Here are some photos from an amazing concert I went to a few weeks ago. If you know Rodrigo and Gabriela, or have watched them on YouTube, you will have an idea of how incredibly talented these musicians are. This was the second time I had seen them (the first was at The Roundhouse in 2007) and even though I have watched lots of video clips – it was surprise to watch Gabriela’s unique guitar playing style again. Watch them performing Hanuman from their new album 11:11 here. It was also beautiful how respectful the crowd were when they played their slower, more classical-style songs. Usually for a concert, you could hear a pin drop at those points. I loved the speeches the two of them made between the songs, and the fact that rather than playing at Wembley Arena for one night, they chose to play 5 nights at The Shepherd’s Bush Empire instead, even though this meant 5 lots of bills! And this paid off – the intimacy of the venue (as I have said about small venues before) just brought it alive even more!
Rodrigo and Gabriela say goodnight
In full flow