Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O'Donovan - Crossing Muddy Waters

[@semprini77]

I know I’m eight years late, but this just makes me happy to be alive at this time.

[@tracydowd9447]

Same here. Better late than never!

[@JudeFergy]

Sara, Sarah, Aoife, if you ladies ever read this, I just want you to know you achieved musical perfection with this.

[@bossglebe7613]

Aldous Huxley said; "After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." I hope somewhere Aldous is listening and smiling.

[@fourbanger]

Had to pinch myself to see if I was still alive as that is a heavenly performance... bar none

[@WayfaringStranger4029]

You know that moment when a song is so beautifully genius you can't help but tear up a bit? That's this right here.

[@ayama-v5z]

Oh yeah… beauty at its purest

[@scottutube1]

Is anyone like me and comes back to listen to this a couple of times ... every single week? For several years now.

[@JudeFergy]

I discovered this video just about a year ago, and it's a rare week that I don't come back to it at least once. Even the camera work in the video is amazing!

[@LoriJablon]

YES!!!

[@benbarclay5546]

Whoever recorded and mixed this gets a gold star. So perfectly balanced and blended. You can hear each one of their voices and instruments like a flock of birds all around you on a summer morning. Perfect.

[@johnpalgrave6998]

It is beautiful, no doubt, but surely the poetry is as important as the artistry of the musicians - clear diction not something encouraged in upbringing?

[@johnpalgrave6998]

lndeed beautiful although I wish I could distinguish all the words - a favourite nevertheless.

[@ericb9426]

Have to disagree slightly. When Aiofe sings full voice it is a bit too bright. Great on the breathy parts though. That’s not a cheap mike on her either. Otherwise great to hear them in this setting rather than the many live hall shows I’ve heard. Best is still the NPR tiny desk concert, sound wise anyway. Talent always shines through.

[@scottmurphy1714]

I get the chills all over when Aiofe sings. And talk about beautiful......

[@larryphelps6607]

@@ericb9426 if one could make a living picking peanuts from unicorn poop i may have a use for the flock of them swimming in my thoughts. or you might know your poop, which I must admit, is more probable.

[@Deljeanne1]

I saw and heard Sarah Jarosz for the very first time last night at Garrison Keillor's America the Beautiful tour in Providence, Rhode Island. I am a "folkie" from the 60's, Sang at coffee houses in Boston, Providence and Newport and this amazing young woman has reignited my love of music pure and simple! I love all the women folk singers of the 60's and most recently Allison Kraus, Ricky lee Jones, etc., but this woman's voice, songwriting and musicianship completely blew me away!!! I am buying her cd's and hope she will be appearing locally here in New England soon! Thank you Garrison Keillor. It would have been a downright shame if I died without seeing and hearing this beautiful young woman's voice!

[@sharonmickey4566]

Adele Carlson Get all 3!! Her abilities at 17 will amaze you.

[@paulhenry5060]

+Adele Carlson Imagine how isolated we feel here in OZ. Maybe she'll come here one day...

[@ryebread5649]

Also, Watkins deserves way more recognition than she gets. Her voice and fiddle presence are both mesmerising.

[@thomasromano9321]

She got plenty of recognition in Nickel Creek.

[@hobhamwich]

​@@thomasromano9321I was just about to say she was famous for fifteen years before this band formed.

[@melindasikesfair]

Listen to this often. It just does something to me, every time I hear it. These young ladies have such angelic voices and they blend so well together. I sincerely hope they will always make time to create and perform together. The musical world is a better place with them in it! ❤

[@JohnJohnson-sj8yr]

Not since Dolly, Linda and Emmy Lou sang have I ever heard such an amazing trio of voices.

[@lindascanlan6317]

Agree

[@kathrynwebster6307]

Dolly, Linda and Emmylou have amazing voice, and I can always tell which lady sings which part. Lovely as they sound, they do not have the blend that these three women do. I can't tell who is singing high, middle or low, and they change it up all of the time. Superb!

