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"I really like that word," Sarah Jarosz says of the title of Undercurrent, her fourth Sugar Hill album. "If you
look up the definition, it's 'an underlying feeling or influence' or 'a flow of water moving below the
surface.' To me, that really encompasses the feeling behind this record."
That evocative imagery is appropriate for Undercurrent, whose 11 original songs seem to reveal new lyrical
depth and sonic nuance with every listen.
Although it's her fourth album, Undercurrent is a milestone for Jarosz in more ways than one. It's her first
release since graduating with honors from the New England Conservatory of Music, and her first since
relocating to New York City.
"This is the first record I've made since being out on my own and experiencing a lot of changes, and I think
that that's reflected in the songs," Jarosz explains. "It's also the first record I've ever made that feels to me
like a complete thought, with a beginning, a middle and an ending. It's also the first time I've made an
album that doesn't have any covers on it. I wanted it to feel like the rollercoaster ride that is life, so I put a
lot of thought into sequencing the songs. It was important for me to start with light, and then go through
darker times, and stubbornness and strength and weakness, and then end up on a hopeful note."
Undercurrent is a sublimely resonant song cycle anchored around a haunting quartet of songs written and
performed solo by the artist: "Early Morning Light," "Everything To Hide," "Take Another Turn" and
"Jacqueline." The album features several numbers co-written by Jarosz with a variety of collaborators who
also contributed to the recordings, including Luke Reynolds ("Green Lights"), Jedd Hughes ("House Of
Mercy"), Parker Millsap ("Comin' Undone") and Aoife O'Donovan ("Still Life"). The latter track features
O'Donovan, of Crooked Still fame, as well as Nickel Creek co-founder Sara Watkins, Jarosz's bandmates in
their extracurricular trio I'm with Her. Undercurrent also includes two songs co-written with the Milk
Carton Kids’ Joey Ryan, including the nostalgic “Back Of My Mind”.
"When I visualize this record, I think of the Central Park reservoir, where I spent a lot of time getting
inspiration and thinking about the album," Jarosz notes, adding, "It was the most focused I had ever been,
in terms of trying to write every day and having a grander idea of what I really wanted to write, so I was
able to enjoy the process of writing more than ever.
And it was a luxury to go to Nashville for two months to work on the record, because in the past I was
always running back and forth between school, touring and the studio."
While Undercurrent is a creative landmark for Jarosz, she's been making music for most of her life.
Growing up in Wimberley, Texas, she began singing in early childhood. Receiving a mandolin for Christmas
when she was nine years old, she worked tirelessly to master the instrument, and learned to play guitar
and clawhammer banjo along the way. When she was 11, she performed at her first bluegrass festival;
over the next few years, she gained an impressive reputation as a young phenom on the festival circuit,
absorbing a world of traditional influences while honing her own highly original songwriting sensibility.
"From an early age, I've had a strong desire to create music," Jarosz states. "I was also fortunate to be
surrounded by older, accomplished musicians who were my mentors. From the very beginning, all of my
heroes looked out for me and challenged me in the best ways. It was great being raised in music that way.
I always felt completely supported, and I think that that attitude affected the way I approach music now."
In the summer of 2007, after performing at Colorado's Telluride Bluegrass Festival, Sarah met Sugar Hill
Records A&R rep Gary Paczosa, who was impressed enough to invite her to Nashville to record some of her
compositions. The following year, the 16-year-old artist signed with Sugar Hill and began work on her
2009 debut album Song Up In Her Head. Sarah's second album, Follow Me Down, arrived in 2011, and
expanded the artist's sound as well as her fan base, while her tireless touring efforts won her new fans
from across the musical spectrum.
2013 saw the release of Jarosz's third album, Build Me Up from Bones, which once again featured an
expanded sonic and compositional palette. It also won Jarosz some of the most enthusiastic notices of her
career, as well as Grammy nominations for Best Folk Album and Best American Roots Song. Jarosz toured
to support Build Me Up From Bones for a good part of 2014, criss-crossing the US and making two trips to
England, Scotland and Ireland. One of the highlights was her first appearance at the Cambridge Folk
Festival.
Jarosz spent much of 2015 touring widely as one-third of I'm With Her, the mini-supergroup she shares
with kindred spirits Sara Watkins and Aoife O’Donovan. "After singing my own songs for so many years, it
was eye-opening to shift gears and be a part of something different," Jarosz observes. "We've only been a
band for a year, but I've learned so much from it already, and I definitely brought some of those lessons to
Undercurrent.
"I'm just trying to become more focused and more honest, and trying to be a better listener and observer
of the world around me," she asserts. "That's what I tried to do on Undercurrent, and I'm really pleased
with how true this record feels to me. In some ways, it feels like my first record, in the sense that it was
the first time I could focus all of my energy on it. Everything felt like it was leading to this moment."