From NPR music and all songs considered, I'm Robin Hilton.

Hermannos Gutierrez is a duo that makes instrumental music

that sounds like it's been transported from a different time.

The two brothers Alejandro and Estevan Gutierrez

are from Switzerland, they're from Zurich,

they're both guitarists,

and their songs draw heavily from Western and Latin American sounds,

particularly sounds from the 1950s.

You can hear all of this on their new and incredibly chill album,

El Guero y El Molo.

Felix Contreras and Ana Maria Ser within Piers Alt Latino

recently sat down with Hermannos Gutierrez

to talk about their record, their love of sad songs,

and the joy of making music with your family.

Hey Ana, you have siblings, don't you?

Yes, I have to, a brother and a sister.

Imagine if you made music with them.

What do you think that would be like?

I'm gonna get in so much trouble for saying this.

But my brother has honestly such a bad voice,

and he doesn't know it, and he doesn't know it.

And I remember sitting in our house growing up,

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