Dec 29, 2023
Originally from Mexico City Rodrigo y
Gabriela, the acoustic guitar duo of Rodrigo Sanchez and
Gabriela Quintero, met as teenagers while playing in a thrash metal
band called Tierra Acida. By 2000 the formally became a duo act and
moved to Dublin Ireland, where with the support of musician Damian
Rice, the talented pair participated in the renowned Oxegen music
festival in Ireland, where they attracted significant attention.
From the beginning, their reputation as killer musicians - Rodrigo
with the faster-than-lightning lead guitar and Gabriela with her
unique, rhythmic, strumming-and-drumming style - started to spread
across the country.
The high-energy international duo's music harnesses the flash,
power, and speed of death metal filtered through the passion, soul,
technique, and discipline of nuevo flamenco. Their showy, emotional
sound is marked by Quintero's syncopated, hooky, percussive rhythms
and rapid-fire strummed vamps framing Sanchez's incendiary,
melodic, single-and dual-string leads. Following a successful
live album in 2004, their debut self-titled studio album, produced
by John Leckie of Radiohead and Stone Roses fame, was released by
Rubyworks in February 2006 and charted at Number One on the Irish
national charts, keeping the Arctic Monkeys off the top spot.
Having established themselves in their adopted home, the duo
started to spread their magic across the rest of the world. They
headlined the Jazz World stage at Glastonbury in 2007, which was
broadcast live on BBC TV. The Rodrigo y Gabriela album went on to
sell over 100,000 records in the UK. This episode features
recordings from the acclaimed duo's 2019 performance at Big Top
Chautauqua.
First broadcast in 1994, Tent Show Radio is a weekly one-hour radio program showcasing the best live recordings from acclaimed music acts and entertainers who grace the Big Top Chautauqua stage each summer in beautiful Bayfield, WI. In the program's nearly 30-year history it has featured artists like Johnny Cash, B.B King, Brandi Carlile, Willie Nelson, Don McLean, and many more. Hosted by celebrated New York Times best-selling author Michael Perry-who weaves stories and humor throughout each episode - Tent Show Radio features performances from renowned national & regional artists, with regular appearances featuring Big Top’s own unique brand of shows that feature songs and stories performed by its acclaimed house band, The Blue Canvas Orchestra. Tent Show Radio is independently produced by Big Top Chautauqua, a non-profit performing arts organization, with a mission to present performances and events that celebrate history and the environment - along with their annual summer concert series - nestled in the woods on the shores of Lake Superior and the Apostle Islands.
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