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<\/h1>\n<\/h1>\nAmericana singer-songwriter Sarah Jarosz\u2019s\u00a0third album, Build Me Up From Bones<\/i>, is her most ambitious project yet\u2014an achievement the multi-instrumentalist largely credits to her education at Boston\u2019s New England Conservatory of Music. \u201cSchool was crucial in pushing me out of my comfort zone,\u201d says the Texas native. \u201cIt expanded my repertoire and opened my ears to different sounds and possibilities.\u201d Painting and poetry classes also had an impact. \u201cDoing something nonmusical was inspiring. For me, writing poetry is a completely different process than writing song lyrics, and it felt good to get freed up with words.\u201d<\/p>\n
Her partnership with producer Gary Paczosa (Chris Thile, Crooked Still), who produced Jarosz\u2019s previous albums, was also vital to the process. \u201cGoing into the studio for this record, I had more of an idea of what I wanted to create and how I wanted to create it. But Gary made sure I didn\u2019t count anything out just because I felt set on an idea. He has a great sense of musical curiosity and exploration, and we try to challenge\u00a0each other,\u201d says Jarosz, 22.<\/p>\n
Jarosz recorded Bones<\/i> in three Nashville sessions scheduled during winter and spring breaks, before wrapping it in May following graduation. Unlike her previous albums, which she tracked alone before overdubbing other parts, most of Bones<\/i> was tracked live with fiddler Alex Hargreaves and cellist Nathaniel Smith\u2014who\u2019ve toured with Jarosz for several years\u2014and occasionally with Jedd Hughes, one of her co-writers.<\/p>\n
Central to the album is a sparse version of Bob Dylan\u2019s\u00a0\u201cSimple Twist of Fate,\u201d a song that became a staple of her live shows. Though she wasn\u2019t planning on returning to Dylan after recording \u201cRing Them Bells\u201d for her previous album, its minimalist arrangement suited the lyric and her dusky alto while providing the variety Jarosz craves. \u201cThe fact that it was just voice and cello was appealing to me because it\u2019s so stripped down,\u201d she explains. \u201cIt\u2019s important to me to create different textures within one record.\u201d<\/p>\n
With school behind her and a move to New York City in the works, Jarosz is adjusting to life as a full-time touring artist with an eye toward pushing her musical boundaries. \u201cI look up to artists who don\u2019t get into the rut of doing the same thing,\u201d she says. \u201cThat\u2019s something I want to model myself after. I\u2019m focused on the sound I want to create, but I also want to be open to new ideas all the time.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2013Juli Thanki<\/p>\n
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