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Infobox musical artist|name = Sara Watkins|image = SaraWatkinsACL.jpg|caption = Sara performing at Austin City Limits Music Festival in 2009|image_size = 200|background = solo_singer|birth_name = Sara Ullrika Watkinscite web|url= http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm? requesttimeout=300& mode=results& searchstr=1607645& search_in=c& search_type=exact& search_det=t,s,w,p,b,v& results_pp=20& start=1|publisher=ASCAP.com|accessdate=2007-02-24|title=Watkins, Sara Ullrika|alias =|birth_date = birth date and age|mf=yes|1981|6|8|death_date =|origin = Vista, California , United States|instrument = Fiddle , ukulele , guitar Watkins, Sara. "getting ready... ". MySpace . January 21, 2007. Retrieved November 26, 2007., percussion |genre = Bluegrass music|Bluegrass , Folk music|folk , Country music|country |occupation = Singer-songwriter |years_active = 1989–present|label = Nonesuch Records (2008& ndash;present) Sugar Hill Records (bluegrass)|Sugar Hill Records (2000& ndash;2008)|associated_acts = Nickel Creek , Mutual Admiration Society , Works Progress Administration (musical group)|Works Progress Administration , The Decemberists |website = http://sarawatkins.com/ sarawatkins.com|current_members =|past_members = Sara Ullrika Watkins (born June 8, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter and fiddle r. Watkins debuted in 1989 as the fiddler of the progressive bluegrass band (music)|group Nickel Creek , which consisted of herself, her elder brother Sean Watkins|Sean , and mandolin ist Chris Thile . As a band, they are notable for three wide-released albums: Nickel Creek (album)|Nickel Creek , This Side , and Why Should the Fire Die? . Aside from singing and fiddling, Watkins also plays the ukulele and the guitar , and also played percussion while touring with The Decemberists .
With Nickel Creek, Watkins released five studio albums , one compilation album and seven single (music)|singles . Nickel Creek is on hiatus to branch off into new projects, and Watkins is pursuing a solo career, releasing her debut Sara Watkins (album)|Sara Watkins on Nonesuch Records on April 7, 2009. http://www.nonesuch.com/journal/nonesuch-signs-sara-watkins-2008-11-25 "Nonesuch Signs Sara Watkins". Nonesuch Records . November 25, 2008. Retrieved November 29, 2008.
Biography
1989-2007: Nickel Creek
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2007-Present: Solo career
In late 2005, Watkins stated in a PopMatters interview when discussing her first solo-written recorded song, "Anthony", that she "definitely makes the effort to write more, but it's something that doesn't come too easy for me. Nor does it come really easy for the guys, I think they've just been doing it for a very long time."Tranter, Nikki. http://www.popmatters.com/music/interviews/nickel-creek-051118.shtml "Understanding and Ability". PopMatters . November 18, 2005. Retrieved March 27, 2008.
Watkins signed as a solo artist with Nonesuch Records in fall 2008 and released her self-titled debut solo album on April 7, 2009. Watkins started recording the album in February 2008, and it was jointly recorded in Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville and Los Angeles. Sara Watkins was produced by bassist John Paul Jones (musician)|John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin fame, who first performed with Watkins on a Mutual Admiration Society (album)|Mutual Admiration Society tour in 2004.Dickens, Tad. http://www.roanoke.com/entertainment/insideout/podcasts/wb/138113 "End of the road for Nickel Creek? ". The Roanoke Times . November 2, 2007. Retrieved March 1, 2008.
Watkins toured the United States as an opening act in 2008. She performed short tours as an opening act for singer-songwriter Tift Merritt along the West Coast of the United States|West Coast in March and April http://trianglemusic.blogspot.com/2008/01/nickel-creek-members-tours-stop-in-nc.html "Nickel Creek members' tours stop in NC". Triangle Music . January 24, 2008. Retrieved March 1, 2008. and with Robert Earl Keen around New England in September, as well as doing a 17-date tour with Donavon Frankenreiter in October. On April 14, 2009, she appeared on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon , with Jones on bass, Questlove of The Roots on drums, and her brother Sean Watkins on guitar. She has also performed on A Prairie Home Companion at the Minnesota State Fair and the Fitzgerald Theater and at the Alaska State Fair on August 28, 2011. http://www.twincities.com/ci_15989751? nclick_check=1 http://origin-prairiehome.publicradio.org/programs/2010/10/23/
Other projects
In 2002, Watkins starred in an advertisement for cell phone provider Cingular Wireless alongside her former fiddle teacher Dennis Caplinger, as well as other prominent bluegrass artists. http://www.wvfest.com/performers/showperformer.html? artid=430 "Brad Davis, Tim May & John Moore". Walnut Valley Festival . Retrieved June 21, 2008. Los Angeles session musician Gabe Witcher was originally offered the gig, but was asked to back out because of a casting desire for a "female fiddler." http://www.wrightforyou.com/bgetc.html "A Most Cingular Sensation". Wright For You . June 2002. Retrieved June 21, 2008.
