Sara Watkins appears in the following:
A New Album from Sara Watkins
Thursday, April 01, 2021
Singer and fiddler Sara Watkins on her new album.
Sara Watkins Plays a Guitar Named 'Pat'
Thursday, August 04, 2016
The Nickle Creek founder and genre-hopping artist plays new songs live in the Soundcheck studio.
Sara Watkins Performs Live
Friday, August 03, 2012
Singer, fiddler, songwriter Sara Watkins performs songs from her new album “Sun Midnight Sun.” She’s performing August 3 and 4 at the Beacon Theatre with Jackson Browne.
Watkins Goes Wobegon
Tuesday, February 01, 2011
The long-running public radio show “A Prairie Home Companion” is closely associated with Garrison Keillor, the writer and performer who has hosted the show since it first aired in 1974. But recently the show did something it hasn’t done in decades: it used a guest host. The singer-songwriter and fiddle player Sara Watkins joins us to talk about stepping into the role.
Sara Watkins
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
Fiddle player Sara Watkins spent her teen and young adult years in the Grammy-winning bluegrass group Nickel Creek. Her solo debut was produced by Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones and features guest spots from Gillian Welch and her former bandmate Chris Thile. She and her brother, the guitarist Sean Watkins, ...
Jazz Fusion or Confusion?
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
The fusion of jazz and rock has always been controversial. Purists maintain the blend is unholy. Fans counter that fusion-haters are just narrow-minded. Today, we dare to debate jazz fusion in another Soundcheck Smackdown. Also: Bluegrass fiddle player Sara Watkins performs in our studio.
This is a repeat broadcast of Soundcheck.
This is a repeat broadcast of Soundcheck.
Sara Watkins
Tuesday, April 07, 2009
Fiddle player Sara Watkins spent her teen and young adult years in the Grammy winning bluegrass group Nickel Creek. Her new solo debut was produced by Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones and features guest spots from Gillian Welch and her former bandmate Chris Thile. She and her brother, the guitarist ...
Jazz Fusion or Confusion?
Tuesday, April 07, 2009
Not long ago, it was believed that the heyday of jazz-rock fusion was over. But with updated versions and revivals of the genre making their appearances left and right, jazz purists are complaining that the music is cheesy and commercial while fusion lovers are fighting back with accusations of narrow-mindedness. ...
