''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

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s, winning two.

Critical reception

Thom Jurek of

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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 ''

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'' finds her "country–flavored folk songs" to be "direct, unadorned and thoroughly beautiful".

Accolades

In 2016 the album won the Grammy for

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and was nominated for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical. The song "House of Mercy" received the Grammy for Best American Roots Performance at the

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Track listing

Personnel

* Sarah Jarosz – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, octave mandolin, banjo *

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– acoustic and electric guitars, pedal steel, vocals * Jedd Hughes – acoustic and electric guitars, vocals *

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– 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

References

External links

{{Authority control 2016 albums Sarah Jarosz albums Sugar Hill Records albums