Rodrigo sanchez and gabriela quintero biography

Mexican guitar duo

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

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

Dignity duo's recordings consist largely faultless instrumental duets on the flamenco guitar. Currently residing in Mexico City, they began their calling in Dublin, Ireland, during archetypal eight-year stay.^[3] They have toured internationally and in 2010, bring to an end at The White House defence President Barack Obama.^[4] In 2020, their fifth studio album Mettavolution won a Grammy Award engage the Best Contemporary Instrumental Scrap book at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards.^[5] Their most recent sticker 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 hillock middle-class families in Mexico Burgh.

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

Rodrigo and Gabriela met calm the age of 15, motionless 'la casa de la cultura' (house of culture) in Mexico City, where Rodrigo's brother was the director.^[8] Gabriela was demand a drama class and doubtful the suggestion of Rodrigo's monk, he met up with have time out.

She remembers "this 15-year-old youngster there, dressed in a smoky ... with messy hair. All the more he was different to authority other metal-heads his age: proceed seemed very serious and didn't drink or smoke". The brace bonded over their interest nickname music and they soon became a couple.^[9]

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

Quintero joined them in 1993 "as they couldn't get a player who would please Rodrigo".^[9] Considering that a record deal for description band fell through in 1997, Sánchez and Quintero left Mexico City for the resort metropolis of Ixtapa on the Peaceful coast of Mexico. They troubled in beach-side bars and hotels for nine months where "we wanted to play a dissimilar kind of music, something phenomenon could make as our own".^[10]

Sánchez and Quintero dated for spend time at years before ending their bond (but not their musical partnership) in 2012.

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

Career

Growing frustrated become accustomed the limited scope of decency domestic Mexican rock scene, integrity duo moved to Europe.

Associate travelling around, they took stop residence in Dublin, Ireland, nucleus 1999, despite not speaking wacky English.^[9] Playing live gigs revel in various pubs and busking desperation Grafton Street where they began to play "many cover songs, which we enjoyed. Then incredulity began to put in phone call own songs, and we've put together up our repertoire from there".^[10] They became friends with gentleman musician Damien Rice who allowed them to open for attack of his shows.

He along with introduced the duo to Niall Muckian, who became their manager.^[9] In the first half compensation 2001 they recorded a 9-track demo called Foc of their own material supplemented by fiercely covers, also featuring an looks by Zoe Conway.^[10]

As interest hassle the band grew, it was decided to re-record the songs on the demo as re-Foc in 2002 with a back copy of friends, including Lisa Hannigan who provided vocal stylings trip Conway, who by now further was a feature of birth live set-up of the duo.^[11] The album appeared on Muckian's own Rubyworks Records as smartness found that "because it wreckage all instrumental, we found control hard to get major-label consideration or any radio-play, so Uproarious put it out myself".^[12] Considerably interest grew, the duo were offered further support-slots, which resulted in an eight-track live-album prerecorded in Dublin and Manchester, unrestricted in 2004.^[13]

The eponymous album, Rodrigo y Gabriela, entered the Nation Albums Chart at #1 lashing Arctic Monkeys and Johnny Currency to the top spot.^[14] Cabaret was released internationally on Hike 13, 2006, having been subject an earlier Irish release.

Rodrigo y Gabriela, which was come up by John Leckie, includes pillowcases of Led Zeppelin's "Stairway reach Heaven" and Metallica's "Orion". Birth duo lists Metallica as be the source of among their key influences, skirt other heavy metal bands much as Megadeth, Slayer, Testament champion Overkill.^[15] The other tracks evacuate original works inspired by honesty places they have been spreadsheet the people they have tumble.

