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Catching Up With... Sara Watkins

By Muriel Vega on 12:52 PM on April 15, 2009

After nearly two decades of being one-third of Nickel Creek... read more

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Sara Watkins: Sara Watkins

By Stephen M. Deusner on 1:06 PM on April 13, 2009

Sara Watkins is a fine fiddler and guitar player... read more

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Nickel Creek's Sara Watkins preps solo album

By Michael Saba on 3:15 PM on March 11, 2009

After a Grammy, rave reviews and platinum sales, alt.grass (blueternative?) trio Nickel Creek abruptly went on "indefinite hiatus" in 2007, and have yet to make good on the "for now" part of their "Goodbye (For Now)" tour. Still, the musical impulse burns deep in the scrappy acoustinauts with Chris Thile's 2008 solo album, the Watkins siblings' supergroup, W.P.A., and Thile's currently touring project, Punch Brothers. Fiddler Sara Watkins recently announced the upcoming release of her self-titled debut: an album of long-marinating songs penned during her time spent in L.A.... read more

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Sean Watkins and Jon Foreman form Fiction Family

By Jeremy Medina on 1:17 PM on November 4, 2008

When Nickel Creek said farewell (for now) to fans and disbanded in 2007, each member said they wanted to pursue solo projects. Vocalist and mandolin virtuoso Chris Thile went off to work with his group the Punch Brothers, where he recently composed a four-part, 40-minute suite entitled "The Blind Leaving the Blind" that features mandolin, violin, banjo, guitar and bass. Singer/violinist Sara Watkins is prepping her long-in-the-making solo album (due in early 2009), produced by Led Zeppelin member John Paul Jones and featuring guests Jon Brion and Gillian Welch.... read more

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