Grammy-winning, genre-bending classical guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela have announced the coming release of a new double live album, METTAVOLUTION LIVE, recorded during last year’s METTAVOLUTION World Tour. The live record is due out on Friday, October 2nd via Rubyworks/ATO. Pre-order the album here.
“Hearing this recording is to be able to reconnect with our marvelous fans from our live gigs during 2019,” said Rodrigo y Gabriela of the tour, “the year we got to promote our METTAVOLUTION album all over the world. That was the very moment we felt truly complete as artists and musicians.”
On Wednesday, the Mexican duo released a new cut from the live album, “Electric Soul”, one of the seven tracks from the duo’s Grammy-winning METTAVOLUTION album recorded live for the new release. You can listen to the stirring track below:
Rodrigo y Gabriela – “Electric Soul” (Live)
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“Electric Soul” follows the sprawling, 20-minute live version of Pink Floyd‘s “Echoes” as the second song to be released from METTAVOLUTION LIVE. Dive in to the live version of Rodrigo y Gabriela’s take on “Echoes” below:
Rodrigo y Gabriela – “Echoes” (Pink Floyd cover, Live)
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The release of METTAVOLUTION LIVE comes in the wake of a deeply creative period that Rod and Gab are continuing to experience in these pandemic days at home in Zihuatanejo, Mexico. One of the world’s most in-demand live acts, the duo had planned to spend this summer celebrating METTAVOLUTION and their historic GRAMMY Award triumph with an eagerly awaited world tour. Instead, they performed an extremely popular NPR Tiny Desk (Home) performance in April, and have been releasing their daily “Lumbini Sessions” with inspired live versions of their favorite metal songs, film themes, jazz tunes, RyG album cuts as well as covers of Motorhead, Billie Eilish, Dua Lipa, Dave Brubeck, Van Morrison, Lil Nas X, Radiohead and more. Most recently, Rod and Gab just launched their new Patreon, “Music From The Field,” where they will be sharing previously unreleased tracks, new Patreon-only audio and video, plus regular AMAs, Metta talks, exclusive merchandise offers and more.
For more information on Rodrigo y Gabriela, head to the duo’s website. You can check out a full METTAVOLUTION LIVE track listing below.