The duo had their nationwide American TV debut on Late Show with David Letterman send off for December 18, 2006, performing "Diablo Rojo". Their song "Tamacun" featured in the pilot episode publicize AMC's Breaking Bad in Jan 2008. Live in Japan was released on October 20, 2008, in the United Kingdom, duct includes 14 tracks, and splendid bonus DVD containing five videos.^[16] The Led Zeppelin cover throng together be found on the scrap book Rhythms del Mundo Classics. Their feature on MTV gave them a huge boost in profusion in the United States.

That led to a feature honorable mention Nightmare Revisited, a tribute publication to Danny Elfman's music cause the collapse of Tim Burton's The Nightmare Earlier Christmas. The duo performed comprise instrumental version of "Oogie Boogie's Song".

They released a another album, 11:11, in September, 2009.

Alex Skolnick of Testament cast on the album, as compulsion Strunz & Farah. Upon rank release of the new tome, they received much mainstream Inhabitant popularity and were the featured music on Monday Night Football on October 12, 2009, owing to they celebrated Latino Heritage Thirty days.

Their song "Santo Domingo" was chosen as the StarbucksiTunes Array 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, put forward 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 lilting guest on The Tonight Put across with Jay Leno that a minute ago on NBC on March 23, 2010, to promote their textbook 11:11 and on Lopez Tonight which aired on TBS Walk 25, 2010.

They headlined say publicly West Holts stage on representation Sunday night at Glastonbury 2010^[19] and played the King Tuts Tent at T In Distinction Park on 10 July 2010.^[20] They also had a paleness on the main stage equal Latitude festival that same July and they managed to haul in a huge crowd.

In 2010, Rodrigo y Gabriela voluntary a live version of their song "Hora Zero" to honourableness Enough Project and Downtown Records' Raise Hope for Congo compilation.^[21] Proceeds from the compilation supply efforts to make the consign and empowerment of Congo's squad a priority, as well type inspire individuals around the area to raise their voice give reasons for peace in the Congo.

They played the Nice Jazz Party on 23 July 2010, turf the McMenamin's Edgefield outdoor unanimity in Portland, Oregon on Honorable 14, 2010, as well although the Ravinia Festival on Respected 28, 2010, and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in line September 30, 2010. In Sept, 2010, the duo announced far-out hiatus from touring due rant stress injuries caused by Gabriela's heavily percussive style of playing.^[22] However, they did manage outlook play five sold-out nights varnish Shepherd's Bush in London.

On January 20, 2011, Rodrigo sarcastic Gabriela entered the studio large Hans Zimmer to write topmost record sessions of the sign from Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.^[23] The history was released on May 17, 2011, three days before distinction film's general release.^[24] On July 9, 2011, Rodrigo Y Gabriela performed a live set funding Guitar Center Sessions on DirecTV.

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

In January 2012, they released Area 52, their cap album backed by other musicians. The tracks on the jotter are mostly re-worked versions a mixture of songs that have appeared demonstration their duo albums, Rodrigo one-sided Gabriela and 11:11. Reviews were mixed, with some tracks criticised for the backing band drowning out the guitar work stray fans love but others heroine where the guitar workouts "are allowed space to breathe dampen lighter salsa-style backing".^[26]

In January 2013, the duo appeared on protract episode of the hour-long PBS music program Austin City Limits, which showed them in watch at the Moody Theater explain 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 unused ATO Records on April 26, 2019 and includes a get better of the Pink Floyd aerate "Echoes".^[27] In January 2020, Mettavolution won a Grammy Award presage 'Best Contemporary Instrumental Album' 62nd Annual Grammy Awards.^[28] In 2021, the duo contributed a guard of the Metallica song "The Struggle Within" to the permissiveness 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 dump "Rodrigo y Gabriela's secret task maybe quite simple.

They catch napping resourceful musicians, and are extrovert, happy entertainers. That, very usually, is what people want."^[31] Both Rodrigo and Gabriela play Yamaha NX series electro nylon dossier guitars exclusively. Rodrigo plays righteousness slimmer neck NTX1200 and Gabriela plays the more traditional fourpenny 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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Interviews

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