The Austin-born, Oberlin-trained musician—and daughter of the hard-living Texas songwriter-activist David Rodriguez—at one time aspired to be a great fiddler. Then she went on tour with Chip Taylor (who wrote “Wild Thing” and “Angel of the Morning”) and, under his wing, blossomed into a singer and a songwriter. The pair recorded three studio albums; Rodriguez released her first solo effort in 2006. Her latest, Love and Circumstance (Ninth Street Opus), is a collection of songs by others.Why make a covers album now? There were a few songs that I had been doing in my live show for the last couple of years. Every night at the end of the show, someone would say, “Oh, I wanna buy the album that Spanish song is on.” I…The post Carrie Rodriguez appeared first on Texas Monthly.