![]() ![]() Rodrigo Sánchez and Gabriela Quintero grew up in Mexico City and met as teenagers, bonding over their love of metal, becoming a couple shortly after (to be clear, they are no longer a couple). However, their much-deserved fame and finger-picking perfection didn’t come overnight, or in a year it was a long road that spanned continents and involved working their way up from playing on the actual streets to stages worldwide. ![]() Upon their breakthrough release in 2006, Rodrigo y Gabriela, the duo became an instant success, sitting at the top of charts worldwide, including the very top slot on the Irish charts. It sounds almost contradictory to what you’d imagine of a large arena act two classical guitars, no vocals, taking on acoustic covers such as Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway To Heaven.” But the key is, it’s really good. Their infamous music video for “Hanuman” is four minutes of the two playing their classical guitars in front of highly stacked speakers in a vast canyon area. Two guitars seamlessly flying at high-speed through aural flaming hoops Gabriela’s hand fluttering over the fretboard with a light, skipping rhythm, while Rodrigo meticulously delivers jumping melodies at a dizzying speed. A word that instantly comes to mind upon hearing the music of Rodrigo y Gabriela is polished.
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