Rodrigo y Gabriela

[John]

For any Spanish guitar/flemenco/classical guitar fans out there - buy their album. :)

Unlikely you will have heard of them unless you watched the Glastonbury highlights that are on now (a repeat of the highlights from June) or, in fact, you were at Glastonbury yourself.

Some truely unbelieveable acoustic spanish guitar playing, even if you're not particularly interested, the talent is amazing.

[Win2Win]

Thought this was something to do with Tennis :doh

[John]

Why?

[Win2Win]

Sabatini.....!!!!

[MattR]

John, do you have any online links for these? Going to do a search now but wondered if you had any.

[John]

Hi Matt,

I'm glad to have found someone who is taking an interest in this amazing duo!

The only online link of any use I've found is their homepage: http://www.rodgab.com (http://www.rodgab.com/). Nice site, with links to all of the usual things you would tend to find on a music site - news, discography, etc, including a large page of reviews. Check out the Music page, you can listen to one or two (literally) of their songs, both good quality sound-wise and well worth listening to.

Hope this helps. :)

[Fadetoblack]

I've seen these two live twice so far....genius....they do some quality metallica covers too...

[bigcumba]

I like that sort of guitar music... got a few classical / Spanish albums from John Williams to the Gypsy Kings and a few others...

[MattR]

Thanks John. Just listened to the freebies on that site. Very impressed. Love where it blends from Metallica to Take5 not something you'd expect! I think I might have to buy this!

[John]

Twice!! You lucky boy Daz, I'd love to go see them.

They're just awesome. The set they played on Glastonbury went into Seven Nation Army by The White Stripes, all flemenco stylee, it's just so good to listen to.

Glad you liked them Matt. :D

[bigcumba]

Got the freebies as well John, very good - will keep an eye out for any more posted on the newsgroups :)

[John]

Just to bring these up again...

They're just incredible. I really do encourage anyone who's in two minds whether or not to check them out because they are simply breathtaking. Listening to the mp3's is one thing, but watching some of the live videos just sums up what a truely superb duo they are...

I wish I could play guitar like that.

[John]

I'm back on the Rod-Gab bandwagon again... and I still can't get enough!

Link to loads of videos here:

http://video.google.co.uk/videosearch?hl=en&q=rodrigo+y+gabriela&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=zW-uSdHTFo6c-gbBz6nMBg&sa=X&oi=video_result_group&resnum=4&ct=title#

[John]

I am going to see them AT LAST! Just bought tickets! :D :D :D

[John]

I am going to see them AT LAST! Just bought tickets! :D :D :D

Tonight's the night. Can't wait for the working day to be over. I've wanted to see these guys for about 5 years... :wiggle:

Their new album's out next week too.

[John]

Talking to myself but I don't care. :laugh

The gig was AMAZING. One of my best, without a doubt. Sensational. They're just immaculate, and got really involved with the crowd. It's been a pretty memorable occasion for me tonight and I can't stop smiling! :D