We're not really in the habit of plugging new album releases. Actually, we don't ever plug new album releases. Not even stuff by JLS. But we're happy to tell you that two very talented musicians have a new album out. It's called Area 52 by Rodrigo y Gabriela. If you've not listened to them, you should. They make nice music. And we're big fans.
To celebrate their new album they've given us a signed Yamaha guitar to give away. The guitar's worth £500, and looks a bit like the one here, only signed (Rodrigo y Gabriela are currently touring in Mexico but will sign it when they get back to the UK next month).
The winner will get the signed guitar and a pair of tickets to one of Rodrigo y Gabriela's February UK shows (city of your choosing). Ten runners up will get a CD of the new album posted to them.
To enter, just let us know what your favourite song of all time is* (leaving it as a comment to this post). Deadline for entries is 6pm Sunday 29th January. We'll pick a winner and ten runners up at random next week. The lucky winner will find themselves a signed guitar and a pair of gig tickets richer, ten runners up will be one very good album better off and, if nothing else, we'll all have some jolly good song suggestions to make a monster playlist from.
WINNERS UPDATE - congratulations to Laura Quinton for winning the signed guitar and gig tickets, and also our runners up Helena Marie, Steve K, Dan Brown, Myranda Love, Ian, Karl, Sarah Harman, Leo Sayer, Ali Smith, Shane Simpson, Laura Jeffs.
* Please note - the song you choose will not in any way affect your chances of winning, no matter how bad it is.
Diablo Rojo! :)
Posted by: Ingrid Verdes | January 23, 2012 at 02:49 PM
Queen - Who Wants To Live Forever
Posted by: Linda Silke | January 23, 2012 at 02:49 PM
California - Mick Flannery
Posted by: Colin Dolan | January 23, 2012 at 02:50 PM
Slow Down by a very old artist called J.B. Lenoir. Inspirational guitarist and vocalist.
Posted by: Mike James | January 23, 2012 at 02:50 PM
It has to be the awesome 'Aquamarine' by Santana. I'm sure Rod y Gab would approve!
Posted by: Helena Marie | January 23, 2012 at 02:51 PM
Re:Stacks - Bon Iver
Posted by: Graeme Farrell | January 23, 2012 at 02:51 PM
Super Glider by Drugstore
Posted by: Tavis | January 23, 2012 at 02:51 PM
Sick of You by GWAR!
Posted by: Shane Tuttle | January 23, 2012 at 02:51 PM
search and destroy by the stooges
Posted by: Tobias | January 23, 2012 at 02:52 PM
Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
Posted by: Tim Wright | January 23, 2012 at 02:52 PM
Sound and Vision - David Bowie!
Posted by: Paola | January 23, 2012 at 02:52 PM
Seth Lakeman - Kitty Jay
Posted by: Geoff S | January 23, 2012 at 02:52 PM
One of my favorite ones is "Magic Man" played by Heart! I would love to win the guitar...to give it to my son, he really loves music and lives in Uruguay, South America. We will not be able to go to the show, I am in NY and he is there, but it would be an amazing surprise for him to have a signed guitar! Thanks and have a great day!!!
Posted by: Maria Mendoza Elhordoy | January 23, 2012 at 02:52 PM
my fave rod y gab song would be Diablo Rojo!
Posted by: Shane Tuttle | January 23, 2012 at 02:52 PM
Ok Tokyo from the "Live in Japan" album by RyG!
Posted by: Puah Hao Ee | January 23, 2012 at 02:52 PM
Somebody to Love - Queen
Posted by: René-Pier Deshaies Gélinas | January 23, 2012 at 02:53 PM
Journey- The Party's Over (Hopelessly in Love)
Posted by: Dean Scriven | January 23, 2012 at 02:53 PM
The Unforgiven III (Metallica)
Posted by: Halflants Bastien | January 23, 2012 at 02:53 PM
Stairway to heaven
Posted by: JB | January 23, 2012 at 02:54 PM
Dorina by dada
Posted by: Mark Zvonar | January 23, 2012 at 02:54 PM
I am going to the show in NY!!!!!!
