TS5: Sarah Jarosz - "Annabelle Lee" [1280x720 HD]

[RonJLow]

Sarah could sell 100 different albums of covers. She should cover Tapestry, Beatles One, Pretenders, Elvis Costello, xmas carols, hanukkah ballads, rev Huber's athiest parables, I'd buy all of it.

[dropthumb2]

Her singing is the topper.

I notice she is playing a banjo with six strings, but as far as I can tell she is playing the same as playing clawhammer on five string. What's the deal with her using a six string?

[slithyj]

@dropthumb2 I think it's a five string..

[GuillermoDictus]

Wow.



[beastotheeast]

Great stuff altogether

[Sillilesshells]

last episode was filmed near where i'm from yay , proud :). i just saw this and thought wow. "alela diane..might like her" . and then started fantasising about a duet :p

[dfmontgomery91]

I can imagine a fiddle played more, perhaps with drone strings, appalachian-style, or whatever works !...On that subject..I would buy sight-unheard a CD of just appalachian, or, old-timey, fiddle/banjo with the majority of the tunes being in minor keys or, at least, with that lonesome, pitiful sound..! 

[harrylampton]

That was smooth; man they are so tight!

[ProductOfANationmusi]

okay first thank you lord chauncey for posting these transatlantic series sessions i love Sarah and this is a real treat. second, just curious but is that tim o'brien on mandolin?

[lordchauncey]

@ProductOfANationmusi No, Tim O'Brien was not present for this series of the Sessions. He did take part in an earlier series though.

[pws5252]

@ProductOfANationmusi  Sam Bush is on mandolin.

[jrwasco1978]

@ProductOfANationmusi We don't see much of him but that's Sam Bush on Mando

[fredmathis]

Also including Donal Lunny on Bouzouki ;)

[captainironears]

You know, I don't really like the addition of the... is it a fiddle? It sounds like a fiddle, and I like fiddles, I just don't like it in this song. This is such a great song though.

[lordchauncey]

@captainironears The original studio version on SJ's album also features a fiddle (violin) played by Stuart Duncan. In her live shows, the fiddle is played by her bandmate Alex Hargreaves. This song's always had a fiddle except when performed by Sarah solo (just her clawhammer banjo).

[ProductOfANationmusi]

@captainironears i totally agree with you on the fiddle not being great in this session but this fiddler didn't actually play it like it was originally written and played on the track. on the original studio track the fiddle sounds great and fits. but this fiddler seems to improvise most of it i guess

[lordchauncey]

@ProductOfANationmusi No 2 performances of this song are exactly alike. Whoever plays the fiddle is allowed to 'improvise' within the confines of the song's melodic structure. Stuart's version on the album is the foundation for the instrument, but Alex and others will play it their own way. Not better or worse, just different.

[captainironears]

@ProductOfANationmusi ^What this guy said is what I meant to say.

[tdbsnr]

@captainironears Well sorry I do like the addition of the fiddle!

[autumnlarbre]

Incredible!

[AltairZielite]

What an unexpected surprise! I would love to hear Sarah do Killkelly

[wildlifedoc]

Amazing Talent - could listen to her music all day!

[AlastairSiosal]

Wonderful!

As the TS stalwarts grow visibly older every series they continue to bring fresh young talent into the fold!

[whistler147]

Sarah has that "Mona Lisa" smile in the 2nd half of the song.

[highway17]

thanks Lord C for all the great tunes !

[lordchauncey]

@highway17 Yer welcome!

[rossbj138]

@PogueMahoneX yeah thats her

[luseblus]

Who is the fiddle player in this clip?

[PogueMahoneX]

@luseblus I think it's Irish fiddle player Nollaig Casey.

[lordchauncey]

@PogueMahoneX Yes, that's her. She is also featured in another clip I posted from TS5 found in my channel ("Celtic Instrumental")

[therudyify]

My goodness...what a talented young lady with some of the best musical talent around her...just can't get any better. Thanks for this one. 

[lordchauncey]

@therudyify If you're unfamiliar with Ms. Jarosz's body of work, I recommend getting her 2 albums on Sugar Hill Records, recorded & co-produced by Gary Paczosa. Music that a person twice her age would be proud of making.

[mymonkeydusty]

Umm I have played this song, over and over it just blows me away

[sinjin480]

Sarah did not write this, she may have put it to music but it was written by Edgar Allen Poe

[lordchauncey]

@sinjin480 To be precise - Sarah wrote the melody, and she & a friend "adapted" the Poe poem 'Annabel Lee' to fit the music.

[electricuncledave]

this video features a sheer lack of sam bush

[lordchauncey]

@electricuncledave Yeah, it's kinda misleading to give him 2nd billing, but he appears briefly at 2:12 and again at 3:17. I think the cameramen and editors were a bit , uh, focused on Sarah J.

[Margoil]

@electricuncledave They were focusing on the songwriter, Sarah! (I love Sam too!)

[xJakexGuyx]

Wow.

[thelosian]

I'm in love with Sarah Jarosz

[lordchauncey]

@thelosian Join the crowd.

[nottreb]

@FriedHockey - Yes - the most excellent Danny Thompson :)

[FriedHockey]

Is that Danny Thompson on bass?

[MrBlmoo]

Thanks for posting a great tune. The last song of this episode was brilliant is anyone able to post?

[misfitstattoo]

@MrBlmoo What was the last song do you know?

[lordchauncey]

@misfitstattoo The last song on Episode 1 was "Lay My Burden Down" composed by Aoife O'Donovan (Crooked Still/Sometymes Why) - which AKUS recorded on their latest album Paper Airplane.

[MrBlmoo]

Awesome thanks for posting