Rodrigo y Gabriela are coming to DC area, and they will perform on August 9 at the 2008 Virgin Mobile Festival, along an impressive line-up of artists, such as: Foo Fighters, Lupe Fiasco, Bloc Party, Bob Dylan, Kanye West, and others.
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Rodrigo Sanchez and Gabriela Quintero are an amazing and talented duo of acoustic guitar players and composers. Their records have been classified as World music, with a strong influence of Hispanic classical guitar (flamenco), Metal Rock and other genres including Hungarian gypsy tunes and others. The duo's repertoire goes beyond what is known as Latin American folk guitar and it has been also called "Folk Metal" for some.
Rodrigo and Gabriela are from Mexico, and they met as teenagers while living in Mexico City, where they played together in the Metal rock circuit for awhile. Later on they got focused into guitar exclusively. Then they moved to Europe, playing in small places and struggling to survive in the streets of Dublin, Copenahgen and Barcelona, until they got a call to return to Dublin, where they started their successful career that has taken them all over the world.
Interview at a Los Angeles radio station
Performing live
"Late Show with David Letterman"
The Virgin Mobile Festival
August 9-10, 2008
10:00 am to 10:00 pm
Pimlico Race Course
5201 Park Heights Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21215
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Rodrigo y Gabriela tour dates
June 2008
June 20 : Scheessel Hurricane Festival, Scheeßel, Germany
June 21 : Southside Festival, Neuhausen ob Eck, Germany
June 22 : The Hague Picnic in the Park, Zuiderpark, The Hague, Netherlands
June 25 : The Roundhouse, Camden, London, UK (Sold out)
June 26 : La Cigale, Paris, France. (Sold out)
June 27 : Rock dans tous ses états, Hippodrome, Evreux, Normandie, France
July 2008
July 03 : Montreal Jazz Festival, Canada
July 05 : Summerfest Festival, Milwaukee, USA
July 06 : Rothbury Festival, Michigan, USA
July 20 : Mile High Festival, Denver, USA
July 25 : Fuji Rock Festival, Naeba, Japan.
August 2008
Aug 9th : Virgin Festival, Baltimore, USA
Aug 10 Sun : All Points West, Liberty State Park, New Jersey , USA
Aug 24 Sun : Outside Lands festival, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, USA
October 2008
Oct 28th : Le Bataclan, Paris, France.
2 COMMENTS:
oh I soooo wish I could go to this but $99 a ticket??! kinda out of my budget a bit.
Yeah I also think the price was too freakin expensive... all I could afford was to watch them in Youtube...
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