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April 13, 2010 -Official Release DayLove and Circumstance (Ninth Street Opus Music) NEWS The new album, Love & Circumstance will be released in the US & Canada on April 13th (via her new label, Ninth Street Opus). Love & Circumstance was produced by Lee Townsend (Bill Frisell, Loudon Wainwright III, etc) and is a great collection of songs wriiten by the likes of John Hiatt/Ry Cooder/Nick Lowe/Jim Keltner (aka Little Village), Buddy & Julie Miller, David Rodriguez (her Dad), M. Ward, Lucinda Williams; Richard Thompson, Sandrine, Gillian Welch & Dave Rawlings; Bonnie Owens & Merle Haggard, Townes van Zandt, Hank Williams, & Sosa Tomas Mendez (a song her Great Aunt, Ava Garza sang). It was recorded with her world-class touring band: Hans Holzen (guitars), Kyle Kegerreis (bass), and Eric Platz (drums). Special guests joining in on the recording include Bill Frisell, Buddy Miller, Greg Leisz, and Aoife O'Donovan. The first single/video is "Big Love".
The Love & Circumstance Tour is officially underway with "record release" shows in Austin, TX @ The Cactus Cafe (April 16th & 17th). These are followed by a festival appearance in Knoxville, TN
Carrie appears on Extra TV this week
Here’s a preview link of a performance part:
-She also taped an interview & performance in Spanish that will air this week as well.
Love & Circumstance to be released in the UK, Scandanavia, Benelux, Germany, and France via CRS (Continental Record Services) as well. Additional European territories may be added...
“Big Love” (single track) & Love & Circumstance (album) off to a great start at AAA & Americana Radio: AAA – 31 stations have reported ADDING “Big Love” already!
*Over 180 AAA & non-com stations around the country have started playing tracks from the new album...
Americana - Love & Circumstance was 7* this past week – after two official weeks at the format...
Love & Circumstance is also #6 on the monthly Folk Music chart (March).
Love & Circumstance is also #3 on the monthly FAR chart (March)
“Big Love” was written by John Hiatt, Nick Lowe, Ry Cooder, & Jim Keltner (aka Little Village).
*We’re shooting a video for this track in late April...
The Love & Circumstance Tour kicked off last Thursday and we're off to a great start... The headline review of that show read: “Carrie Rodriguez brings brilliance to Van Dyck”
Read the full review from the Albany Times Union by Michael Eck HERE.
Carrie to “guest” clerk on RECORD STORE DAY, next Saturday – April 17th @ Waterloo Records. A short two hour shift, from 2-4 pm – but really wanted to show support for this cool event and one of her favorite record stores.If you have a friendly neighborhood indie record store, this is the day to stop by and celebrate this vital and important sector of the music biz.
Carrie added guest vocals to Doug Wamble’s forthcoming self-titled album, coming out April 20th via E1 Music. They duet on the beautiful, “It May Be A Dream”. It’s Doug’s third album and was Produced by Lee Townsend (Bill Frisell, Carrie Rodriguez, etc).
For more info, please visit www.dougwamble.com
European Tour being set-up in September/October Holland Theatre tour Sept 30-Oct 11, will schedule/route the rest of the dates prior...
“An Acoustic CafĂ© Evening” Tour will return in 2011!The inaugural tour this Jan 20th - Feb 6 featured Carrie with her friends Ben Sollee & Erin McKeown and scored amazing reviews. Expect more details on 2011 outting to be announced in September. A whole bunch of new and great vids are going up this week at CarrieTV on YouTube.
FYI...
Live in Louisville was released worldwide (digitally) on November 24th! Recorded while Carrie was opening for Lucinda Williams in April 2007. CD's are available exclusively via this site, at her shows, via Waterloo Records in Austin; and via Ear X-tacy in Louisville, KY!
- "She Ain’t Me" reached #18* at AAA (non-com) radio in the US!
- She Ain’t Me reached #2 at Americana Radio in the US!
- Carrie was voted "Songwriter of The Year" by The Roots Music Association in November of 2008! She was in amazing company nomination wise and we can't thank those who voted enough - very cool honor. |
"Carrie Rodriguez knows all about living in a man's world. The sultry singer-songwriter has been hanging with the opposite sex ever since she was discovered by Chip Taylor at Austin's South By Southwest in 2001. Being one of the boys doesn't seem to be a problem, though, for the constantly moving Rodriguez, who is back on the road this April promoting her third studio solo album. A calm but comforting collection of covers, Love and Circumstance was released April 13 by her new label. Just a little more than a month ago, the classically trained violinist turned fiery fiddler (who also plays electric mandolin and tenor guitar), served as a supporting sister figure on the Acoustic Brotherhood Tour. As the lone woman appearing on the same stage with a Tex-Mex mix of machismo that included Alejandro Escovedo and Los Lonely Boys, Rodriguez was well-received during a short but sweet warm-up set March 1 at the Boulder Theater in Colorado. More..." — Michael Bialas, The Huffington Post
"When a well-established songwriter makes a covers album, listeners often assume it's a chance for the songwriter to pay relaxed homage to his or her influences. (John Lennon was quite relaxed for at least part of 1975's "Rock 'n' Roll," which was begun in the midst of heavy drinking.) When a lesser-known songwriter such as Carrie Rodriguez makes a covers album (and only her third solo album overall), it's a more daring proposition. However, her experienced musical mind guides her song choices, and her lovely, lucid voice does the rest. Lee Townsend's production is at once lush and simple, allowing Rodriguez the space necessary to interpret not only standards (Hank Williams' "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry") but also relatively obscure songs (Little Village's "Big Love," M. Ward's "Eyes on the Prize"). She serves the selections best by treating them as if they were her own: with delight and care." — Jon M. Gilbertson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
"Carrie Rodriguez brings brilliance to Van Dyck" - headline of show review — Michael Eck, Albany Times Union
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