Interviews

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Rodrigo y Gabriela – Galway Arts Festival – Ireland – Video Inteview

August 2, 2010

“With the Big Top still vibrating from their energetic rock rhythms and Latin beats, Galway Arts Festival TV (GAFTV) caught up with Rodigo y Gabriela backstage after their gig. Having kept the Festival audience enthralled without the help of naked girls, the guitar duo look forward to returning to Ireland next year to play some [...]

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Rodrigo y Gabriela are interviewed in CBC Studio Q

Rodrigo y Gabriela Interview on Canadian Broadcasting QTV

April 30, 2010

Rodrigo y Gabriela are interviewed in CBC’s Studio Q by host Jian Ghomeshi, an excellent in-depth interview that’s almost 18 minutes long. You might also enjoy the other QTV segments with Rod and Gab that were recorded the same day: Performance: Rodrigo y Gabriela play ‘Hanuman’ on QTV Performance: Rodrigo y Gabriela play ‘Buster Voodoo’ [...]

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Rodrigo y Gabriela's Recording Studio in Ixtapa, Mexico

Video Tour of Rodrigo y Gabriela’s Recording Studio in Ixtapa, Mexico

March 30, 2010

Rodrigo y Gabriela’s recording studio that they built at their home in Ixtapa and where they recorded the tracks for their album, 11:11. It was shot in June 2009 for Rubyworks records by Eoghan Kidney and edited and produced by David O’Rourke at Understated Productions. The video is included on the DVD that comes with [...]

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Rodrigo y Gabriela’s road from the streets to stardom

March 19, 2010

By Jordan Levin – The Miami Herald – March 19, 2010 Musical duo Rodrigo y Gabriela’s story is so unlikely you probably wouldn’t make it up for fear of being laughed at. They started as teens in an underground heavy metal band in their native Mexico City, took off for Ireland in their early 20s, [...]

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Rodrigo y Gabriela visit ExploreMusic in Toronto – Interview – Hanuman

March 18, 2010

Rodrigo y Gabriela are interviewed by Alan Cross at ExploreMusic in Toronto. They talk about the artists who influenced the music they creatd for their album, 11:11, and perform one of the tracks, Hanuman. Rodrigo y Gabriela play Hanuman at ExploreMusic in Toronto ExploreMusic is a new web and radio service dedicated exclusively to music [...]

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Rodrigo y Gabriela rewrite the rules on acoustic guitar and plan next album

March 11, 2010

News about the next album after 11:11 from Rodrigo y Gabriela By Ron Wynn in the Nashville Scene 10 Mar 2010 Since their early days in the Mexico City thrash metal band Tierra Acida (including a period playing in Dublin bars and pubs), the Mexican guitar duo of Rodrigo Sanchez and Gabriela Quintero have consistently [...]

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Rodrigo y Gabriela – Thrash metal meets classical guitar

March 8, 2010

Latin rockers mix frenzy of thrash metal with gentility of classical guitar By Joseph Lord • Louisville Courier Journal • March 5, 2010 It was brutally fast and technically sound, showing off two pairs of swift hands flying across acoustic guitars with no other instruments muddling the guitar fury. The track came off the duo’s [...]

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Mexican guitar duo blends jazz chops with rock flash – Pittsburgh Post Gazette Interview

March 6, 2010

By Manny Theiner, Pittsburgh Post Gazette As dynamic duos go, Mexican guitarists Rodrigo Sanchez and Gabriela Quintero (known to fans as Rodrigo y Gabriela, or sometimes just “Rod and Gab”) might be considered the Batman and Robin of the acoustic music world, thrilling millions with their dexterous exploits safe for family friendly consumption. But there [...]

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