I am a firm believer in destiny, karma, and in the idea that my Mom floated, that 'each child is born with a loaf of bread.' The concept is referenced in a Financial Times Press article and by Gabriel Garcia Marquez in his remarkable book Living to Tell the Tale. He is a worthy read, by the way. Children, in essence, create their own wealth, and arrive in this world with their own path to walk. As a parent, if one provides the way for them, then nature will take its course. And so it is with Sarah Jarosz. She is yet another in the parade of incredible musicians that grow out of the fertile Texas soil. There is something in the water here, I tell ya! Sarah grew up in Wimberley; started singing at the tender age of two, and started jamming in a weekly bluegrass confab after she picked up the mandolin at age ten. She had already begun piano at six. Looking at her website is a trip as this past year Sarah was nominated for a GRAMMY, two Lone Star Music Awards, three Austin Music Awards, and an Americana Honor and Award. This of course is for her debut CD of 2009 Song Up In Her Head. We had the delight of recording her last year at Americana Fest on the Music Fog bus, and when she was added to perform at the Awards Show this year, well we couldn't help ourselves but to invite her back!

Today, Sarah Jarosz is releasing two brand new songs under the title The New 45, that were recorded this past summer. Her original composition "My Muse" will be one of the songs on her as yet unnamed full-length CD due in Spring of 2011, and the exclusive Bill Withers' classic "Grandma's Hands," which will not be on the forthcoming album, and is only available with today's digital release. Look for a limited vinyl pressing of The New 45 available later in the month, online and in select stores. The other cause for celebration is Sarah's Austin City Limits performance coming up this Saturday, November 6th. As they say, check your local listings. She will be performing "My Muse" in that show, and we also captured a version of it while in Nashville a few weeks ago for the Americana Festival.

- Jessie Scott