I spent an idyllic evening Friday night in the Sculpture Garden at New Orleans Museum of Art, where you can roam on the winding footpaths to view over sixty sculptures from artists from all over the world. It was perfect spring weather with amazing stuff to look at and engaging people to meet along the way, making for a very special moment indeed. This is a friendly reminder to attend a museum, whether NOMA or a local institution, especially if you haven’t done that recently. It just puts you in a reverent place. Somehow, it calls upon your best self. Oh yeah, bring the kids!

Looking at today’s video, I am struck by the notion that Sarah Jarosz could have been a Botticelli painting. Ethereal, magical, and pure, Sarah creates from a deep well of harmonics that conjure up a stillness that is at once moving and peaceful. Sarah is playing the Old Settler’s Music Festival this Saturday, and then kicks off some more touring, which start with a May 4th appearance at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. . Sarah attends school at The New England Conservatory, so tours have to be worked around her studies. But if you get the chance to see her, you simply have to go. She is such a bright light. “Little Song” comes from her 2009 debut album, Song Up In Her Head. We were fortunate to have spent some time with her at the 2010 Americana Fest in Nashville. Here is the Music Fog recording of “Little Song.”

- Jessie Scott