Build Me Up from Bones


Build Me Up From Bones is the third studio album by American folk and bluegrass singer-songwriter Sarah Jarosz, released on September 24, 2013, on Sugar Hill Records. It was recorded and mixed at Minutia Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, by Gary Paczosa. This is the third studio collaboration between Jarosz and Paczosa. Build Me Up from Bones was nominated for Best Folk Album at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards, and its title track was nominated for Best American Roots Song.

Track listing

Reception

Critic Jon Pareles writing in The New York Times praised the growth demonstrated by Jarosz, saying "with Build Me Up From Bones her third album, she moves past precocity toward the full bloom of artistry: the singing is more deeply self-assured, and the songs are grounded in truer emotional terrain."
Writing in The Boston Globe, music critic James Reed was similarly impressed with the increased complexity of Jarosz's work: "Her latest is more organic, a trio setting that emphasizes the value of space. The songs breathe. From the perspective of composition and structure, the music is more complex and nuanced, too. Jarosz's voice, warm and elastic, rings out strong and clear."

Personnel

  • Sarah Jarosz – vocals on all tracks
;"Over the Edge"
;"Fuel the Fire"
;"Mile on the Moon"
  • Sarah Jarosz – octave mandolin
  • Jedd Hughes – harmony vocal, guitar
  • Dirk Powell – accordion
  • Dan Dugmore – electric guitar
  • Viktor Krauss – bass
  • Eric Darken – percussion
;"Build Me Up From Bones"
  • Sarah Jarosz – octave mandolin
  • Aoife O'Donovan – harmony vocal
  • Alex Hargreaves – violin
  • Nathaniel Smith – cello
;"Dark Road"
  • Sarah Jarosz – guitar
  • Kai Welch – harmony vocal
  • Jerry Douglas – Dobro
  • Darrell Scott – electric guitar
  • Viktor Krauss – bass
  • Kenny Malone – percussion
;"Simple Twist of Fate"
  • Nathaniel Smith – cello
;"1,000 Things"
  • Sarah Jarosz – guitar
  • Alex Hargreaves – violin
  • Nathaniel Smith – cello
  • Kenny Malone – percussion
;"Gone Too Soon"
  • Sarah Jarosz – octave mandolin
  • Kate Rusby – harmony vocal
  • Jerry Douglas – Weissenborn
  • Darrell Scott – guitar
  • Dirk Powell – bass
  • Kenny Malone – percussion
;"Anything Else"
  • Sarah Jarosz – guitar
  • Alex Hargreaves – violin
  • Nathaniel Smith – cello
;"The Book of Right-On"
  • Sarah Jarosz – mandolin
  • Alex Hargreaves – violin
  • Nathaniel Smith – cello
;"Rearrange the Art"
  • Sarah Jarosz – banjo
  • Aoife O'Donovan – harmony vocal
  • Alex Hargreaves – violin
  • Nathaniel Smith – cello
  • Dan Dugmore – pedal steel
  • Tim Lauer – Wurlitzer
;Production
  • Produced by Gary Paczosa and Sarah Jarosz
  • Recorded and Mixed by Gary Paczosa at Minutia Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
  • Additional engineering: Shani Gandhi and Brandon Bell
  • Mastered by Eric Boulanger at The Mastering Lab, Ojai, California