"Hailed by Lucinda Williams, recruited by Alejandro Escovedo, and nurtured by Lyle Lovett, singer-songwriter Carrie Rodriguez has rapidly emerged as one of the most compelling new voices on the roots-rock scene." - Andrew Gilbert / The Boston Globe
"I have to say I am very impressed. She's got something unique in her voice that's very subtle and a little smoky and sweet. She's got a refreshingly spunky attitude to go along with it." - Lucinda Williams
"Recruited by Alejandro Escovedo, and nurtured by Lyle Lovett, singer-songwriter Carrie Rodriguez has rapidly emerged as one of the most compelling new voices on the roots-rock scene." - Andrew Gilbert / The Boston Globe
Love & Circumstance (April 13th, 2010): Produced by Lee Townsend and featuring her world-class touring band with guest appearances from Buddy Miller, Bill Frisell, Greg Leisz and Aiofe O'Donovan. For this project, Carrie performs works by songwriters including: Hank Williams, John Hiatt, Richard Thompson, Buddy & Julie Miller, M. Ward, Lucinda Williams, Gillian Welch & Dave Rawlings, Sandrine, David Rodriguez (her father), and Ava Garza (her great Aunt).
"This is an album you don't want to miss. (And Carrie is on tour now, you don't want to miss that either.)" - NoDepression.net
The New York Times' Jon Pareles praised Carrie's last album, She Ain't Me: "Her fiddler's vocabulary of old modal melodies centers her songs about faraway loves and spiritual prospects, bringing concision and gravity to every one of them."
Carrie has successfully shared bills with Chip Taylor (with whom she has collaborated on four full albums and an EP), Lucinda Williams, Alejandro Escovedo (also playing in his band), John Prine, Bruce Hornsby, Los Lonely Boys and many others.
Carrie was honored to perform two of her songs as arranged exclusively for the Austin Youth Orchestra at their annual Spring Concert in Austin, TX on March 7th, 2010. As a youth, Carrie was an AYO member.
Carrie was named Roots Music Association's 2008 & 2009 Folk Songwriter Of The Year.
National TV and radio appearances include: Austin City Limits (PBS); Mountain Stage (NPR); World Café Live (NPR) and Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour among many others and recently featured on the cover of Pollstar magazine, Maxim online and an upcoming episode of Extra (Fox).
The critically acclaimed An Acoustic Café Evening Tour will return in 2011. The Winter 2010 inaugural tour featured Carrie with her friends Ben Sollee & Erin McKeown. Expect more details on the 2011 outing to be announced in the Fall.
"...Rodriguez's flexibility is her saving grace, and she shows it off subtly: Her voice can go from dramatic to flippant on songs that span from country to gospel influences, or to shiney pop singles." - Aziz Ansari, The Onion (1/28/10)
"Having experienced Rodriguez several times, I've come to this simple conclusion: Give the girl a stage and she's going to shine bright." - Mike Jurkovic, Folk and Acoustic Music Exchange (12/18/09)
