Undercurrent (Sarah Jarosz album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Undercurrent
| type = studio
| artist = Sarah Jarosz
| cover = File:Sarah Jarosz Undercurrent cover.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2016|6|17}}
| recorded =
| venue =
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| length = {{Duration|m=36|s=43}}
| label = Sugar Hill Records
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| prev_title = Build Me Up from Bones
| prev_year = 2013
| next_title = World on the Ground
| next_year = 2020
}}
Undercurrent is the fourth studio album by American singer–songwriter Sarah Jarosz. The album was released in 2016 by Sugar Hill Records. The album and one song were nominated for three Grammy Awards, winning two.
Critical reception
{{Album reviews
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/undercurrent-mw0002943756 | title=Undercurrent by Sarah Jarosz | website=AllMusic | access-date=6 December 2016|first=Thom|last=Jurek}}
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Thom Jurek of AllMusic writes that "Jarosz reaches through her musical and personal histories with vulnerability and willingness. She comes out on the other side with songs that possess narrative savvy, melodic invention, and a refreshing sense of self-assuredness". Jim Fusilli of the Wall Street Journal finds her "country–flavored folk songs" to be "direct, unadorned and thoroughly beautiful".{{Cite web |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/undercurrent-by-sarah-jarosz-review-an-economical-approach-to-passion-1466023815 |title=Undercurrent by Sarah Jarosz Review: An Economical Approach to Passion |last=Fusilli |first=Jim |date=15 June 2016 |website=Wall Street Journal}}
=Accolades=
In 2016 the album won the Grammy for Best Folk Album and was nominated for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical. The song "House of Mercy" received the Grammy for Best American Roots Performance at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards.{{Cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=%22Sarah+Jarosz%22&field_nominee_work_value=&year=All&genre=All |title=Past winners search |website=grammy.com}}{{Cite web |url=https://variety.com/2016/music/news/grammy-nominations-2017-full-list-nominees-grammys-1201934204/ |title=Grammy Nominations: Full List of Nominees for 59th Annual Awards |date=6 December 2016 |website=Variety.com}}{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-grammys-2017-nominations-winners-list-20161205-story.html |title=2017 Grammy Awards: Complete list of nominees |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |access-date=2016-12-06}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| total_length = 36:43
| title1 = Early Morning Light
| writer1 = Sarah Jarosz
| length1 = 2:36
| title2 = Green Lights
| writer2 = Jarosz, Luke Reynolds
| length2 = 3:35
| title3 = House of Mercy
| writer3 = Jedd Hughes, Jarosz
| length3 = 4:38
| title4 = Everything to Hide
| writer4 = Jarosz
| length4 = 3:24
| title5 = Back of My Mind
| writer5 = Jarosz, Joey Ryan
| length5 = 3:38
| title6 = Comin' Undone
| note6 = featuring Parker Millsap
| writer6 = Jarosz, Parker Millsap
| length6 = 3:01
| title7 = Take Another Turn
| writer7 = Jarosz
| length7 = 2:34
| title8 = Lost Dog
| writer8 = Sarah Buxton, Hughes, Jarosz
| length8 = 3:39
| title9 = Take Me Back
| writer9 = Jarosz, Ryan
| length9 = 2:34
| title10 = Still Life
| writer10 = Jarosz, Aoife O'Donovan
| length10 = 2:54
| title11 = Jacqueline
| writer11 = Jarosz
| length11 = 3:50
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Personnel
- Sarah Jarosz – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, octave mandolin, banjo
- Luke Reynolds – acoustic and electric guitars, pedal steel, vocals
- Jedd Hughes – acoustic and electric guitars, vocals
- Mark Schatz – bass guitar
=Additional musicians=
- Parker Millsap – acoustic guitar, vocals (track 6)
- Tim Lauer – B3 organ (track 6)
- Aoife O'Donovan – guitar, vocals (track 10)
- Sara Watkins – fiddle (track 10)
=Technical personnel=
- Gary Paczosa and Sarah Jarosz – producers
- Gary Paczosa and Shani Gandhi – engineers
- Gary Paczosa – mixing
- Paul Blakemore – mastering
Charts
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| Chart (2016)
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| {{Album chart|BillboardBluegrass|1|artist=Sarah Jarosz|album=Undercurrent|refname=|access-date=December 6, 2016}} |
| {{Album chart|BillboardFolk|6|artist=Sarah Jarosz|album=Undercurrent|refname=|access-date=December 6, 2016}} |
| {{Album chart|BillboardRock|14|artist=Sarah Jarosz|album=Undercurrent|refname=|access-date=December 6, 2016}} |
| {{Album chart|Billboard200|117|artist=Sarah Jarosz|album=Undercurrent|refname=|access-date=December 6, 2016}} |
References
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External links
{{AllMusic|album|mw0002943756|Undercurrent}}
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