Rodrigo y Gabriela NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

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nprmusic | October 19, 2009

I can't think of a better way to describe the music of Rodrigo y Gabriela tha...

nprmusic | October 19, 2009

I can't think of a better way to describe the music of Rodrigo y Gabriela than with three words: "heavy metal flamenco." And yet the duo doesn't play heavy metal — its members perform instrumentals on nylon-string guitars — nor does it play Spanish dance music. But the term fits because the pair's fierce guitar riffs feel powerfully electric, and because Rodrigo y Gabriela's rhythmic style showcases a frenetic strum that conjures the energy of flamenco.

The duo have just released a new album titled, 11:11, which pays tribute to the pair's heroes — Jimi Hendrix, Carlos Santana, Astor Piazzolla and Pantera's Dimebag Darrell. They recently performed a few tracks for the NPR Music Tiny Desk series including "Hanuman" and "Buster Voodoo."

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  • This kind of thing makes you want to ditch your electric guitar and take up acoustic... in fact I might just do that.

  • Stop Hating! Yall know they the shit!

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  • she has a great 5beat rhumba.But Rodrigo is awsome

  • acoustic wins lol

  • Rodrio y Gariela... the best there is! No two guitars ever made such sound! You need to see/hear them live - like I did in Seattle last September. You will (if over 45) seriously wonder if you're heart will survive the pounding of Gabriela. I survived! Now I live!

  • this is great

  • 3:20 reimds me of megadeth

  • @seinfeldsandwhich A very small percentage of the words you used in that comment are spelled correctly. And you're calling me stupid. If you think being open-minded is stupid, then fine. You're pretty much alone on that one. And for future reference, contain your desire to be a completely retarded asshole on the internet. People like you annoy the hell out of me and everyone else who favors actual thinking over picking one side or another.

  • @Calebitus how a bout u take ur stupid right wing views, shove em up ur ass, get glenn back to fuck it out of u so hardd it comes out ur mouth and shoot ur self in the brain, cuz u r fuckign st000pid

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