I love Bob Dylan and Paul Simon and Joni Mitchell, but I'm also really into bands like the Decemberists and Wilco and Radiohead. They're music lovers who are into all kinds of different genres. My parents are definitely a big part of the picture as well. Jim O'Brien and Gillian Welch are two of my biggest musical heroes and probably always will be.

Who were some of your favorite musicians when you were a kid, and how did your parents shape your listening habits? Each week, someone would teach me something - a song, a technique - and I'd get to try out their banjo or guitar. I started taking it to a Friday-night bluegrass jam in my hometown near Austin, Texas. When I was 10, a family friend let me borrow their mandolin. Out of all of the instruments, why did you decide to pick up the mandolin? During a recent phone call, she chatted about two of her favorite extracurriculars: recording music and listening to it. These days Jarosz, a 20-year-old Grammy nominee, attends the New England Conservatory of Music, where she juggles gigs with rehearsals, singing lessons and liberal-arts classes. To cap off high school, she released her debut album, Song Up in Her Head, which led Rolling Stone to call her 'Gillian Welch's long-lost daughter.' Jarosz performs at the Stoughton Opera House May 15. By age 12, bluegrass notables like Ricky Skaggs were pulling her into their jam sessions, and by age 16, she had inked a deal with Sugar Hill Records. March 6 St.Talent courses through the fingers of mandolin and banjo whiz Sarah Jarosz. March 3 Bloomington, IL The Castle Theatre January 29 London, UK Bush Hall (SOLD OUT)įebruary 28 Stoughton, WI Stoughton Opera House January 28 Glasgow, UK Celtic Connections (RSNO Hall) I’m With Her have also announced a world tour where they will be stopping at major cities including New York, Los Angeles, Paris, London and more. See You Around contains 12 tracks, of which 11 are originals and one is written by Gillian Welch.

And now, we’re so excited to get to tour and share the work we’ve done as a band with our debut album, See You Around.” “As longtime friends and fans of each other’s music, it’s been wonderful to realize that writing and collaborating together fits so seamlessly into our lives. “We all feel immensely fortunate to be in this band together,” says I’m With Her. The record was co-produced by Elton John and recorded at Peter Gabriel’s Real World Studios in Bath, England. Female trio I’m With Her, composed of Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz, and Aoife O’Donovan, have announced their debut album, See You Around, set to be released on Februon Rounder Records.

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