CARRIE RODRIGUEZ Give Me All You Got [Ninth Street Opus] A classically trained violinist, Carrie Rodriguez possesses firm command over another instrument: a sultry, Texas-cured soprano voice. Her engaging vocal style is best served without garish musical adornments or modern studio tricks, and on her fifth album, she smartly plays to her strengths, laying out a generous spread of mostly quiet acoustic songs. The simple restraint exercised by Rodriguez... 

CARRIE RODRIGUEZ AND BEN KYLE We Still Love Our Country [Ninth Street Opus] Carrie Rodriguez, who began her career as part of a duo with Chip Taylor, finds a new collaborator on this duets album with Ben Kyle from the Minneapolis band Romantica. On this eight-song set the two travel some familiar Americana territory, covering Townes Van Zandt (“If I Needed You”), John Prine (“Unwed Fathers”), George Jones (“You’re Still On My Mind”)... 

CARRIE RODRIGUEZ Love & Circumstance [Ninth Street Opus] On her third solo release, fiddler Carrie Rodriguez covers a collection of influential songs with the ease and finesse of someone far older than her 31 years. Pedal steel ace Greg Leisz anchors the understated folk-country arrangements, while the harmony vocals of Aoife O’Donovan and Buddy Miller (the latter on Merle Haggard’s “I Started Loving You Again”) add depth to Rodriguez’s...