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by Tommy on 2/23/19Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts - RaleighRating: 5 out of 5Great Venue, Beautiful Harmonies, Instrumental Virtuosity. Just a perfect night of music.

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With the 2014 formation of I'm With Her, singer/songwriters Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O'Donovan, and Sara Watkins introduced an essential new force into the world of folk music: a close-knit alliance of highly esteemed musicians, each graced with a deep understanding of folk tradition and unbridled passion for expanding its possibilities. Since delivering their critically lauded debut See You Around and standalone singles like "Call My Name" (winner of the 2020 Grammy for Best American Roots Song), the trio have routinely taken time out from their individual careers to dream up songs together--eventually arriving at a new album exploring themes of ancestry, lineage, and the collective human experience. On their long-awaited sophomore LP Wild and Clear and Blue, I'm With Her now bring their luminous harmonies to a soul-searching body of work about reaching into the past, navigating a chaotic present, and bravely moving forward into the unknown.
In a departure from the stripped-back intimacy of See You Around--a 2018 release that turned up on best-of-the-year lists from the likes of the New York Times--Wild and Clear and Blue centers on a far more elaborate sound informed by the trio's intensified sense of musical kinship. All multi-Grammy-winners with deep roots in the folk scene, Watkins, Jarosz, and O'Donovan first discovered their near-telepathic chemistry during an impromptu performance at the 2014 Telluride Bluegrass Festival, then co-founded I'm With Her and began touring extensively and performing at acclaimed festivals across the globe.
Produced by Josh Kaufman--a member of Bonny Light Horseman and multi-instrumentalist/songwriter/arranger/producer who's worked with Bob Weir and The National--Wild and Clear and Blue ultimately adds a bold new urgency to their delicate entangling of lived-in narrative, fable-like storytelling, and nuanced reflection on cycles of life.
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Great Venue, Beautiful Harmonies, Instrumental Virtuosity. Just a perfect night of music.
If you appreciate gorgeous harmony and you have a chance to hear I’m with her perform, do it. Great show. Such talented musicians and performers.
I’ve been a fan and follower of Sarah Jaroz ever since I heard her distinctive voice on what was then Prairie Home, a number of years ago now. So great to see her now paired up with these two other remarkable young women, Sara Watkins with her expressive voice and violin playing, and Aoife o Donovan with her hard hitting vocals and guitar. Here they are going around the country and the world with such a perfect mix of harmonies and exceptional musical talent. — their fan base will grow exponentially. Thanks to I’m With Her for this inspiring performance!
We were so excited to see I'm With Her, and when the opening act came out and said he was going to play for 45 minutes, we were sure it was a joke. But no, his act lasted 45 minutes! He was funny and talented, but there was nothing in the promos saying there would be an opening act. We drove six hours one way to see I'm With Her, not Johnny's with Her. The unadvertised opening was the ONLY drawback of the evening. I'm With Her gave a top notch performance--moving, creative, dynamic, and the encore around the single mic was best of all. In a nutshell--promos need to be more honest, but the girls mostly made up for it.