Jazz Articles about Rodrigo y Gabriela

Rodrigo y Gabriela at Denver's Buell Theater

by Geoff Anderson
October 11, 2009

Rodrigo y GabrielaBuell Theater Denver, CO September 19, 2009

Who knew you could wring so much out of a couple acoustic guitars? At the Buell Theater, Rodrigo Sanchez and Gabriela Quinetro attacked their instruments in a manner that had the audience wondering whether the delicate wood would survive, or at the least, stay in tune. The guitars did stay in tune and the result was a sound far beyond what two humans are typically ...

Rodrigo y Gabriela: Rodrigo y Gabriela

by Chris May
January 31, 2007

Forget every other acoustic guitar duo you've ever heard. Mexico's Rodrigo Sanchez and Gabriela Quintero up the ante with an album that owes as much to Metallica as it does to Paco De Lucia and Al Di Meola. It's a hard-driving, high decibel, rutting and strutting cathartic melange of metal, jazz, Mexican, Spanish and Gypsy musics. It's also gloriously melodic, and it makes you feel mighty chipper.

Sanchez and Quintero are survivors of Mexico City's early-1990s metal scene, where they ...

Rodrigo Y Gabriela: Rodrigo Y Gabriela

by AAJ Italy Staff
July 31, 2006

Dal trash metal al flamenco il passo non sembra facile. Eppure, Rodrigo y Gabriela lo hanno compiuto con una invidiabile originalità e risultati che sfidano tutti i luoghi comuni. Con un po’ di gente sparsa di qua e di là che li attribuisce attestati di stima (David Gray e Damien Rice, su tutti) e un super produttore (John Leckie, prezioso il suo lavoro con i Radiohead, ma c’è chi lo ricorda giovanissimo balance engineer alla corte di Lucio Battisti) Rodrigo ...