Nickel Creek's Sara Watkins is joined by Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones & the Roots' ?uestlove for a rendition of John Hartford's "Long Hot Summer Days" on the April 13 episode of Late Night.
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I'll be honest with you, after my first listen I was this close to writing off Sara Watkins ' self titled debut as being a shade too country for me. Luckily for me, I didn't, as I've grown to love the album, which just came out this week. If her name is familiar, it's for good reason. She's performed for nearly two decades with her brother Sam as a vocalist and fiddle player in the immensely popular trio Nickel Creek . After the band said farewell in 2007, Sara set off on her own and got to work [...]
All three members of Nickel Creek are talented in their own right, but Sara Watkins has been the most hesitant to get into the solo act thing ever since the band went on long-term hiatus a year ago. Now that that hurdle has been jumped, I can say that Watkins' eponymous debut is completely without surprise. It sounds like all the songs she fronted with Nickel Creek, with a few ventures into other similar styles where a talented fiddle player with a sweet voice might go. In all honesty, I partly [...]
Dear lord, what a release week. In sheer size, if nothing else. I had to do a lot to pare this down to 67. Obviously the odds are good that there are going to be a few good gems in here. Worth highlighting are Jimmy Eat World 's release of Clarity Live , Arcade Fire 's Miroir Noir live DVD, which is one of the better live videos I've seen, and the debut album from Sara Watkins of Nickel Creek (which you'll see a review for soon). [...]
Well, things didn't work out for Sparty last night. As a graduate of a large public mid-Michigan university, this brings me much sadness. Such is life. The good news is that today is just loaded with good music awaiting you on the store shelves. New Tragically Hip today! Hells yes! Can you tell I spent a lot of my formative years near the Canadian border? Is it obvious yet? But wait, there's A LOT MORE!!! The Tragically Hip [...]
Sara Watkins' self-titled solo debut release will be out on April 7th. You might recognize her name from her almost-two decades of singing, songwriting and fiddle-playing with Nickel Creek . She's long had a desire to go solo with a project and has completed the task in a wonderfully skillful manner, drawing from an impressive list of musicians including Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers keyboardist Benmont Tench and Elvis Costello drummer Pete Thomas, and production by former Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones. You can hear so many influences in her [...]
You could say that Sara Watkins ' solo debut has been a lifetime in the making. The 27-year-old singer-songwriter and fiddle player spent nearly two decades - all of her teenage and young adult life - as one-third of Nickel Creek , the Grammy Award-winning acoustic trio that used contemporary bluegrass as a starting point for its no-genre-barred sound. Along the way, she's hinted at her desire to do a project of her own and even organized some exploratory sessions in Los Angeles about six years ago. Now, with Nickel [...]
As a Canadian, one has a reputation to protect. Other than the obvious traits such as good looks, massive talent in winter sports, ability to intake an entire pint with a "sip" there is the other one. We are nice people. With that in mind, how can I continue to be sexist in my playlists and single out musicians simply due to their gender - I mean it just isn't right people! As a Canadian, I think this playlist will be a non gender specific collection of music. Hey, someone had to point out the elephant in the room, it [...]
Since an incredibly young age Sara Watkins has been singing and playing fiddle with Grammy Award-winning roots trio Nickel Creek. On April 7th however, Watkins steps out on her own with the release of her self-titled debut solo album.Watkins has plenty of big name back-up on the album. Not only are there guest appearances from her Nickel Creek bandmates, but Benmont Tench, Gillian Welch, David
Finally. A fresh album. No offense Music Industry, but the stacks of new albums that keep growing at our office is sure lacking a stand-out. Finally, one comes across that I know main stream radio will not acknowledge, and rightly so (no offense). On the other hand, I've listened to it twice already and can see NPR and folk/bluegrass programs salivating over this. Sara Watkins , one-third of the Grammy-winning, bluegrass-bending group Nickel Creek , is set to release a solo album from Nonesuch Records . [...]
Great news for Nickel creek fans. The third one (the one who has to use the toilet marked 'Ladies') is releasing a solo album. Sara Watkins' self-titled debut will be released on April 7th, 2009 in the US on Nonesuch Records. Sara Watkins features a wide range of colleagues and old friends, including alt-country duo Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers keyboardist Benmont Tench, Elvis Costello drummer Pete Thomas; colleagues from the bluegrass world like Tim O'Brien, Punch Brothers' Chris Eldridge, Ronnie McCoury, and Rayna Gellert; and her Nickel [...]
Nickel Creek fiddler Sara Watkins is set to release her first solo album in 2009. The record, produced by Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones, will be released on April 7th. In addition to her Nickel Creek bandmates, Watkins will be joined by a bevy of guest musicians including: Gillian Welch, Dave Rawlings, and Benmount Tench. Sara Watkins' website Sara Watkins' Myspace
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