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VIGNETTES A Jarosz will be on tour in the United States from August through November. For more information on speciļ¬c dates, visit sarahjarosz.com. Songbird SINGER/SONGWRITER AND MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST SARAH JAROSZ IS HITTING ALL OF THE RIGHT NOTES // BY Emily Pietras ALTHOUGH SHE STARTED singing at an early age, Sarah Jarosz did not discover her passion for creating music until she began playing the mandolin at age nine. Soon after, the now twenty-two-yearold musician added the clawhammer banjo and guitar to her musical arsenal. As a preteen, Jarosz started playing bluegrass festivals outside of her hometown of Wimberley, Texas, eventually catching the attention of Gary Paczosa, a Grammy-nominated producer and representative for Sugar Hill Records. At age sixteen, Jarosz was signed to the Nashville-based bluegrass and Americana record label. Her frst two studio albums, Song Up in Her Head (2009) and Follow Me Down (2011), received praise from critics, and some even lauded her as a contemporary bluegrass prodigy. One highlight from the early stages of Jarosz's career was a 2010 Grammy Award nomination for Best Country Instrumental Performance. And she is still just getting started. After graduating from the New England Conservatory with a bachelor of music in contemporary improvisation this past May, Jarosz is now preparing to release her third studio album, Build Me Up from Bones, in October. Jarosz is credited as a coproducer with Paczosa on the album, which was recorded throughout her fnal semester at the New England Conservatory. While recording, she was tasked with juggling the demands of her coursework, which she describes as "a 28 Tempus-Magazine.com . Fall 2013 constant balancing act." The lessons and experiences that stemmed from Jarosz's tenure at the school infuenced the album's production. Jarosz says she was "turned on to a lot of different kinds of music that I normally wouldn't have been listening to, and I think that naturally kind of inspired me in new ways. In my last two years, there were really great poetry and art classes that I took, and that really, I think, inspired a lot of songs on the al- SA R A H JA R O SZ D I S C O GR A P H Y S ON G UP IN H ER HE AD RELEASED JUNE 2009 F OL LOW ME DOWN R E L E A S E D M AY 2 0 1 1 BUIL D ME UP F ROM BON ES RELEASED OCTOBER 2013 bum. Being pushed out of my comfort zone musically just kind of opened my ears up to a lot of different possibilities." Like her previous albums, Build Me Up from Bones showcases Jarosz's dexterity on traditional bluegrass and folk instruments such as the banjo, guitar, and mandolin, which fow effortlessly in tandem with her strong, clear vocals. However, Jarosz displays growth rather than complacency in her musical style. In particular, she reveals a heightened confdence in her songwriting and lyricism with infuences such as Joni Mitchell and Paul Simon. On songwriting, she says, "A lot of it is pretty organic. It's such a neat process with each different song. A lot of it is just collecting ideas musically and lyrically and then kind of seeing what works together." Jarosz wrote nine of the album's eleven tracks, which carry a more introspective touch than her previous work. And in several songs, Jarosz addresses the most personal of all subjects: love. The album's title track, "Build Me Up from Bones," is a confession of Jarosz's vulnerability with lyrics such as "I held every inch of you / I wrote every line for you / I made time when time was all but gone / You're the love I've always known." Despite the personal nature of the song, its appeal is universal. Although both of Jarosz's previous albums have featured an impressive number of collaborations with prominent instrumentalists and vocalists, Build Me Up from Bones's instrumentals rely more on the core trio of Jarosz, Alex Harg-