The 2007 documentary film Arctic Tale featured a song by Watkins and musician Grant-Lee Phillips , titled "Song of the North (Beneath the Sun)." Watkins lent her vocal talents to be used in the film alongside other performers such as Aimee Mann and Brian Wilson . http://music.msn.com/album/? album=52045085& menu=credits "Arctic Tale Original Soundtrack& #93;: Credits". MSN . Retrieved April 22, 2008.
In January 2008, Billboard (magazine)|Billboard reported a new Supergroup (music)|supergroup octet tentatively named The Scrolls , later named Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.). The octet is composed of Watkins, her brother Sean Watkins (guitar), Glen Phillips ( guitar , vocals), Benmont Tench (piano), Luke Bulla (fiddle), Greg Leisz (various), Pete Thomas (drums), and Davey Faragher (bass). The group planned to have an album out in early 2009. Gary Graff|Graff, Gary . http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp? vnu_content_id=1003699107 "Heartbreakers, Imposters, Nickel Creekers Make The Scrolls" Billboard (magazine)|Billboard . January 18, 2008. Retrieved January 20, 2008.update after|2009|06|30|date=November 2010 She is featured on Needtobreathe's new CD The Outsiders on the track "Stones Under Rushing Water."
In late January and early February 2010 Watkins undertook a short tour with Jerry Douglas and Aly Bain in Scotland and England under the "Transatlantic Sessions" banner culminating in a performance in the Royal Festival Hall in London on 6 February 2010. In June 2010, Sara appeared on the Nerdist podcast as a musical guest, performing her best-known solo song, "Long Hot Summer Days". Later that summer, she participated in the Summer Love Tour with Garrison Keillor in venues across the United States. http://www.deadline.com/2010/04/garrison-keillors-a-prairie-home-companion-skeds-summer-love-25-city-tour/ Garrison Keillor 25-City Tour She guest hosted Keillor's show A Prairie Home Companion on January 15, 2011. http://prairiehome.publicradio.org/features/hodgepodge/2011/01/guest_host/index.shtml
Watkins contributed fiddle, guitar, percussion, and vocals on The Decemberists ' 2011 tour. http://www.decemberists.com/news/the-decemberists-news-1-4-10/
In September 2011, Watkins indicated via Twitter that she would begin work on a second album in the Fall of 2011.
Sara played violin and sang on a "Face To Call Home" on John Mayer's album Born and Raised.
Personal life
On August 16, 2008, Watkins married her boyfriend, former Apple Inc. employee Todd Cooper, in her parents' backyard in Vista, California|Vista , California . http://sarawatkins.com/index.php? option=com_content& task=view& id=72& Itemid=1 "Sept - Northampton, MA". sarawatkins.com. September 2008. Retrieved September 16, 2008. http://glenphillips.net/blog/? p=70 "Summer Is Almost Over...". glenphillips.com. August 24, 2008. Retrieved August 30, 2008.
Discography
Solo career
Studio albums
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Peak chart positions
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Sara Watkins
Release date: April 7, 2009
Label: Nonesuch Records
Sun Midnight Sun
Release date: May 8, 2012
Label: Nonesuch Records
"—" denotes releases that did not chart
With Nickel Creek
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Albums
1993: Little Cowpoke
1997: Here to There
2000: Nickel Creek (album)|Nickel Creek
2002: This Side
2005: Why Should the Fire Die?
Compilations
2006: Reasons Why: The Very Best
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Singles
2001: " When You Come Back Down "
2001: " The Lighthouse's Tale "
2002: "Reasons Why"
2003: " This Side (song)|This Side "
2003: "Speak"
2003: "Smoothie Song"
2005: "When In Rome"
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References
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External links
http://sarawatkins.com/ Official website
MySpace|sarawatkinssolo|Sara Watkins
MySpace|nickelcreek|Nickel Creek
MySpace|watkinsfamilyhour|Watkins Family Hour
Interviews
http://connecticut.metromix.com/music/blog_post/5-questions-with-sara/1132893/content/ Interview on Metromix.com
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