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I'm With Her: A Band Of Harmonizing Soloists

Lindsey Byrnes

Solo musicians Sara Watkins, Aoife O’Donovan and Sarah Jarosz discovered a strong musical bond while jamming onstage at the 2014 Telluride Bluegrass Festival, and after follow-up group appearances, they formed a band called I’m With Her. A few of the accomplishments this trio can tick off include the creation of the bands Nickel Creek and Crooked Still, a collective output of nine solo albums, and several Grammy awards, along with collaborations with musicians like The Decemberists, Ollabelle and Yo-Yo Ma. In 2018, I'm With Her released their debut album, "See You Around." It was produced by Ethan Johns and recorded live in the studio, with collaborative songwriting, instrumental accompaniment and three-part harmony singing. Fans of their respective solo careers marvel at how successfully these three frontwomen balance their sound.

What are the origins of that name? It preceded the presidential campaign slogan of Hillary Clinton by 18 months. "We’re not making a political statement," says Watkins. "It’s a celebration of each other. It’s camaraderie.”

(Broadcast: "Musician's Spotlight,"  5/17/18 and 8/2/18. Listen on the radio Thursdays, 7:30 p.m., or via podcast.)

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John Floridis, the host and producer of Musician's Spotlight, has been with Montana Public Radio since 1997. He has interviewed over 200 musicians during that time. He is also an independent recording and performing artist in his own right and a former registered music therapist.
Beth Anne Austein has been spinning tunes on the air (The Folk Show, Dancing With Tradition, Freeforms), as well as recording, editing and mixing audio for Montana Public Radio and Montana PBS, since the Clinton Administration. She’s jockeyed faders or "fixed it in post” for The Plant Detective; Listeners Bookstall; Fieldnotes; Musicians Spotlight; The Write Question; Storycorps; Selected Shorts; Bill Raoul’s music series; orchestral and chamber concerts; lecture series; news interviews; and outside producers’ programs about topics ranging from philosophy to ticks.
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