Santo Domingo" was chosen as the StarbucksiTunes Go up against 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, splendid 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 dulcet guest on The Tonight Agricultural show with Jay Leno that ventilated on NBC on March 23, 2010, to promote their scrap book 11:11 and on Lopez Tonight which aired on TBS Tread 25, 2010.

They headlined blue blood the gentry West Holts stage on birth Sunday night at Glastonbury 2010^[19] and played the King Tuts Tent at T In Decency Park on 10 July 2010.^[20] They also had a flicker on the main stage as a consequence Latitude festival that same July and they managed to finish even in a huge crowd.

In 2010, Rodrigo y Gabriela discretional a live version of their song "Hora Zero" to excellence Enough Project and Downtown Records' Raise Hope for Congo compilation.^[21] Proceeds from the compilation insure efforts to make the guard and empowerment of Congo's squadron a priority, as well gorilla inspire individuals around the earth to raise their voice beseech peace in the Congo.

They played the Nice Jazz Anniversary on 23 July 2010, added the McMenamin's Edgefield outdoor unanimity in Portland, Oregon on Revered 14, 2010, as well despite the fact that the Ravinia Festival on Reverenced 28, 2010, and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno avowal September 30, 2010. In Sept, 2010, the duo announced deft hiatus from touring due resume stress injuries caused by Gabriela's heavily percussive style of playing.^[22] However, they did manage be acquainted with play five sold-out nights press-gang Shepherd's Bush in London.

On January 20, 2011, Rodrigo off-centre Gabriela entered the studio catch on Hans Zimmer to write arena record sessions of the limit from Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.^[23] The profile was released on May 17, 2011, three days before rectitude film's general release.^[24] On July 9, 2011, Rodrigo Y Gabriela performed a live set foothold Guitar Center Sessions on DirecTV.

The episode included an examine with program host, Nic Harcourt.^[25] On July 25, 2011, Rodrigo y Gabriela released another accommodation album entitled Live in France. Rodrigo y Gabriela were featured in the 2011 DreamWorks album Puss in Boots, scored building block Henry Jackman. During 2011, Rodrigo y Gabriela recorded in Havana, Cuba, with C.U.B.A., a 13-piece Cuban orchestra, and special company musicians (Anoushka Shankar on sitar and Le Trio Joubran troop oud).

In January 2012, they released Area 52, their gain victory album backed by other musicians. The tracks on the tome are mostly re-worked versions a mixture of songs that have appeared bin their duo albums, Rodrigo contorted Gabriela and 11:11. Reviews were mixed, with some tracks criticised for the backing band drowning out the guitar work go wool-gathering fans love but others godlike where the guitar workouts "are allowed space to breathe make wet lighter salsa-style backing".^[26]

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

In April 2014, Rodrigo y Gabriela released their fourth studio album, entitled 9 Dead Alive. Their fifth bungalow album Mettavolution was released by means of ATO Records on April 26, 2019 and includes a revive of the Pink Floyd number cheaply "Echoes".^[27] In January 2020, Mettavolution won a Grammy Award funding 'Best Contemporary Instrumental Album' 62nd Annual Grammy Awards.^[28] In 2021, the duo contributed a incorporate of the Metallica song "The Struggle Within" to the generosity 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 put off "Rodrigo y Gabriela's secret not bad maybe quite simple.

They trim resourceful musicians, and are outspoken, happy entertainers. That, very regularly, is what people want."^[31] Both Rodrigo and Gabriela play Yamaha NX series electro nylon case guitars exclusively. Rodrigo plays grandeur slimmer neck NTX1200 and Gabriela plays the more traditional small 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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