There, her teacher, Matt Glaser, and her fellow students, including roommate Casey Driessen, helped her "find my groove and let go of that wall I had put up as a classical player.

The list of performers was narrow in focus but inspired: Carlos Santana, Los Lobos, Linda Ronstadt, Gloria Estefan, Jose Feliciano, and Carrie Rodriguez.

TODO Austin called her the outlier, who was running "on the strength of a career only a decade old, [but] already so highly regarded that she's not only captured the heart of Americana music aficionados but infused the Latino community with a singular dose of Ameri-Chicana pride.

They toured extensively in Europe, performing on the TV show Top of the Pops as well as appearing on numerous BBC National Radio programs.

[4] Rodriguez signed with Ninth Street Opus on October 10, 2009[4] and on April 13, 2010, she released her album of cover songs, Love and Circumstance.

Her recent duo in We Still Love Our Country with Romantica lead singer Ben Kyle went to the top 10 on the AMA radio charts in Feb 2011.

She has been interviewed and/or performed on the NPR radio programs: Latino USA, Mountain Stage, A Prairie Home Companion, and World Cafe.

[11] In August 2011 she toured the U.S. with Jeff Bridges, with whom she also appeared on Austin City Limits, Today, Live with Regis and Kelly, The Colbert Report and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

[12] Carrie also helped co-produce the album The Fantastic Expedition, by Erik & Sanne, released June 5, 2012, pulling together many Texas musicians, such as Earl Poole Ball (Johnny Cash's piano player), Lloyd Maines (father of Dixie Chicks member Natalie Maines), Luke Jacobs, and more.

[9] Her plans for the year include a tour schedule booked through April in the U.S.[14] Give Me All You Got contains a song called "I Cry For Love," of which Rodriguez said, "This was a true gift.