​I’m With Her (from the album Wild and Clear and Blue

​I’m With Her (from the album Wild and Clear and Blue

​I’m With Her (from the album Wild and Clear and Blue available on Rounder Records/Concord) (by Danny McCloskey)
The natural harmonies and gentle Folk melodies of the debut I’m With Her album were a breath of fresh air upon its 2018 release. Seven years along the members of the group (Aoife O’Donovan, Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz) return as welcomed friends for a new release, Wild and Clear and Blue. Of the title track, I’m With Her shared that ‘we all have deep visceral memories of the music of our childhoods: cassette tapes in the car, festival jams, and songs around the piano. This song came to life as we tried to honor these memories, and the legacy of Nanci Griffith and John Prine, among others. It’s tapping into the nostalgia of these feelings - giving life to the ephemeral ideas of a not-so-distant past: the five & dime stores, the rushing rivers, the pure and simple paradise of time and place’.
The ease of the vocal harmony, and the simple backing of string instruments, belies the intricacy and depth of the songs on Wild and Clear and Blue. Guitar, fiddle, and mandolin play tag underneath the combined voices of “Find My Way to You” while “Sisters of the Night Watch” floats on ambient tones to open a tune that marches on the rhythm of strums. I’m With Her present the songs on the album as lost gems, familiar immediately and shining brightly. A tentative vocal underscores the shaky steps of change that become the story in “Standing on the Fault Line” while “Only Daughter” relaxes on gentle rhythms and peaceful memories. Wild and Clear and Blue celebrates our earth and its creatures when I’m With Her sing of “Mother Eagle (Sing Me Alive)”, opening the album basking in “Ancient Light” on a shuffling rhythm while they exit on the sharp-angled notes of “Rhododendron”. (by Danny McCloskey)
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