"It really is unique," says Sarah Jarosz, 18, a singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who's one of the more accomplished and promising young . . . Stuart Duncan and Tim O'Brien, and I feel so lucky that the older generation has always been so generous with their time and wanting to pass it on."

Baytown native Mary Fourrier Jarosz recognized her daughter’s talent well before she appeared on “A Prairie Home Companion,” before she was . . . saw her singing all the words to ‘You’re a Grand Old Flag’ at the age of 2,” Mary said. “Music has always come so naturally to her.”

Sarah Jarosz's "Song Up in Her Head" is the best album you didn't hear in 2009. With this debut, the 18-year-old Jarosz (pronounced juh-ROSE) blends . . . in Her Head" is any indication, Sarah Jarosz -- currently in her first year at the New England Conservatory -- has a very bright future ahead of her.