[@benbarclay5546]

@@kathrynwebster6307 I agree. I like this chemistry more. Greater than the sum of the parts. This is like CSNY magic. Not that Trio aren't fabulous together and moreso backing up others or singing themselves.

[@rwcarrmandolin]

These girls are the embodiment of all the good things happening to bluegrass/folk music right now.

[@patocamarada]

Check out Mandolin Orange too. Bet they'd be friends! So good.

[@anthonysalvati5868]

Not just bluegrass in my opinion, although that is certainly their main focus, these girls are the best thing to happen to music in general in the last several years.Saw them a week ago in Connecticut and have listened to nothing else since. This song in particular embodies all that is special about them. I especially love the effortless subtle brilliance of Sarah's banjo playing, she is a force of nature on anything with strings.

[@WayneCarrigan]

correction, women

[@WayneCarrigan]

or you could call them musicians

[@wearye11ow]

i couldn't agree more.

[@als3243]

I see I commented four years ago, but I just listened to this again tonight, and it brought tears to my eyes. It's such a sad song! I played it for a friend of mine who is mostly a rock music, some soft rock, lover, and she said, "I didn't even know they made songs like this." She loved it.

[@markreimer2622]

This kind of perfection is rare in any genre so extremely well done

[@shellyedward9019]

Beautiful harmony! Cant go wrong with a John Hiatt song. Hope more and more young artists record his songs

[@marklnicholson]

This is musical magic here! It only happens once in a blue moon. Thank God we get to hear it here!

[@jimfrederick6130]

My daily routine. Load KZbin, listen to this amazing song, sung by angels, and my day has started with a blessing. Thank you Sara, Sarah and Aoife!!

[@NotMassLucks]

Aaaaaaaaaaaah. Such a travel song. Where we travellin' now guys?

[@ras6960]

An old friend showed me this, what feels like a life time ago. I still love it, Thanks Skinny

[@thecontender4487]

How strangely wonderful it is to hear music wherein every instrument speaks with its own voice, instead of being mixed into an amorphous wall of sound. Beautiful!

[@MrA259]

It took me six years to find this, but oh well. I did. Extraordinary!!!!

[@timebandit2951]

They sound wonderful. Thanks, ladies. 3 separate instruments 3 voices that sound like 1 = MUSIC!

[@msdemeanor6039]

I cannot get enough of this. I have watched this countless times now.

[@russtredih]

This is classic music in the 21st century! Trio of angelic voices and prefect instrumentals!

[@tomcahill7912]

I've watched and listened to this so many times in 2020. There is so much here. At the 2:10 mark you can see Sara J's little, shy smile as if to say, "this sounds pretty good, this is the take".

[@pcmaclean]

Yes- I noticed that as well. What they were all in the groove, totally in the pocket with with one another . Sara’s smile was the happy acknowledgment one gets playing beautiful music with ones’s equally talented peers. How beautifully rendered is this!.

[@gregstorkwilson2745]

I may, or may not have just bought a Banjo. Thanks Sarah......

[@williambrennan8197]

Stunning vocals. Listen to the harmony at 2:41. They make it look soooo easy.

[@suzanneburnie9468]

Can't get enough of their voices blended together

[@c-LAW]

Anyone know the time signature?

[@mabelem3618]

goosebumps!!!

[@saoakman]

So just saw Sarah Jarosz tonight...saw Aoife in March...and Sara Watkins is in town in September. Hitting the trifecta...

[@SamOgilvieJr]

Fine, fine, yet sad, lyrics, but a performance from the heavens. Magnificent in every way.

[@Bluebird-wj4nj]

Arrangement is everything here! They knew when one would be running out of air, and where the other could pick up, and whose voice would sound best in which spot! Bravo on whoever arranged this!!

[@corwynhoward269]

Their version of this masterpiece never gets old. Incredible talent.

[@RowanGolightly]

My vote for best band of the decade! So much talent, brilliance and joy! I can't decide which I like better; the stunning harmonies or the perfect unison that you gals are able to achieve.Thank you for the relief and comfort you're bringing during this difficult time.

