Sarah Jarosz | |
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.jpg) Jarosz at the Purbeck Valley Folk Festival in 2023 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Sarah Ellen Jarosz |
| Born | May 23, 1991 Austin, Texas, U.S. |
| Genres | |
| Occupation | Singer-songwriter |
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| Years active | 2009–present |
| Labels | |
| Member of | I'm with Her |
| Website | sarahjarosz |
Sarah Ellen Jarosz (/dʒəˈroʊz/ jə-ROHZ; 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[1] and the song "Mansinneedof" was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category of Best Country Instrumental Performance.[2] Her second studio album, Follow Me Down, released in 2011, received a Song of the Year nomination from the Americana Music Association's 2012 Honors and Awards. Her third studio album, Build Me Up from Bones, was released on September 24, 2013 through Sugar Hill Records. 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.[3] 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 the album 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.
- ^ "A Bluegrass Debutante, A High School Graduate" NPR All Songs Considered. June 14, 2009. Retrieved January 21, 2010.
- ^ "52nd Annual Grammy Awards Nominees List" Grammys. Retrieved January 21, 2010.
- ^ "GRAMMY.com - The Official Site of Music's Biggest Night". The GRAMMYs. Retrieved August 5, 2015.