Rodrigo y Gabriela have announced additional North American tour dates this October in support of their recently released album 9 Dead Alive, the highest charting release to date of the duo’s career as musicians. They kick off their July/August run later this week with an appearance at the XPoNential festival on Friday, July 25th. The summer tour culminates with a performance at the renowned Red Rocks Amphitheater on August 17th, and includes a visit to The Late Show With David Letterman on July 29th. The complete list of confirmed dates is below.
Watch a PBS “Live From The Artist Den” performance of “Torito” on YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4EKRoPRqVQ
“In their newest album, 9 Dead Alive, Rodrigo y Gabriela return to their roots,” writes NPR Music, reminding listeners why they fell in love with the Mexican duo in the first place. The album finds them at the peak of their musical flexibility.” Consequence Of Sound praised their “remarkable guitar chops and their outright refusal to rest on their laurels.” While Relix noted that “production of the album lets their guitars have full effect, with each note hitting a nerve.”
Stream “The Soundmaker” on SoundCloud
https://soundcloud.com/rodgab/thesoundmaker
Recorded at their Pacific Coast hideaway in Ixtapa, Mexico, 9 Dead Alive captures the warmth and spontaneity of two great musicians riffing and jamming together; perfectly distilled into nine new songs teeming with desire, elegance and gusto. Representing their first collection of new material in 5 years, each of the songs on the album are a personal celebration of individuals who have passed on, but through their deeds and words still resonate in the 21st century. Going as far back as Eleanor of Acquitaine (1122 – 1204) to Viktor Frankl (1905 – 1997), and including a tribute to one of Rod and Gab’s enduring touchstones – animals and nature.
Upcoming Rodrigo y Gabriela Tour Dates:
JULY
25 – Camden, NJ – XPoNential Music Festival – Wiggins Park
26 – Cockeysville, MD – Believe in Music Festival
27 – Newport, RI-Newport Folk Festival
30 – New Brunswick, NJ-State Theatre w/ Kishi Bashi (solo)
31 – Vienna, VA-Filene Center At Wolf Trap w/ Kishi Bashi (solo)
AUGUST
02 – Bridgeport, CT-Gathering of the Vibes Festival
05 – Wilmington, NC-Greenfield Lake Amphiteater w/ Milow
06 – Charlotte, NC-The Fillmore Charlotte w/ Milow
08 – Nashville, TN-Ryman Auditorium w/ Milow
09 – Atlanta, GA-Chastain Park Amphitheatre w/ Quiet Hounds
10 – Louisville, KY-Iroquois amphitheater w/ Heather Maloney
13 – Grand Rapids, MI-Meijer Gardens w/ Heather Maloney
14 – Milwaukee, WI-Riverside Theater w/ Heather Maloney
15 – Minneapolis, MN-State Theatre w/ Zach Heckendorf
17 – Morrison, CO-Red Rocks Amphitheatre w/ Nathaniel Rateliff
OCTOBER
08 – Miami, FL-The Fillmore Miami Beach
09 – Clearwater, FL-Ruth Eckerd Hall
11 – Charleston, SC-Southern Ground Music & Food Festival
12 – Birmingham, AL-Iron City
15 – Houston, TX-Bayou Music Center
16 – Austin, TX-Moody Theater at ACL Live
18 – Grand Prairie, TX-Verizon Wireless Theatre
21 – Indianapolis, IN-Egyptian Room at Old National Centre
22 – Madison, WI-Orpheum Theatre
24 – Chicago, IL-Chicago Theatre
25 – Detroit, MI-The Fillmore Detroit
27 – Burlington, VT-Flynn Center for the Performing Arts
28 – Northampton, MA-Calvin Theatre
29 – Boston, MA-Orpheum Theatre