[@MrTimfenton]

These young ladies make me very happy. Good choice of tunes. This is one of John Hyatt's best songs

[@sharonmickey4566]

isn't nice to hear real musicians without filter? I hope they come to Ausitn.. LOVE Sarah Jarosz

[@Mistertbones]

Tim Fenton It is one of John's best acoustic songs, and a very good song. Personally, I'm more of a fan of his electric stuff like "Detroit Made" and "Slow Turning".

[@bobc1836]

If there is a heaven, this must be what angels sounds like when they're singing.

[@stevetrent4638]

I couldn’t have said it better.

[@BrunoG03-Vichy]

Holy hell! I just went to heaven... and back on earth where beautiful voices and music makers fill me with joy. Thanks!

[@mikebruse2939]

Three Angels!

[@RUFF-UNIT]

Pretty awesome. It all seems so simple. But I appreciate if it was that easy, we all be doing it. Bravo maestro's

[@TheGesox]

Thank you youtube for show me this song. Just amazing .....❤

[@davidheard723]

I think we've just heard what angels sound like.

[@robertcrawford1791]

Artists become artists after listening to the music that we all love, music from artists they grew up with. And so the art is handed down from generation to generation and never dies. You just have to look for that river bank, and see it’s all flowing where it needs to go. It never dries up.

[@TheIrishAnge]

Very nicely put, Robert!👍

[@user-bg2cs6rw8c]

This is one of the finest renditions I’ve ever heard. What an incredible ensemble!! Love them!!

[@pwags4]

The musical tension between these three goddesses is so powerful, and yet, it just flows. Thanks ladies!

[@lindascanlan6317]

Just wow

[@vaan1520]

Listened to Different Drum covered by Sara Watkins. Loved it and typed in her name to see what else she had done. Came up with this and am so happy. What talent there is in the world. God, I love KZbin . I have found so many incredible artists I would never have known. Stay safe everyone xx

[@nyquil07na38]

I am deeply drunk and this song spoke to me, Amen.

[@alex0589]

I heard that they had to put them in different rooms in the studio, not because of sound but because if you put so much talent and perfect pitch in one room, the studio spontaneously combusts.

[@ZombunniAndTheMoon]

Yes!!

[@aburtch]

alex0589 +1

[@TNtexans]

Well put

[@pagegl]

Absolutely!

[@ertworks1507]

👍

[@dannysargent1909]

I love this song, it was the first song i filmed my daughter dancing to💜😋✌️

[@kevinwatson7259]

Chills and tears Thank you

[@EricReitzel]

Angelic voice, thank you...9 years too late of course

[@dinkmartini3236]

Lightning Strikes and we get to see it.

[@michaelwattie489]

Such superb voices, and harmonies. I'm in love X3. Thanks so much for sharing your healing gift

[@cestrell]

These three sound so perfect together that I'm sitting here listening... speechlessly stunned and amazed. Wow!

[@deearedub]

So much music coming from just 3 instruments and 3 voices means the heights of musical and soul-searching accomplishment. Thank you so very much, performers, deepest meanings in this performance for me!

[@robinmead5826]

My baby's gone and I don't know why She let out this morning Like a rusty shot in a hollow sky Left me without warning Sooner than the dogs could bark And faster than the sun rose Down to the banks in an old mule car She took a flatboat across the shallow [Chorus:] Left me in my tears to drown She left a baby daughter Now the water's wide and deep and brown She's crossing muddy waters Tobacco standing in the fields Be rotten come November And a bitter heart will not reveal A spring that love remembers When that sweet brown girl of mine Her black eyes are ravens We broke the bread and drank the wine From a jug that she'd been saving [Chorus] Left me in my tears to drown She left a baby daughter Now the water's wide and deep and brown She's crossing muddy waters Baby's crying and the daylight's gone That big oak tree is groaning In rush of wind and river of song I can hear my true love moaning Crying for her baby child And crying for her husband And crying for that river's wild To take her from her loved ones [Chorus 2x] Left me in my tears to drown She left a baby daughter Now the water's wide and deep and brown She's crossing muddy waters

[@uknancy3]

Thank you!

