Jarosz, 32, is a luminary in acoustic Americana, where bluegrass, folk, jazz and chamber music mingle with pop and rock.
The instrument sounds a little darker and twangier than acoustic guitar in the same range — a hand-played lower voice that answers Jarosz’s own hovering mezzo-soprano.
She made her first four albums in Nashville, and she was urged to write songs with more seasoned musicians; she chose not to release any of them.
“The quote-unquote ‘Nashville co-writing’ thing had been pushed on me when I was like 18, 17, making my first record,” she said.
“I was really closed off to it back in that time, because I felt like I was still finding my voice.
Persons:
Jarosz, ”, “, Hemby, Miranda Lambert, Maren Morris, Kelly Clarkson, Lady Gaga
Locations:
Austin , Texas, Wimberley, Nashville