Posted by: Maria Mendoza Elhordoy | January 23, 2012 at 02:54 PM
Ara batur - Sigur Ros
Posted by: James A | January 23, 2012 at 02:54 PM
Simple man - Lynyrd Skynyrd :)
Posted by: Konstantinos | January 23, 2012 at 02:55 PM
Bat Out of Hell- Meatloaf. Performing it with my sisters, to anyone who is lucky enough to be standing near by. :)
Posted by: Jess Watson | January 23, 2012 at 02:55 PM
Imagine by John Lennon
Posted by: David Koon | January 23, 2012 at 02:55 PM
mediterranean sundance, al di meola
Posted by: chris | January 23, 2012 at 02:55 PM
U2 - One
Posted by: David | January 23, 2012 at 02:56 PM
Mr. Brightside - The Killers
like a lot of songs but it's one of those I never skip on my Ipod!
Posted by: Jacob Willmore | January 23, 2012 at 02:56 PM
Free Bird!
(not really. I just wanted to say it. Although, it is a good song..)
Posted by: Wondergoat | January 23, 2012 at 02:56 PM
My fave song of all time? Not sure... Metallica - Master of Puppets rates fairly highly on my list :p
Posted by: Matt Bowers | January 23, 2012 at 02:56 PM
Buster Voodoo
Posted by: Robert Eickmann | January 23, 2012 at 02:57 PM
Rodrigo y Gabriela - Tamacun
Posted by: Matthew Freeman | January 23, 2012 at 02:57 PM
Weird Fishes - Radiohead
Posted by: Lucy O'Neill | January 23, 2012 at 02:58 PM
Wanted, dead or alive by Bon Jovi
Posted by: Andy Woodland | January 23, 2012 at 02:58 PM
'For Emma' by Bon Iver
Posted by: MaRkJpHelPs | January 23, 2012 at 02:58 PM
1979 by the smashing pumpkins
Posted by: anthony | January 23, 2012 at 02:58 PM
Why Does It Hurt When I Pee? - Frank Zappa
Posted by: Chris Stern | January 23, 2012 at 02:58 PM
In this river - Black label society
Posted by: Simon D | January 23, 2012 at 02:58 PM
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Posted by: Damien Cabut | January 23, 2012 at 02:59 PM
One for the Box by Free
Posted by: Penny | January 23, 2012 at 02:59 PM
Django Reinhardt - Minor Swing
Posted by: jester | January 23, 2012 at 03:00 PM
"All These Things That I've Done" The Killers
Posted by: Mark | January 23, 2012 at 03:00 PM
Maná - En El Muelle De San Blas
Posted by: Celenne Miranda | January 23, 2012 at 03:01 PM
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Posted by: Guillaume.T | January 23, 2012 at 03:01 PM
Bob Dylan - Like a Rolling Stone
Posted by: Bob Dodds | January 23, 2012 at 03:01 PM
Julie London - fly me to the moon
Posted by: Toria Lamb | January 23, 2012 at 03:01 PM
Short Skirt Long Jacket - Cake
Posted by: Chris Woo | January 23, 2012 at 03:01 PM
Killing floor jimi hendrix, awesome!!!
Posted by: jack taylor | January 23, 2012 at 03:01 PM
"Layla" - Derek and the Dominoes
Posted by: Jeff Wooliscroft | January 23, 2012 at 03:02 PM
Where the streets have no name - u2
Posted by: Aidan D | January 23, 2012 at 03:02 PM
Take me home ( country roads) by Glen Campbell
Posted by: Bruce Aitken | January 23, 2012 at 03:02 PM
Stairway to Heaven - but the Rod Gab version of course played on the Yamaha NTX guitars!
Posted by: jon higgins | January 23, 2012 at 03:03 PM
Imagine - John Lennon
Posted by: grattmandu03 | January 23, 2012 at 03:03 PM
Jimi Hendrix machine gun
Posted by: scott rance | January 23, 2012 at 03:03 PM
money for nothing - dire straits.
Posted by: chris eccles | January 23, 2012 at 03:04 PM
for what it's worth - buffalo springfield
Posted by: JC BERDA | January 23, 2012 at 03:04 PM
Sultans of Swing by Dire Straits.
Posted by: Jimmy Williams | January 23, 2012 at 03:04 PM
Neil young. Harvest moon
Posted by: Brian Simpson | January 23, 2012 at 03:05 PM
There are so many songs that it could be anything on any given day... but today I would say "A day in the life" by the Beatles.
