Rodrigo y Gabriela - aka Rodrigo Sanchez (born 1974) and Gabriela Quintero (born 1973) - are an acoustic duo from Mexico City.
They were both brought up listening to jazz, rock music, heavy metal and Metallica through their parent's influences. The pair first met when they were 15 in Mexico, after connecting over their taste of music and they later went on to become an item, musically and romantically.
After no success with popularity in Mexico City, the duo moved to Ireland in 1999 even though they couldn't speak any English at the time.
After some growing success having met other artists in Dublin, the duo re-recorded some of their songs on their demo in 2002 with friends. The album was released on Rubyworks Records.
Their album "Rodrigo y Gabriela" made it to number one on the Irish Albums Chart, even beating the Arctic Monkeys and Johnny Cash. It went on to be released internationally in 2006.
Since then in 2010 they headlined on the West Holts stage at Glastonbury and played at T In The Park. In 2011 they recorded music with Hans Zimmer for the Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides movie.
In January 2012 they released "Area 52", their first album which included other musicians backing them. By 2014 they had released their fourth studio album called "9 Dead Alive".
They have toured internationally throughout their career and even performed for President Barack Obama at The White House.
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