Sarah Jarosz

Sarah Ellen Jarosz ( ; born May 23, 1991) is an American singer-songwriter from Wimberley, Texas. Her debut studio album, Song Up in Her Head, was released in 2009 on Sugar Hill Records and the track "Mansinneedof" was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category of Best Country Instrumental Performance. Her second album, Follow Me Down, was released in 2011; one of its songs, "Come Around," was a Song of the Year nominee at the Americana Music Association's 2012 Honors and Awards. Her third album, Build Me Up from Bones, was released on September 24, 2013 on Sugar Hill. Build Me Up from Bones was nominated for Best Folk Album at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards, and its title track was nominated for Best American Roots Song. In 2016, Jarosz released her fourth studio album, Undercurrent. The album won two Grammy Awards – Best Folk Album, and Best American Roots Performance for the song "House of Mercy".

On June 5, 2020, she released World on the Ground, her first solo studio album in four years. It was nominated for two Grammy Awards (Best American Roots Song and Best Americana Album) with Jarosz winning in the Best Americana Album category.

Early life and education Sarah Ellen Jarosz was born in Austin, Texas, and raised in Wimberley, Texas. Her parents were teachers. Jarosz is a Polish name. She began learning the mandolin at age 10 and later began learning to play the guitar, clawhammer banjo, and octave mandolin. During her senior year of high school, Jarosz signed a recording contract with Sugar Hill Records and released her debut album Song Up in Her Head in June 2009; it was produced by Jarosz and Gary Paczosa. Guest musicians on the album included Chris Thile, Darrell Scott, Stuart Duncan, and Jerry Douglas. Jarosz enrolled in the New England Conservatory of Music in 2009, and graduated with honors in 2013 with a degree in Contemporary Improvisation.

In 2012, Jarosz appeared on Kate Rusby's album 20, collaborating with Rusby on the song "Planets".

In 2015, Jarosz toured extensively with Sara Watkins (a founding member of Nickel Creek) and Aoife O'Donovan (of Crooked Still fame) as well as going on tour with Garrison Keillor on The America the Beautiful Tour – A Prairie Home Companion. In 2016, she became a regular performer on the weekly NPR series Live from Here, hosted by Chris Thile.

Together with Watkins and O'Donovan, Jarosz became a founding member of the progressive-folk trio I'm With Her. They released their debut album, See You Around, in 2018.

Her fourth studio album, Undercurrent, was released on June 17, 2016. It won the Grammy for Best Folk Album along with the song "House of Mercy" winning the Grammy for Best American Roots Performance at the 2017 Grammy Awards.

In 2020, Jarosz returned to her solo career with her fifth studio album, World on the Ground. This was followed 11 months later by the release of her sixth studio album, Blue Heron Suite. The previously-shelved collection was originally written and recorded between 2017 and 2018.

On September 7, 2023, Jarosz released the official video of her song "Jealous Moon", from her album Polaroid Lovers, which was released on January 26, 2024. October 10 saw the release of "Columbus & 89th", the second single off the album.

Critical reception Jarosz has been called "a songwriter of uncommon wisdom" by the Austin Chronicle. Jarosz has been interviewed by NPR and Rolling Stone and described as a contemporary-bluegrass prodigy. A New York Times reviewer wrote that Jarosz is "widely regarded as one of acoustic music's most promising young talents: a singer-songwriter and mandolin and banjo prodigy with the taste and poise to strike that rare balance of commercial and critical success." Her 2013 release, Build Me Up from Bones, was dubbed by Stereo Subversion as an "organic masterwork...a warm, nuanced collection that wraps and enchants the listener", as well as "her boldest work yet" by WNYC Soundcheck.

Discography Studio albums Title Details Peak chart positions US Grass Billboard 200 USHeat US Indie USFolk US Rock US Americana Song Up in Her Head Release date: June 16, 2009 Label: Sugar Hill Records Formats: CD, music download 1 158 3 21 — — — Follow Me Down Release date: May 17, 2011 Label: Sugar Hill Records Formats: CD, LP, music download 2 98 — 16 4 26 4 Build Me Up from Bones Release date: September 24, 2013 Label: Sugar Hill Records Formats: CD, LP, music download — 101 — — 6 30 6 Undercurrent Release date: June 17, 2016 Label: Sugar Hill Records Formats: CD, LP, music download 1 117 — — 6 14 6 World on the Ground Release date: June 5, 2020 Label: Rounder Records Formats: CD, LP, music download — — — — — — 25 Blue Heron Suite Release date: May 7, 2021 Label: Rounder Records Formats: CD, LP, music download — — — — — — — Polaroid Lovers Release date: January 26, 2024 Label: Rounder Records Formats: CD, LP, music download — — — — — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart

Extended plays Title Details Live at the Troubadour Release date: June 11, 2013 Label: Sugar Hill Records

Singles Title Year Album "Annabelle Lee" 2012 Follow Me Down "Over the Edge" 2013 Build Me Up from Bones "Green Lights" / "When Doves Cry" 2017 Spotify Singles "Johnny" 2020 World on the Ground "Up in the Clouds" "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" / "My Future" 2021 "Jealous Moon" 2023 Polaroid Lovers "Columbus & 89th"

Music videos Year Title Director 2011 "Run Away" Adam Hall "Broussard's Lament" (live) Bruce Keen 2013 "Over the Edge" Bill Filipiak 2014 "Build Me Up from Bones" 2016 "House of Mercy" Sasha Arutyunova/Jacob Blumberg 2017 "Green Lights" 2020 "Johnny" Grant Claire 2023 "Columbus & 89th" Jody March2024 "When The Lights Go Out" Bella Mazzola

Awards and nominations Americana Music Honors & Awards

Sarah Jarosz Emerging Artist of the Year

Sarah Jarosz Instrumentalist of the Year

"Come Around" Song of the Year

Build Me Up from Bones Album of the Year 2018 I'm with Her Duo/Group of the Year Grammy Awards

"Mansinneedof" Best Country Instrumental Performance

"Build Me Up from Bones" Best American Roots Song Build Me Up from Bones

Undercurrent "House of Mercy"

"Call My Name"

"Call My Name"

"Hometown"

Best American Roots Performance Best American Roots Song