When you heard about Nickel Creek prior to their break up most of the focus was on mandolin virtuoso Chris Thile. Although Sean Watkins' guitar work also collected a following. In fact, Watkins and Thile have had similar solo success. Since they parted ways, Thile has garnered praise with the Punch Brothers and Sean Watkins has received similar accolades with Fiction Family. Still you can't mak...
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
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
When you heard about Nickel Creek prior to their break up most of the focus was on mandolin virtuoso Chris Thile. Although Sean Watkins' guitar work also collected a following. In fact, Watkins and Thile have had similar solo success. Since they parted ways, Thile has garnered praise with the Punch Brothers and Sean Watkins has received similar accolades with Fiction Family. Still you can't mak...
Listen to (download): "All This Time"Sara Watkins, of Nickel Creek fame, released her solo album yesterday. I'll be honest and say that it's still hard to hear Sara without her brother, Sean Watkins and past bandmate, Chris Thile. They had such an incredible musical interplay between one another. But I would say the same thing about Sean Watkins and Chris Thile's solo albums. They were both
For the next artist in our ACL Preview series, I have chosen a very lovely and talented musician that I have seen perform twice before. Both times, she played more of a supporting role. Once with her former band Nickel Creek (it’s kind of hard for anyone to be in the spotlight for long with [...]Related Posts ACL Preview – A.A. Bondy ACL Preview – Beck ACL Preview – The Low Anthem