"Texas-born-and-bred Rodriguez is no newcomer (this is her eigth album, and she first came to attention working with Chip Taylor) but this goes in a different direction, a mix of the open spaces Texas country and older Mexican music, all given a distinctive sound by Rodriguez and her band, the Sacred Hearts, for a sort of 21st Century ranchera ... [Although she takes] inspiration from her great aunt, Eva Garza, who was a Chicana singing star in the 1940s (...), the album itself is completely contemporary, everything given a treatment that's simultaneously modern and timeless. Much of the credit for that goes to producer Lee Townsend and guitarist Bill Frisell, who seems to imbue everything he touches with a little twanging magic. The combination works beautifully ... It's music that bleeds and bends across the Southern border, warm, inviting, even sultry at times ... An absolute winner".