Rodrigo y Gabriela are a Mexican acoustic guitar duo whose music is influenced by a number of genres including nuevo flamenco, rock, and heavy metal. The duo's recordings consist largely of instrumental duets on the flamenco guitar. Currently residing in Mexico City, they began their career in Dublin, Ireland, during an eight-year stay. They have toured internationally and in 2010, performed at The White House for President Barack Obama. In 2020, their fifth studio album Mettavolution won a Grammy Award for the Best Contemporary Instrumental Album at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards. Their most recent album, In Between Thoughts…A New World, was released in April 2023.
Rodrigo y Gabriela in April 2012
Rodrigo y Gabriela in concert at Red Rocks Amphitheathre
Rodrigo y Gabriela performing in concert at Central Park SummerStage in Central Park, New York on July 1, 2007
Rodrigo y Gabriela performing at the Sasquatch! Music Festival in Washington State, on May 30, 2011
Grafton Street is one of the two principal shopping streets in Dublin city centre — the other being Henry Street. It runs from St Stephen's Green in the south to College Green in the north.
South end of Grafton Street
Grafton Street circa 1870
Southern end of Grafton Street, close to Stephens Green, in 2015
Grafton Street in the 1940s
