Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz, and Aoife O’Donovan came together to create the folk trio, I’m With Her. Each of these women is individually successful, holding a true understanding of folk music. Their second album, Wild and Clear and Blue, is lyrically focused with a sense of calm as they bring their stories to life. With more than just their soothing harmonies, they each play several instruments on this album. They have been able to find their sound while on tour.

The title track, “Wild and Clear and Blue,” is about discovery. Telling stories of music exploration, innocence and not understanding, then comes around to present day driving and being hit with the nostalgia of childhood. “Moonlighting at the record store / Dancing alone to my favorite song / Tears cutting lines across my face now the static is slowing replacing the sounds of my childhood days.”

The cutting harmonies and soft strumming highlighted at the beginning of “Mother Eagle (Sing Me Alive)” are transcendent. Without even listening to what these three women are saying, you can feel the beauty in this song’s production. Keeping the record’s melancholy theme, this song is deeply yet subtly describing the end; the end of life and the end of an old self. “Don’t be afraid if you don’t recognize me / I’m like the changing tide / I don’t wanna cry but I have to we all gotta go to the other side / Sing me alive.”

An instrumental number, “Strawberry Moonrise,” provides an enchanted break as the album is coming to a close. With strings and hums, they are inviting you to take a breath and simply feel the music.

Wild and Clear and Blue is simply beautiful. There are visions and epiphanies to be had while listening. The production is extremely well done as their true folk comes together as a force of nature.