The new album, In Between Thoughts… A New World, is Rodrigo Sanchez and Gabriela Quintero’s most ambitious project to date, with orchestral textures embroidered onto their unique blend of flamenco ’n’ roll guitar arrangements. It’s been a heady few years that has seen the pair winning a Grammy for 2019 album, Mettavolution, and working with composer Hans Zimmer on soundtracks to Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides and Puss In Boots. Not to mention their invitation from Barack Obama to perform at The White House back in 2010.
Live performances of the material are set to be accompanied by specially commissioned visuals as well as string players to embellish the music. It’s destined to be a very elaborate affair and when we tuned into our video call to their studios in Ixtapa, Mexico, our first question addressed the music’s widescreen feel…
The new album has a very cinematic feel to it. Was this something that you had in mind for the record during the initial writing process?
Rodrigo: “Well, it’s because it is kind of a soundtrack, really. We came up with a story, which is based on the topic of non-dualism, and we created a character in our heads. Actually, I think Gab wrote the story of this character. Eventually, we want to be able to do visuals for the whole album.”
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BASIC INSTINCTS
The sophisticated range of Swedish-designed guitars made by .strandberg* has lured thousands of players over to the headless side. But the company's new stripped-back Boden Essential model is its strongest play yet for the hearts and minds of mainstream players
Second String
As PRS's more affordable USA-made S2 line moves into its second decade, the series gets a revamp with - at last - USA-made pickups and electronics. What took so long?
PABLO VAN DE POEL
When a band from The Netherlands describes themselves as 'raw, psychedelic Southern rock', it may take a little cognitive processing to work out what that might mean. One listen to DeWolff, however, and you will be duly transported to the 60s for some fuzzed-out rock 'n' roll
THE BERNIE MARSDEN COLLECTION
With a fabulous collection of the late Bernie Marsden's guitars, amps and other highly collectable music gear going under the auctioneer's hammer on 11 June, we were thrilled to have the chance of a sneak preview
LENNY KRAVITZ
Some 35 years since the release of his debut LP, for his 12th record, Blue Electric Light, Lenny Kravitz is back again with equal doses of vigour and vibes, using vintage guitars and the purest valve amps
GEORGE VJESTICA
You may not know him at first glance, but the work of Stoke-on-Trent native George Vjestica has probably impacted some of your favourite albums and movies
DICKEY BETTS
Emerging from the shadow of Duane to write signature hit Ramblin' Man, the Allman Brothers guitarist was a hard-living pioneer of Southern rock
NICK GUPPY
It is with great sadness that we report the passing of our highly valued amplifier guru, who died suddenly in April
Lucky Break
Alex Bishop blends old wood with new in an attempt to fix a severely damaged guitar headstock
Tones Behind The Tracks
Cedric Burnside learnt at the knee of his fabled grandfather, but his latest album is a hill country blues masterclass on his own terms