No longer content to hide behind her fiddle or her longtime partner Chip Taylor, Carrie Rodriguez has stepped into the spotlight in a big way with the release of her second official solo record, She Ain’t Me. The album was produced by Malcolm Burn, and features contributions from Dan Wilson, Lucinda Williams and Gary Louris. It recently hit the street, and to coincide with release, Carrie was featured as the iTunes Discovery Artist of the Week, downloaded over 100,000 times. You can learn more about Carrie in this edition of the Songlines podcast.

After recent tapings for World Cafe and Austin City Limits, Carrie begins a tour next month, including several dates opening for Alejandro Escovedo.