Sara Watkins

Person · Female

Sara Watkins

fiddler

From
Vista, United States
Since
1981–present
Releases
13
  • country
  • bluegrass
  • folk

About

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.

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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.

From Sara Watkins on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Discography

Albums 4
EPs 1
Singles 6
Live 1
Compilations 1

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Sibling

Identifiers

ISNI
0000000403632177

Data from MusicBrainz, saved 7 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.