November's
Artist To Watch is the acoustic music duo of
Rodrigo Y Gabriela. They play "FWA" Flamenco
With Attitude.
Meet
Rodrigo Sanchez and Gabriela Quintero. They play
flamenco guitar and are influenced as much by
Metallica and Led Zep (which they cover on their
debut) as they are influenced by Al DiMeola and
Strunz & Farah. Their
self-titled debut in the States is on ATO Records,
and was produced by John Leckie.
They recently stopped by the World Cafe with
David Dye, and you can catch their performance
and interview here.
Originally from Mexico, they are now based in
Dublin. The duo met as teenage metalheads in
Mexico, and played in a band together, then drifted
to Europe, and finally to Dublin as they were
developing their acoustic sound.