ALBUM DESCRIPTION Following up her most recent Grammy-winning album, World On The Ground, Jarosz has announced the release of Blue Heron Suite, a much-anticipated song cycle which she composed after being the recipient of the FreshGrass Composition Commission. Jarosz premiered the piece at the 2017 FreshGrass Festival at Mass MoCa in North Adams, MA. The commission proved to be an …
DESCRIPTION: Jarosz gleefully changes directions on her new album, Follow Me Down. She chose a more traditional bluegrass sound for her debut, and even though she says making another bluegrass recording would have been true to herself, it was time to explore the other musical ideas she had running around in her head. Those ideas include choosing two diverse covers …
DESCRIPTION: On her latest full-length World On the Ground, Sarah Jarosz shares a collection of stories of her Texas hometown, each song lit up in her captivating voice and richly detailed songwriting. Throughout the album, the three-time Grammy Award-winner explores the tension and inertia of small-town living, the desire for escape and the ease of staying put. As she inhabits …
DESCRIPTION: On Sarah Jarosz’s fourth album, Undercurrent, the impact of being a full-time artist living in New York City is palpable. A gifted instrumentalist, singularly expressive vocalist and songwriter of rare insight, Jarosz anchors her new record with a haunting quartet of songs written and performed solo—”Early Morning Light,” “Everything to Hide,” “Take Another Turn” and “Jacqueline.” She expands her …
DESCRIPTION: Sarah Jarosz’ Song Up In Her Head is not a bluegrass album, though it seems likely that it will end up in that section of the CD store. The songs are all originals, except for covers of the Decemberists’ “Shankill Butchers” and Tom Waits’ “Come on Up to the House.” Some of her original compositions sound remarkably ancient, such …
DESCRIPTION: Recorded in August of 2012, Live at the Troubadour finds the Grammy-nominated acoustic wunderkind in pristine form and marks Jarosz’s debut live recording. TRACK LIST: 1. Tell Me True (3:51)2. Kathy’s Song (3:29)3. Mansinneedof (3:08)4. Shankill Butchers (3:52)5. Broussard’s Lament (4:03)
DESCRIPTION: The third full-length by 22-year-old Sarah Jarosz reflects not only her growth as a songwriter but her willingness to push the boundaries of country, folk, and Americana to discover connections not necessarily considered before. Build Me Up from Bones reflects years of study in contemporary voice improvisation at the New England Conservatory of Music. She wrote nine of the …
