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The String – Sarah Jarosz

Posted on by Chris Jacobs

The bluegrass and acoustic music world saw Sarah Jarosz coming. As she grew into her teens, artists and talent scouts knew of this young phenom from Wimberly, TX who excelled on banjo, mandolin, singing and songwriting. She got signed at 16 and launched a Grammy-decorated recording career soon after.


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Now her latest album World On The Ground, about loving and leaving her home ground, is up for two more Grammys. We have a wide-ranging conversation. Also, an introduction to Nashville’s exciting emerging country artist Brit Taylor. Working with Dan Auerbach and Dave Brainard led to the lovely Real Me album.

Dwight Yoakam and Jack Black Team Up for Nashville-Set Comedy

Posted on by Editor

If ABC's Nashville is too dramatic for your tastes, maybe this upcoming collaboration between Jack Black and Dwight Yoakam will be more your speed. The unlikely pair will co-produce a comedy set in Nashville called Belles & Whistles, to air on Fox.

Read more at Rolling Stone. 

Other Roots Music News:

• Father John Misty was just trolling you with that 1989 business. 

• Listen to Chris Eldridge on the latest Goes2Eleven podcast. 

• Ryan Adams performed a number of 1989 covers on The Daily Show.

• An arrest was made in the Dave Brainard assault case. 

• Watch Josh Ritter perform live at American Songwriter.