Rodrigo y Gabriela '11:11' album

Rodrigo y Gabriela will release their new studio album, entitled “11:11” on Rubyworks, on Monday 7th September. “11:11” was recorded in Ixtapa, Mexico. The album has been produced by Rodrigo y Gabriela, with John Leckie co-producing one of the tracks. The album was mixed in Wales and London by Colin Richardson, best known for his work with Slipknot and Trivium.

Comprising 11 new self-written compositions, “11:11” is Rod & Gab’s personal “Gracias” to a first XI of musicians, both past and present, who have inspired them along the way. Alex Skolnick of metal gods Testament guests on the album, as do widely respected acoustic veterans Strunz & Farah.

"11:11” is the long awaited follow up to 2006’s “Rodrigo y Gabriela”, which has so far enjoyed worldwide sales in excess of half a million albums.

Rodrigo y Gabriela tour dates
Rodrigo y Gabriela will be bringing their inimitable live show to the following venues in the coming months:

June
28th – Summerfest, Milwaukee, USA

July
4th – Rock Werchter Festival, Belgium
5th – Eurockeennes deBelfort, Malsaucy, France
15th – Festival Les Suds, Arles, France
17th – Gent Jazz Festival, Ghent, Belgium
19th – Lovebox Festival, London, UK
21st – Blue Balls Festival, Lucerne, Switzerland
23rd – Paleo Festival, Nyon, Switzerland
25th – SecretGarden Party, Cambridge, UK
28th – Dolans Warehouse, Limerick, Ireland
29th – CIT School Of Music, Cork, Ireland

August
1st – Festival du Bout du Monde, Crozen, France

September
16 – Terminal 5, New York City, USA.
19 – Temple Hoyne Buell Theatre, Denver , USA
21 – Moore Theatre, Seattle, USA
23 – Fox Theatre, San Francisco, USA
25 – Orpheum Theatre, Los Angeles, USA

Rodrigo y Gabriela biography
Rodrigo (Sanchez) and Gabriela (Quintero) are two fast-fingered, Dublin-based, Mexicans with a unique sound created on acoustic guitars. Their music is difficult to define, straddling both world and rock, and often imbued with timeless Hispano – classical influences. The fire in it comes from their life-long passion for metal music. This spring, "Rodrigo y Gabriela," beat both the Arctic Monkeys AND Johnny Cash to number one in the Irish charts.

Rodrigo is a deft finger-picker who can move from raging speed to sensual soul in the space of a fret, while Gabriela employs fast, rhythmic techniques. Her percussionist's thrashing of strings and drumming of the instrument's body inevitably raises comparisons with flamenco – which they acknowledge as an influence but swerve as a pigeonhole. The duo's repertoire flies beyond familiar Latin folk guitarists' styles because of the metal connection: their reworkings of Led Zep's "Stairway to Heaven" and Metallica's "Orion" are musts, and the presence, on "Ixtapa", of the fiery Hungarian gypsy violinist, Roby Lakatos, is inspirational.

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