How three of the finest voices in American roots music, each a star on her own, found something even better by standing at three microphones and singing together.
The Short Version
Who Is This?
I'm With Her is a folk trio made up of three acclaimed roots musicians: Sara Watkins (of Nickel Creek), Sarah Jarosz, and Aoife O'Donovan. Each is a celebrated bandleader in her own right, and together they make luminous, three-part-harmony americana built around shared songwriting and a small circle of acoustic instruments.
Two things make them singular. First, the harmony: three distinctive voices, all lead singers elsewhere, blending so completely that the trio becomes its own fourth instrument. Second, the pedigree: this is a genuine supergroup, so the writing and playing arrive at an unusually high level, with nobody needing to prove anything.
They are rooted in bluegrass, folk, and old-time traditions but land in a warm, song-first americana that never rushes. If you love the harmonies and acoustic textures of Watchhouse or Nickel Creek and want three great voices at the center, this is a perfect place to start.
Three voices, three players, one shared sound.Three Stars, One Trio
The Story
I'm With Her's story is short but rich: three friends who kept finding excuses to sing together until they finally made it a band.
2014
A festival stage
Watkins, Jarosz, and O'Donovan first sang together at a festival and were startled by the blend. The one-off quickly turned into a standing invitation to keep playing.
2018
See You Around
Their debut, recorded in England with producer Ethan Johns, was a warm, tightly woven set of original songs and instant proof that the trio was more than the sum of three careers.
2019
"Call My Name"
The trio released the standalone single "Call My Name," which went on to win the Grammy for Best American Roots Song, their most decorated moment.
2020s
Back to their own work
The three returned to their solo careers and other bands, leaving the trio idle but never dissolved, with all of them saying more I'm With Her music would come.
2025
Wild and Clear and Blue
Their long-awaited second album arrived seven years after the first, deeper and more assured, confirming that the trio was a lasting project, not a one-time experiment.
The wide, open feeling at the heart of the harmonies.Three Songs, One Education
Start Here
Three songs across their short arc: the debut's title track, the Grammy-winning single, and the title track of the long-awaited return. Listen in order.
01 · The Debut
"See You Around" — 2018
The title track from their first album, and the clearest three-minute picture of the blend: three voices braided so tightly they read as one.
02 · The Award
"Call My Name" — 2019
The standalone single that won the Grammy for Best American Roots Song. A gently insistent, gorgeously harmonized invitation, and their best-known song.
03 · The Return
"Wild and Clear and Blue" — 2025
The title track from their long-awaited second album, richer and more assured, proof the trio only deepened during the years apart.
The Studio Catalog
The Albums 2 albums, both essential
A small but perfect catalog: two studio albums seven years apart, plus a landmark single in between. Both records are gold-topped, because there is no wrong place to start.
2018
See You Around
The debut, recorded in England with Ethan Johns. Warm, intricate, and full of shared songwriting. The perfect introduction to the trio.
One curated YouTube Music playlist gathering the essentials from both albums plus the Grammy-winning single. (Ideally, though, spend time with these records whole.) Hit the button below to play it.
What makes I'm With Her unusual is that all three members are stars in their own right. Sara Watkins is the fiddler and singer of Nickel Creek and a solo artist; Sarah Jarosz is a multi-Grammy-winning roots songwriter; and Aoife O'Donovan is an acclaimed solo artist and former leader of the string band Crooked Still. Any one of them could front the group; instead they share it.
That shared leadership is the whole point. The three voices trade leads and stack into three-part harmony so seamlessly that the trio develops its own identity, distinct from any of their solo work. When all three sing together, the blend is the instrument.
The songwriting is genuinely collaborative, with the three of them writing together rather than trading finished songs. That gives the records a unified voice, warm and literate, that none of them quite reaches alone. The arrangements stay spare and acoustic, letting the harmonies carry the weight.
What makes them worth following is exactly that generosity. Three musicians who could each command the spotlight instead step back to build something collective, and the music is richer for it. Every I'm With Her record is a reunion of friends who clearly love singing together.
The intimate, friends-in-a-room feeling the trio is built on.The Roots of the Sound
Influences
The trio draws on the great harmony traditions of folk and americana, and on the acoustic music each member grew up inside. Here are four touchstones.
The Duo Standard
Gillian Welch
The spare, timeless americana of Welch and David Rawlings is a shared north star for all three members' writing.
The best way deeper into I'm With Her is through each member's own catalog.
Sara Watkins — her work in Nickel Creek and her solo records are warm, fiddle-forward, and full of the same harmony instinct.
Sarah Jarosz — a multi-Grammy-winning roots songwriter whose solo catalog is essential listening in its own right.
Aoife O'Donovan — her solo albums and her old band Crooked Still show the most adventurous, art-folk corner of the trio.
The live show — the three voices really come alive on stage, and their recorded live sessions are a great preview.
The Way to Listen
Start with See You Around front to back, then chase "Call My Name." Between the album and the single you will hear exactly why three stars keep making time to be a band.