[@sharonmickey4566]

Sarah being from Wimberley... these lyrics seem so eerie now.....The Blanco River is wide, deep and brown..... :( tears to drown...

[@thomasdungl8493]

So much great +folk song, thnx you so much for this very fine version and for sharing it!

[@j_cinci]

Soooo good

[@aburtch]

This is amazing. I hope they do more than a 7" single and one tour. We need a full album from this group!

[@Afroman764]

Anson Burtch well you’ll have your wish on February the 16th

[@michaelmcqueen5779]

I have listened to this song dozens of times since first discovering it a few weeks ago. To me, this is what music is all about. Amazing playing, and heavenly voices. Sheer perfection!

[@sharonmickey4566]

they just released their first orig recorded song together today! Go to one of their FB pages

[@michaelmcqueen5779]

alright.. heads there immediately

[@Skjernaa1]

Absolutely amazing. One of my favourite John Hiatt songs by some of my favourite singers.

[@Trent-tr2nx]

these guys need a Tiny Desk Concert.

[@fustigate314159]

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[@hobey1]

I adore this performance!

[@JZ909]

Probably the most painful song I care to put myself through. I lost the woman of my dreams about a year ago, and the line "left me in my tears to drown" is especially relatable. I'm not really sure why I like this song, all I can do is cry to it, but for whatever reason, I like it, and this rendition is beautiful, capturing all the emotions of the lyrics.

[@d3eztrickz]

It's ok to grieve bro. It takes a long time to get to a healthy mental state sometimes. Just keep doing your thang. Much love and peace!

[@JZ909]

@@d3eztrickz Thanks man

[@loganozarks4102]

Sending love to you and yours, hope you're finding peace

[@daflotsam]

I love the new life these folks bring to the table of this great old style. Not that it was dying; it's just great when young folks catch the passion and assume the mantle, and carry this beautiful music to the next generation.

[@billmacelroy7577]

Three very talented young women. They did a beautiful job on this tune.

[@CaseyConnor]

"Cryin' for her baby child" @2:37 is just exquisite.

[@aspos4287]

This trio is awesome,I can't get enough! Hats off!

[@mabelem3618]

what i really enjoy about that performance besides that "goosebump vocals" is that driving, vivid beat. A lot of versions have that dragging rhythm so it can sound a bit boring not with this one!!!

[@daigo1952]

Knew these three great ladies were touring together but this is the first time I've heard them all together. I am not disappointed. What fantastic sounds they can make together!!

[@Stringman1950]

Love John Hiatt. So underrated as a songwriter and also a guitarist. Wild man could nail a song. The album this comes from was killer. Thanks, John. These ladies get big thanks for their tastes and talents.

[@TheParatuner]

When talent lives and shines (as I think it does with these 3) our world is a much better place ..thank you , thank you , thank you ladies. Can't wait for the "I'm (still) with her" tour - please come back to Bristol UK - it was a fab gig. I'm a fan !

[@sharonmickey4566]

TheParatuner on their own they are great musicians but they really have something special here. I saw Sarah J with the Milk Carton Kids and that was great but these 3 together need to do an album. And I love how a lot of these young musicians graduate from of some of the best music conservatories in the US. :) Sarah Jarosz is an amazing mandolin and banjo musician ....

[@crosselli]

Damn AB that was the perfect song for you. Excellent!

[@TheLionlover1980]

Just can't get over how good these girls are together, so amazingly talented!

[@runswithscissorz14]

Girls? Come on!

[@HaroldBenton-mw9wo]

Heard these three do this live in Atlanta. They are amazing!!

[@JudeFergy]

I'm not sure this will ever be surpassed as my absolute favorite song.

