Born in Austin and raised in Wimberley, 25-year-old Sarah Jarosz now lives in New York, but Central Texans shared in the joy when she won two Grammys on Sunday afternoon. �This is just such a thrill, a dream come true,� Jarosz said from the ceremony in Los Angeles as she accepted the award for best folk album for �Undercurrent,� shortly after winning best American roots performance for �House of Mercy.�

Here�s a look back at several Austin360/American-Statesman articles that documented her rise from Wimberley prodigy to national star. She�ll be at this year�s Old Settler�s Music Festival in April.

April 16, 2009

17-year-old troubadour graduates to the big time

By Michael Corcoran

The two producers had been hunkered down in a Nashville studio all weekend, tweaking an album that mixes bluegrass virtuosity withairy country pop vocals. �Let�s call it a day,� producer Gary Paczosa said one Sunday evening. �We�ll pick it up tomorrow.�

But producing partner Sarah Jarosz, whose debut album they were recording, reminded him that she had to fly back to Austin that night. �I�ve got classes tomorrow,� she said.

Paczosa, whose credits include seven albums with Alison Krauss, laughed when he thought about the year he spent on Jarosz�s �Song Up In Her Head� LP, which comes out June 16 on Sugar Hill Records. �That�s the first time I�ve made a record working around my co-producer�s school schedule,� he said. But Jarosz, a 17-year-old senior at Wimberley High School, has long juggled academics and a music career, with success in both fields. The mandolin picker with the angelic voice,