Rodrigo y Gabriela

Today I'm gonna tell you about a man and a women, that with a single guitar each are capable of doing very creative music, catchy from the first moment you hear it..

Rodrigo y Gabriela are a Mexican musical duo who specialize in playing fast, rhythmic acoustic guitars. After having started playing in a trash metal band (yes, a trash metal band!), they moved to Dublin where they start playing in some pubs. Soon they became famous and in 2001 released their first album - Foc. So far they have released 6 albums in total, being "Rodrigo y Gabriela" my favorite.. Particularly I like when they play Metallica cover songs and some other nice oldies (Check "Stairway to Heaven", beautiful cover..).

Nowadays they have become very popular, having performed a song from their latest album "11:11" in "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno". Also in May 2010 they performed in front of Barack Obama, with Beyoncé also featuring..

Well enough of talking and more of listening. Check the video below, as you can truly get a sense of what kind of music they play and especially how they play!

"Diablo Rojo"

Fun isn't it?! Just read on Wikipedia that last September they had to stop some shows because of a stress injury caused by the heavily playing style of Gabriela...

If you are looking for a "best of" kind of thing, check the album "Live in Japan". It's amazing! I spent some weeks listening to is from the first to the last song. They are really entertaining and their music unique!