This cover image released by New West Records shows "Under the Pepper Tree," by Sara Watkins. (New West Records via AP) "Under the Pepper Tree,” Sara Watkins (New West) Seeking material to create a ...

For the fiddle player of Nickel Creek fame, asserting herself as a songwriter hasn't always come naturally — but on her third solo release, she... On Her Own For Once, Sara Watkins Finds New Footing ...

Sara Watkins has come of age with Young in All the Wrong Ways. Her third album, which dropped in July of 2016, is the charm. The gifted fiddler/vocalist from the progressive bluegrass act Nickel Creek ...

The album, Under The Pepper Tree, reimagines the songs Sara loved as a child — songs from Disney's Pinocchio, such as "When You Wish Upon a Star," or "Pure Imagination" from Willy Wonka & the ...

From the jump, a singer-songwriter whose instrumental pillar is a violin definitely makes for a more interesting prospect than the basic strumming crooner. But as it turns out, Watkins’ music is ...

Sara Watkins is not the only winner of multiple Grammy Awards to perform and teach at Summergrass San Diego, the annual bluegrass music festival that was launched in 2003 on the grounds of Vista’s ...

Childhood and family are the central themes to Sara Watkins’ forthcoming solo album Under The Pepper Tree, out March 26 via New West Records. Today (Feb. 17), Watkins debuts her cover of “Blue Shadows ...

Watkins Family Hour — siblings Sean and Sara Watkins — perform Jan. 21, 2022, at Goshen College's Sauder Concert Hall. Sean and Sara Watkins released “Brother Sister,” their second album together as ...

Around this time last year, just about everyone was blindsided by the COVID pandemic. It’s hard to imagine that a year later, we’re only starting to get better, but that’s where we’re at. Here at SPIN ...

This same self-assuredness is easily heard in the album’s sonic style. The 2016 record projected a dynamic boldness and creative ambition after Watkins ventured away from the fiddle for a wide array ...

Sara Watkins of the Grammy-winning groups Nickel Creek and I'm With Her, as well as The Watkins Family Hour, will release a family-friendly album of soothing songs called Under the Pepper Tree on ...

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