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Acoustic Magazine UK
Their energy, impeccable timing and the passion that comes through their music makes them the most exciting and intoxicating live acoustic performers on the planet'

Billboard 2006
"One of the best guitar albums in ages one of the best discs this year". '

The Fly UK
'Kicking off with some superb Flamenco rolls and running headlong into high octane Jazz/Flamenco/Rock guitar, Rodrigo y Gabriela's third and Eponymous album picks up from where Live in Manchester and Dublin left off, with a live feel that leads the listener to expect well-deserved applause following each number.'

BBC
'The songs are breathless, built on sublime reels up and down the frets . Rodrigo and Gabriel are free and easy with their own folk roots: they'll take on anything.'

Daily Telegraph UK
'You can hear the influence of such master as Paco de Lucia and Al Di Meola, but the pretty pair outdo their elders with their hard-rock dynamics, feverish energy and sexual chemistry.'

The Scotsman
'Rodrigo y Gabriela create a truly electrifying sound.'

The Times UK
'This comes as close as possible to capturing the excitement of the live experience'

The Sun
'This is assured, inventive stuff. The joy of Mex'

The Irish Times
'It it's rip-roaring, flamenco-flecked jazz-tinged rock'n'roll you're after, then you've come to the right place'

RECENT SNIPPITS
**** Guardian, Review of Jazz Cafe Gig
***** Rolling Stone, Mexico

'This is a World Music album that swings'Guardian
'Electrifying...they had us entranced and kept us in that state for the next 90 minutes' ***** The Independent
'This is brilliant' Total Music Magazine
Album of the Month, ‘Inspirational ***** Guitar Techniques
'Fierce Emotion..raw excitment' Guitarist Magazine
Stunning' **** - Total Guitar
Spellbinding..It should leave you breathless. IndieLondon
'Hotter than a bag of Mexican chilli peppers, a phenomenal live CD', 10/10 DVD Fever
'Rodrigo y Gabriela leap musical boundaries like Grand National champions' Songlines

Hotter than a bag of Mexican chilli peppers, Rodrigo y Gabriela release a phenomenal live CD. 10/10
DVD Fever

Witty and technically brilliant
The Guardian

This is the most dramatic and entertaining acoustic album this year
Total guitar

Oozes Latin Appeal, Beautifully Melodic, Hugely dynamic and addictively melodic
Songlines

They're not jazz guitarists, yet they do play jazz standards. They're not rock guitarists, yet they can play heavy metal, and they're not Mexican folk or flamenco guitarists, though Latin rhythms form the crucible of their sound.
Sunday Times

An outstanding piece of work by outstanding musicians
Classic Rock Society

This is your chance to hear what everyone is talking about
HMV Choice

So catchy you'll need a chisel to remove it from your CD player
Boys Toys

Funny, clever and scarily agile, this is the most dramatic acoustic album this year
Total Guitar

Both Metallica and Dave Brubeck will find echoes of their work in this slick, cheerful and utterly unexpected set
The Guardian

They are both extremely fine and original guitarists, capable of trading cool, slick or furious licks
The Guardian

There can be no doubting the promise of this duo, and the Irish-Hispanic mix could be a heady source of future experiments - and no doubt some hits
BBC Music

Gobsmackingly proficient and inventive...those that caught their set at Glastonbury came away waxing rapturously..
Time Out (London)

A dextrous guitar duo from Mexico City, Rodrigo Sanchez and Gabriela Quintero epitomise all that is great and trailblazing in world fusion
Jazzwise

Spanish reviews
Universal / Exelsior / Economista / Record / El Universal / Reforma

Seattlest.com - RodGab Blow Our Minds / DCist.com - Review /
Blogcritics.com - Review of DC show / Bostonist.com - Review

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