Sarah Jarosz - vocals, mandolin, clawhammer banjo, guitar
Influences
Tim O'Brien, Mike Marshall, Chris Thile, Punch Brothers, Darrell Scott, The Beatles, Stuart Duncan, Stevie Wonder, Abigail Washburn, Ben Sollee, Hamilton de Holanda, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Nickel Creek, Sara Watkins, Sean Watkins, Hot Rize, Casey Driessen, Wilco, Jeff Tweedy, Uncle Earl, The Infamous Stringdusters, The Greencards, Aoife O'Donovan, Crooked Still, The Decemberists, Colin Meloy, John Cowan, Vince Gill, Terri Hendrix, Lloyd Maines, Mollie O'Brien, U2, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Beck, Psychograss, Blue Highway, Noam Pikelny, Reeltime Travelers, Martha Scanlan, Edgar Meyer, Tony Trischka, David Grisman Quintet, The Red Stick Ramblers, Tony Rice, Old Crow Medicine Show, Bob Dylan, John Mayer, Elvis Perkins, Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole, Louis Armstrong, Stuff Smith, Cat Stevens, Paul Simon, Counting Crows, The Duhks, The Del McCoury Band, Neil Young, Dirk Powell, Peter Rowan, Vassar Clements, Doc Watson, Sting, Prince, Gnarls Barkley, Ray Charles, John Hartford, Joni Mitchell, John Prine, Bill Withers, Dolly Parton, James Taylor, Kate Rusby, Regina Spektor, Bruce Hornsby, The Kruger Brothers, Darol Anger, Mike Compton, David Grier, Mark O'Connor, New Grange, Pete Wernick, Sam Bush, David Grisman, Bryan Sutton, Byron House, Todd Phillips, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Kim Fox, New Grass Revival, Shawn Colvin, Bruce Cockburn, Dave Matthews, Death Cab for Cutie, Ben Gibbard,Jackson Browne, John Fogerty, Dan Fogelberg, Mark Schatz, Scott Nygaard, Rob Ickes, Tim Stafford, The Nashville Bluegrass Band, Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder, Patty Griffin, James McMurtry, Willie Nelson, The Dixie Chicks, Woody Guthrie, Billy Bright, Mike Bond, Bernard Mollberg, Diana Riepe, Zoltan Kodaly, and so many more.
Sarah Jarosz (pronounced juh-ROSE) shares her talent and love for music through her powerful, soulful voice, songwriting, and multi-instrumental skills which include mandolin, guitar, and clawhammer banjo. Sarah currently performs as a solo artist. At the age of 16, she has already been invited to perform on stage with many great musicians including Earl Scruggs; Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder; The David Grisman Quintet; The David Grisman Bluegrass Experience; Tim O’Brien; Darrell Scott; Nickel Creek; The Punch Brothers; Chris Thile & The How To Grow A Band; Mike Marshall & Chris Thile; Mike Marshall & Darol Anger; Mike Marshall & Hamilton de Holanda; Psychograss; Blue Highway; Abigail Washburn & Ben Sollee with Bela Fleck; Mike Compton & David Long; The Greencards; Uncle Earl; The Infamous Stringdusters; Crooked Still; John Cowan Band; Laurie Lewis & Tom Rozum; Nate Leath; Terri Hendrix & Lloyd Maines; Radim Zenkl; Paul Glasse; Erik Hokkanen; and Billy Bright.
In March of 2007, Sarah won an Austin Music Award during the SXSW Music conference. She is the youngest individual to win an AMA since Charlie Sexton won in the mid-80s. Sarah has performed at several music festivals including: Telluride Bluegrass Festival in Telluride, CO; Mandolines de Lunel in Lunel, France; Old Settler's Music Festival in Austin, TX; RockyGrass in Lyons, CO; Wintergrass in Tacoma, WA; CMA Music Festival in Nashville, TN; IBMA Fan Fest & Awards Show, Nashville, TN; Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival, Oak Hill, NY; Fox Family Bluegrass Festival, Old Forge, NY; The North American Folk Alliance Conference in Austin, TX; The Rice Festival in Fischer, TX; The NAMM Show, Anaheim, CA; The Kerrville Wine & Music Festival; Austin String Band Festival; the Austin Friends of Traditional Music Mid-Winter Festival; the Fredericksburg, TX Saturday Night Music Series; Argyle Bluegrass Festival in Argyle, TX; and numerous other Central Texas music events. She has also performed at the Cactus Cafe, the Continental Club, Threadgill's, and Flipnotics in Austin, TX. Sarah has also been a guest instructor for several mandolin workshops and has donated her time and talents to numerous benefits.
Sarah was one of five teens who was invited to perform with Earl Scruggs and Ricky Skaggs as part of the ABC television presentation of the 2005 CMA (Country Music Association) Music Festival hosted by Kix Brooks in Nashville, Tennessee. In May of 2006, she was a guest mandolinist with the Austin Symphony Orchestra for Ballet Austin’s production of “Romeo and Juliet.” She has appeared several times on Austin area television, including the Emmy Award winning KLRU-TV show "The Biscuit Brothers" program for children. She was featured on the KUT-FM radio programs "Eklektikos,” "Folkways,” and “LiveSet,” all originating from Austin, TX. Pete Wernick also invited Sarah to be a member of a group of young musicians known as "The Young American Bluegrass Idols" who performed at the 2003 International Bluegrass Music Association Awards Ceremony and Fan Fest in Louisville, Kentucky. She was a guest artist on the Koch Records CD, Christmas Grass, Vol. 3, October 2007. Sarah was awarded a scholarship to attend "a Mandolin Symposium" at the University of California at Santa Cruz in the summer of 2008 for the fifth consecutive year. Sarah has been selected for seven years as a member of the OAKE (Kodaly) National Honor Choir. In the spring of 2007, she was inducted into the National Honor Society. Sarah's goals are to continue to grow as a musician, singer, and songwriter, to strive to be the best person she can be, and to travel the world to share her music with people from all walks of life. She says it best herself: "I see myself spending my entire life doing what I love, and that love is music."
i was at a banjo camp this weekend and someone was talking about you... they were like "did you see that young super good girl at wintergrass from texas?" and i was like... uhh.... ohh... yeah. i know her!
anyways. hope all's well.. i just started playing the banjo.. alot... its pretty sweet.
Hey there Sarah! It's your friend Wayne. I just wanted to let you and all your friends know that the Van Durham boys' new album, Simpler Times, is finally available on iTunes. It's such great stuff! I'm telling everybody I know. I'm sure you'll do the same, cause you know, somebody's got to spread the word about these boys and their fine music. Thanks a bunch! Your pal, Wayne Doyle
P.S. This'll link you directly to the album on iTunes:
Hi Sarah, first of all kindest regards from the old world - and thank you very much for adding. Let's keep on plucking in staying in touch as (virtual) friends, Hans
ahoy Sarah, t'was fun times in lyonstown. the planet will never be the same. call me when you have some time in vegas... i know you be busy, but hopefully we can go grab some grub, hang, or what-not...
