Sara Watkins in 2009 at the ArtsCenter in Carrboro, North Carolina
Background information
Birth name
Sara Ullrika Watkins[1]
Born
(1981-06-08) June 8, 1981 (age 42)
Origin
Vista, California, U.S.
Genres
Bluegrass, folk, country
Occupation(s)
Singer-songwriter
Instrument(s)
Vocals, fiddle, guitar, ukulele,[2] percussion
Years active
1989–present
Labels
Nonesuch Records Sugar Hill Records
Website
sarawatkins.com
Musical artist
Sara Ullrika Watkins (born June 8, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter and fiddler. Watkins debuted in 1989 as the fiddler of Nickel Creek, the progressive bluegrass group she formed with her brother Sean and mandolinist Chris Thile. In addition to singing and fiddling, Watkins also plays the ukulele and the guitar, and also played percussion while touring with the Decemberists. In 2012, she and her brother played with Jackson Browne during his "I'll Do Anything" acoustic tour.
With Nickel Creek, Watkins released five studio albums, one compilation album, and seven singles. During the band's seven-year hiatus, she released three solo albums: Sara Watkins and Sun Midnight Sun on Nonesuch Records and Young in All the Wrong Ways on New West Records.[3]
^"Watkins, Sara Ullrika". ASCAP.com. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved February 24, 2007.
^Watkins, Sara. "getting ready... ". MySpace. January 21, 2007. Retrieved November 26, 2007.
^"Nonesuch Signs Sara Watkins". Nonesuch Records. November 25, 2008. Retrieved November 29, 2008.
Sara Ullrika Watkins (born June 8, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter and fiddler. Watkins debuted in 1989 as the fiddler of Nickel Creek, the progressive...
band consisting of Chris Thile (mandolin), and siblings SaraWatkins (fiddle) and Sean Watkins (guitar). Formed in 1989 in Southern California, they released...
supergroup Works Progress Administration. He is the brother of SaraWatkins. Sean Watkins began his tenure with Nickel Creek playing mandolin, but later...
albums by Jackson Browne, John Fogerty, Dave Rawlings, Mandy Moore, and SaraWatkins, among others. Goldsmith has also written and co-written songs for other...
Rusby on the song "Planets". In 2015, Jarosz toured extensively with SaraWatkins (a founding member of Nickel Creek) and Aoife O'Donovan (of Crooked Still...
Watkins Family Hour is a bluegrass musical collaborative led by siblings SaraWatkins and Sean Watkins, who also form two-thirds of the Americana music...
Gabe Witcher of Punch Brothers, as well as new and classic songs from SaraWatkins, Chance McCoy of Old Crow Medicine Show, Gregory Alan Isakov, Ola Belle...
produced by Phil Ek and includes collaborations with Lucius, Guy Garvey, SaraWatkins, and Charlotte Lawrence. Expanding on themes from his previous EP DIM...
Raising Hope, Lucy in The Big Bang Theory, Sadie Miller in Steven Universe, Sara Murphy in Milo Murphy's Law, Kelly in Hamster and Gretel, Daisy in Nature...
Administration (W.P.A.). The band is composed of Tench, Sean Watkins (guitar), SaraWatkins (fiddle), Glen Phillips (guitar, vocals), Luke Bulla (fiddle)...
Tori Amos, bassist Sebastian Steinberg (ex-Soul Coughing), and fiddler SaraWatkins (Nickel Creek). In April 2006, recurring tendonitis in Brion's right...
December 1, 2013. McCue, Lori (September 3, 2015). "Sean and SaraWatkins are taking their Watkins Family Hour on the road, and bringing famous friends". Washington...
the US and Echo Records in the UK. The album featured performances by SaraWatkins and Jennifer Stills, daughter of Stephen Stills. The album sold over...
Jenna von Oÿ Cindy Walker Tamara Walker Taylor Ware Jennifer Warnes SaraWatkins Gillian Welch Kitty Wells Dottie West Emily West Shelly West Casey Weston...
mandolinist Chris Thile hosted the show (like SaraWatkins, a member of Nickel Creek). As when Watkins hosted, the format remained largely unchanged,...
to co-produce Jesca Hoop's album The House that Jack Built, produced SaraWatkins' album Sun Midnight Sun, wrote and produced "Sad Dream" on Sky Ferreira's...
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