Posted by: Dale Holmes | January 23, 2012 at 03:05 PM
Pink Floyd - Echoes
Posted by: Hfwilke | January 23, 2012 at 03:05 PM
brixton cat by rico and the rudies
Posted by: Brendan Docherty | January 23, 2012 at 03:06 PM
"Zloty Paw" Dzem
Posted by: Grzegorz Szylo | January 23, 2012 at 03:06 PM
White Wedding - Billy Idol
Posted by: Catherine Hurley | January 23, 2012 at 03:07 PM
Crowded House - Whispers and Moans
Posted by: Gareth Nicholls | January 23, 2012 at 03:08 PM
Fortunate Son - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Posted by: Virginie | January 23, 2012 at 03:10 PM
Short Tales of the Black Forest -- Al Di Meola and John McLaughlin
Posted by: Noah F. | January 23, 2012 at 03:10 PM
Orion by Rod y Gab!!!
Posted by: Joe Hoye | January 23, 2012 at 03:10 PM
"Mr Blue Sky" ELO
Posted by: MrPotes | January 23, 2012 at 03:10 PM
Somewhere as preformed by Tom Waits
Posted by: zack mikalonis | January 23, 2012 at 03:10 PM
La Grippe, Squirrel Nut Zippers' version :D
Posted by: Víctor Stern | January 23, 2012 at 03:10 PM
Skeeter Davis' The End Of The World.
Posted by: Jamie Holloway | January 23, 2012 at 03:11 PM
Shine on you crazy diamond - Pink floyd
Posted by: Ak | January 23, 2012 at 03:12 PM
"Mary" by Patty Griffin
Posted by: Mark H | January 23, 2012 at 03:13 PM
"While my Guitar Gently Weeps"
The Beatles
Posted by: Niickb | January 23, 2012 at 03:14 PM
Pendulous Skin - Mastodon
Posted by: Ryan Morwood | January 23, 2012 at 03:14 PM
Diablo Rojo - Rodrigo y Gabriela
Posted by: David H. | January 23, 2012 at 03:15 PM
Lagrimas negras interpretada por Bebo Valdes y Diego el cigala
Posted by: Alex Gabardino | January 23, 2012 at 03:17 PM
Redemption Song - Bob Marley
Posted by: Tom Bell | January 23, 2012 at 03:17 PM
the cover Rodrigo y Gabriela did of "One" by Metallica. Awesome.
Posted by: Amanda Normandin | January 23, 2012 at 03:19 PM
Walkin' the Boogie by John Lee Hooker
Posted by: lisa caley | January 23, 2012 at 03:20 PM
Blackbird - Alter Bridge
Posted by: Craig D | January 23, 2012 at 03:20 PM
Mediterranean Sundance - Paco De Lucia, John Mclaughlin & Al Di Meola
Posted by: Van Leuven E. | January 23, 2012 at 03:21 PM
knights of cydonia - muse
Posted by: rory mckinley | January 23, 2012 at 03:22 PM
I really like Warren Zevon's My Shit's Fucked Up. Says a lot.
Posted by: DOS SANTOS Florian | January 23, 2012 at 03:22 PM
Californication - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Posted by: Chris Lally | January 23, 2012 at 03:23 PM
Breathe by Alexi Murdoch
Posted by: Katie B | January 23, 2012 at 03:26 PM
Exit Music (For a Film) - Radiohead
Posted by: John H | January 23, 2012 at 03:27 PM
Hanuman! Love playing it (but will never do it as good as them)
Posted by: Arnout Dejans | January 23, 2012 at 03:27 PM
Bring It On Home by Led Zeppelin
Posted by: Nick Huggins | January 23, 2012 at 03:28 PM
little wing
Posted by: Matthias Zwack | January 23, 2012 at 03:30 PM
My Fave RodGab song would be Horo Zero.
My Fave song - comfortably numb by pink floyd
Posted by: Phil Rannard | January 23, 2012 at 03:30 PM
Planting a Flag on the Sun by Jacob's Story www.facebook.com/JacobsStory
Posted by: TC | January 23, 2012 at 03:31 PM
Samson by Regina Spektor!
Posted by: Millie | January 23, 2012 at 03:32 PM
Into the night - Santana featuring Chad Kroeger
Posted by: Ahmed Mohsin | January 23, 2012 at 03:33 PM
Come Together - Beatles
Posted by: Alisa Streets | January 23, 2012 at 03:33 PM
Rod Stewart - handbags and gladrags
Posted by: stephen goodall | January 23, 2012 at 03:34 PM
Pepper - Butthole Surfers
Posted by: Neil | January 23, 2012 at 03:35 PM
Disco Fever, by Bondage Fairies
Posted by: Max Dorfer | January 23, 2012 at 03:35 PM
Red House by Jimi Hendrix!
Posted by: Jack Flynn | January 23, 2012 at 03:36 PM
little wing - jimmy hendrix
Posted by: tom | January 23, 2012 at 03:36 PM