[@pagegl]

These three need to do a full length album; it would be amazing. This song sends a shiver down my spine, I could listen to it over and over.

[@natanson52]

Amazing stuff.

[@vonarndt111]

This tears my soul open every time I hear it. My God thank you ladies for doing this.

[@andrewwhite2503]

I found this a couple of years ago. I play it at least once a week, and never get tired of it.

[@dessiehiggins3298]

Three lady's give us a beautiful sound , all helping eachother to nail this song as a unit and thats the result we get , of course the talent is very high but none of them stick out too much , to me its just fab

[@paulelliott3220]

Saw this and thought, John's song covered by the ladies Absolutely beautiful - love the fiddle, banjo compliment each other and the voices in harmony Knock this out of the park Brilliant

[@ScottColvin-d3s]

Amazing...

[@maddieheward7573]

This song never fails to give me those chills

[@legalize.brokkoli]

Same. There is something very special about this perdormance.

[@hwinc]

I can't stop playing this song. Great writer. Great performances. My favorite for the month of April!

[@womiju]

Just lovely! Myself I play Celtic and Irish Music, but also love beautiful Bluegrass Music like this!

[@ricknoriega6908]

Will definitely have to catch them when they come to Raleigh in Feb. What a perfect way to start off a very busy Sunday morning. Thank you

[@billderinbaja3883]

LOVE this song and the three lovely talented ladies who wrote it, play it, sing it... amazing

[@billderinbaja3883]

@Terry Beaton: Thanks Terry.

[@jeffmayfield7572]

What a beautiful rendition of a beautiful song.. one of many from the great John Hiatt.

[@kellivonarnswaldt5811]

These three sound BEAUTIFUL together! I just saw them perform at The Red Wing Music festival, and their performance was amazing. I really hope they make this band official and start recording albums together!

[@fallenangelmusica]

On the rare occasion I've done sessions like this where somehow everything was just perfect. The room, the players, the feel. It's a magical time that lasts forever in the memory. This had to have been one of those times for the girls.

[@markreimer2622]

I have been alive these 60yrs and this song moves me as well some of my fav's.!!

[@vereddar6420]

This is perfection. Every. Single. Note.

[@almarussmusic]

Love Sara's fiddle and Sarah's clawhammer banjo! They inspire me in my performances with both instruments!

[@TNtexans]

I seriously can't stop listening to this....such beautiful music...

[@glibbergloop]

It's funny how folk music is semi-closely related to mainstream country (or at least 'crosses over' a lot or something)... yet the amount of like I have for mainstream country is a big zero, while I really really like folk music like this. These are some talented musicians. Bravo!

[@passesthroughthefire7387]

+glibbergloop I don't know much about country music, but with artists like O'Donovan, you can really feel that Irish heaviness. Same thing with some Celtic tunes. I think it's in the blood.

[@glibbergloop]

+Passes Through The Fire Most definitely. The speaking accent I think is what makes the big difference for me (between country musicians and celtic/irish folk musicians)

[@saoakman]

My wife & I just had the same discussion coming home from hearing Sarah Jarosz tonight. To her "country is just stupid"--but I've been able to convince her that bluegrass =/= country.

[@glibbergloop]

+Scott Oakman :)

[@darkhorse1773]

folk music: music that's played where yer folks 'r from.

[@stevegrooms1142]

These three young women share a quality of calm confidence in their musical talent. Their voices blend wonderfully.

[@chrismclaren4871]

Oh wow, simply sublime ❤

[@ScooterBob69]

One plus one plus one equals TEN!! Each of these gals has ENORMOUS talent - and they are equals in every way ...... but put them all together and the Earth moves from the sheer magic of their music! I'm in love with every aspect of it ........

[@ertworks1507]

I have quite literally listened to this fifteen times today. Amazing job. If you three lovelies had time to cut an album, I would buy the heck out of it!

[@LaurelLakey]

Oh man, this is gorgeous! Harmonies like yours speak to my soul. Happy sigh....