Rodrigo and Gabriela: Reload and Upgrade

Rodrigo and Gabriela thought the world would end with the pandemic, so they locked themselves in their studio and dedicated themselves to recording like it was the last thing they were going to do in their lives.

“We didn’t think it was going to be a record, but a creative journey,” Gabriela said by phone from Scottsdale, Arizona, where the duo were on tour. “When you are an artist, you see what you take away and what you put into molcajete.”

And since there was no end of the world, the album “In the gaps between thoughts” became the result of this creative path. A New World” and it caused a lot of buzz in the music industry because for the first time since the inception of this band, something other than the acoustic guitars of its members was included.

“Because it was very spontaneous, we went crazy with electric guitars, orchestra and other things,” said Gabriela.

The album featured the Bulgarian Philharmonic Orchestra, but that doesn’t stop it from sounding rocky, the eternal love of this Mexican duo, who until 2012 were a sentimental couple. Currently, their relationship is purely artistic.

They are currently on a tour that spans multiple cities across the United States – tonight they play at the YouTube Theater in Los Angeles on Thursday, and on June 27 at the Kings Theater in Brooklyn, New York – they continue across Canada and end at November in Europe.

And while this is happening, these musicians are already working on their next album, which, as Gabriela promises, will be “bien locochón”, which can be translated as innovative and unusual.

Another surprise to be expected from this band is that one day they will release an album of songs, an option they have not ruled out despite many asking them to stay true to their strictly acoustic style.

“But now that this album has been very well received, it would be nice to release the songs,” he said. “Yes, we have them, but we haven’t released them.”

Both she and Rodrigo write songs but never revealed them. It is planned that someone else will interpret them, because Gabriela believes that neither she nor Rodrigo are singers.

In addition to their guitar careers, both have side projects in Ixtapa, a coastal town in the Mexican state of Zihuatanejo. He owns a vegan restaurant and she owns La Casita Ecovegana, an organization that offers cooking classes and teaches how to grow gardens and raise livestock. He is also in charge of the cat shelter.

When they’re not on tour, the pair often meet not only in their businesses but also in the studio they share, and it’s “one of the best investments we’ve made,” Gabriela said.

“Every time we return [a Ixtapa] We are going to use our toy,” he said.

In detail

What: Rodrigo and Gabriela

When: today Thursday, 20:00

Where: Youtube Theatre, 1011 Stadium Dr., Inglewood

How: tickets and reports ticketmaster.com