Artist Description
The emergence of fiddler Carrie Rodriguez as a stunning singer and instrumentalist caps an already long musical journey for a young woman in her 20s.Rodriguez, a native of Austin, Texas, began playing violin at the age of five. By age ten, she had already performed at Carnegie Hall in New York City with the Texas Suzuki Tour Group. Her first steps away from classical music were in her early teens when she began accompanying her father, noted Texas singer-songwriter David Rodriguez, in local clubs.
In 1996, Rodriguez left Texas to study classical violin at Oberlin Conservatory. She lasted about six months before realizing Oberlin's concentration on the classics and a career playing in a symphony orchestra would be too narrow for her adventurous musical vision. Choosing fiddle over violin, she soon transferred to the Berklee College of Music in Boston. There, she studied bluegrass, old-time, swing, jazz, and everything in between.
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