I'm With Her - See You Around

Rating: 5/5

Review:
A very fine album

This is a very fine album.  I'm With Her comprises Aoife O'Donovan, Sarah Jarosz and Sara Watkins, a trio of three superb musicians and singers, all of whom already have a top-notch body of work as singer-songwriters and as members of ensembles including Nickel Creek and Crooked Still.  They plainly just click with each other to produce a wonderful sound and some terrific music in places.

There's a mix of songs here: each member has written some and there are a couple of covers.   It's very good material, made special by the sheer class of their instrumental work and vocals, with superbly arranged and sung harmony work.  I was lucky enough to see then at London's Bush Hall a couple of weeks ago and they were absolutely stunning.  The album doesn't quite catch the magic of the live performances, but it's very, very good.

The production and recorded sound by Ethan Johns is excellent, and I can recommend See You Around very warmly indeed.

(You may also be interested in Applewood Road, another trio of excellent singer songwriters.  Their album from 2017 is also excellent.)