On the way to Wisconsin, I heard an interesting story on Weekend All Things Considered. The story was about the latest release from a musical duo called Rodrigo y Gabriela, 11:11. The album contains 11 songs as tributes to 11 different influences on the them, like Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, and Shakti. At the hotel later that night, I downloaded the album from my e-music account and listened to it the next day. Wow, just wow. They are remarkable and amazing merging flamenco, folk, and metal (they were both in a Mexican Metal band before going acoustic).
Check out the interview, available as audio and watch the "Tiny Desk Concert". These two are really amazing!
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RyG is some great stuff. I discovered them under Amazon MP3 a few months back. I think the World Music genre they're listed under is the fuggit category when they don't know where to market it.
ReplyDeleteYou may like Tom Landa (The Paperboys) also. They have more Celtic influences, but their leader is also from Mexico and he puts some of that influence in their music also.