Prodigious Songcraft Blooms in Sarah Jarosz - The Austin Chronicle

THANKS TO SHINER BOCK FOR PROMOTING OUR“TEXAS TOP 10” IN THE CHRONICLE EVERY WEEK!THANKS AGAIN TO SHINER BOCK FOR PROVIDINGBEER AT OUR IN-STORE PERFORMANCESOUR TOP 25 BEST-SELLING CDSBY TEXAS ARTISTS IN 20091. BLACK JOE LEWIS Tell ‘Em WhatYour Name Is!2. BOB SCHNEIDER Lovely Creatures3. SLAID CLEAVES Everything You LoveWill Be Taken Away4. WILLIE AND THE WHEEL WillieAnd The Wheel5. THE FLATLANDERS Hills And Valleys6. STEVE EARLE Townes7. KAT EDMONSON Take To The Sky8. THE GOURDS Haymaker9. SARAH JAROSZ Song Up In Her Head10. ROBERT EARL KEEN The Rose Hotel11. RYAN BINGHAM Roadhouse Sun12. RUTHIE FOSTER Truth According To...13. BEN KWELLER Changing Horses14. LYLE LOVETT Natural Forces15. HEARTLESS BASTARDS The Mountain16. ST. VINCENT Actor17. CRAIG HELLA JOHNSON Thorns On The Rose18. BAND OF HEATHENS One Foot In The Ether19. BALMORHEA All is Wild, All Is Silent20. LUCINDA WILLIAMS Little Honey21. CHARLIE ROBISON Beautiful Day22. ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDOReal Animal23. DEL CASTILLO Del Castillo24. GUY CLARKSomedays The Song Writes You25. LOS LONELY BOYS 1969WHERE MUSIC STILL MATTERS2009 IN-STORE APPEARANCESThe Gourds ∙ Wideawake ∙ Ruthie Foster ∙ Ben Kweller ∙ Pat Green ∙ JohnnyGoudie ∙ Andrew Bird ∙ …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of DeadSteve Bernal ∙ Lykke Li ∙ Asleep At The WheelWillie Nelson ∙ Riverboat Gamblers ∙ Craig HellaJohnson ∙ The Flatlanders ∙ Del Castillo ∙ FastballMark Olson & Gary Louris ∙ The GreencardsThe Boxmasters ∙ Clifton Anderson ∙ Bill Callahan∙ Other Lives ∙ Slaid Cleaves ∙ Cyril Neville ∙ SteveEarle ∙ Meat Puppets ∙ Manchester Orchestra ∙ Belleville Outfit ∙ Girl In AComa ∙ Richard Linklater ∙ Ryan Bingham ∙ Animal Collective ∙ GomezTish Hinojosa ∙ Camera Obscura ∙ St. VincentDepartment Of Eagles ∙ Raul Malo ∙ Jason IsbellHowe Gelb ∙ Ian McLagan ∙ Vetiver ∙ HeartlessBastards ∙ Black Joe Lewis ∙ Telepathe ∙ HandsomeFurs ∙ The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart ∙ TombsSuckers ∙ Cause Co-Motion ∙ The Knux ∙ The BirdAnd The Bee ∙ Charlie Robison ∙ Monahans ∙ JoelGuzman & Sarah Fox ∙ Triple Cobra ∙ New RomanTimes ∙ Sarah Jarosz ∙ Deer Tick ∙ Telegraph Canyon ∙ Kat EdmonsonDanny Malone ∙ The Steps ∙ Yppah ∙ The Generationals ∙ Diane Birch ∙ TheDaze ∙ Two Tons Of Steel ∙ Hot Club Of Cowtown ∙ The Hex DispensersJack Ingram ∙ Radney Foster ∙ The Fruit Bats ∙ Paolo Nutini ∙ James HandBand Of Heathens ∙ Living Colour ∙ The Strange Attractors ∙ Bob Schneider∙ Langhorne Slim ∙ David Bazan ∙ A Place To Bury Strangers ∙ Vivian GirlsWiretree ∙ Tom Freund ∙ Rosie FloresSea Wolf ∙ Patterson Hood ∙ Wolfmother∙ Charlie Mars ∙ Le Loup ∙ Los LonelyBoys ∙ Shelley King ∙ Jonny BurkeCollin Herring ∙ James McMurtryDaniel Johnston ∙ J. Tillman ∙ RosanneCash ∙ Dave Rawlings & Gillian Welch2009 ACL FESTIVAL SIGNINGSNelo ∙ The Low Anthem ∙ Sara Watkins ∙ Blitzen Trapper ∙ TheKnux ∙ Mishka ∙ The Parlor Mob ∙ Avett Brothers ∙ RobynHitchcock ∙ Dr. Dog ∙ Raphael Saadiq ∙ Reckless Kelly ∙ LosAmigos Invisibles ∙ Medeski, Martin & Wood ∙ Coheed &Cambria ∙ Daniel Johnston ∙ Phoenix ∙ K’naan ∙ Sarah JaffeDeer Tick ∙ The Virgins ∙ Alberta Cross ∙ Mute Math ∙ Bell X1Airborne Toxic Event ∙ Flogging Molly ∙ Federico Aubele ∙ …And You Will Know Us ByThe Trail Of Dead ∙ SuckersToadies ∙ Dodos ∙ Black Joe Lewis ∙ Rodriguez ∙ Here We GoMagic ∙ Girl Talk ∙ Heartless Bastards ∙ White Lies ∙ State Radio∙ Michael Franti ∙ Ben Sollee ∙ Brett Dennen ∙ Sons Of BillPassion Pit ∙ Raul Maloa u s t i n c h r o n i c l e . c o m JANUARY 15, 2010 T H E A U S T I N C H R O N I C L E 45