Today’s Amie Street Music Wednesday post comes from a duo known simply as Rodrigo y Gabriela. Nice spanish infused guitar mixes with some awesome string work and simple percussion to form a nice up beat disc. From the awesome tone of Hanuman to the fun tune of 11:11 the entire collection from this duo is worth owning.

From the Sunday Times UK:

Much like Antonio Forcione, the Mexican flamenco-rock duo bring a new kind of athleticism to acoustic power chords. Melodically, they’re less subtle: many of their tunes establish a pulsating vamp and then settle for turning up the rhythm knob to the vaunted number 11. But the mercurial fingerwork is mesmerising, and rockers will enjoy the echoes of Hendrix on Buster Voodoo. Another axe duo, Strunz & Farah, briefly sit in, while the metal hero Alex Skolnick sets the room screaming on Atman, a number that blossoms magically out of Chac Mool. The Gipsy Kings-meet-Led Zep ethos will never appeal to the faint-hearted, but it’s hard not to be impressed by the sheer energy

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