There are only eight tunes on the record, but they are all wonderful. Townes Van Zandt’s “If I Needed You” gets a spare, forlorn treatment only trumped by the astoundingly gorgeous John Prine/Robert Braddock number “Unwed Fathers.” The former is the sort of song that stays on your mixtapes for months, if not years. Fans […]
Carrie Rodriguez
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Fiddling around
Singer/songwriter and fiddle player Carrie Rodriguez never had to approach her parents reluctantly with her decision to pursue music for a living; she was just joining the family business. “My mom was a painter, my grandma was a writer and my dad was a songwriter, and so I just thought everyone’s parents were artists,” said […]