On their effervescent version of The Zombies’ “The Way I Feel Inside,” the opening track of Watkins Family Hour’s Vol. II, Sara and Sean Watkins’ harmonies swirl effortlessly, ascending with astonishing beauty into an ethereal realm. The siblings are joined […]
Five years ago, siblings Sara and Sean Watkins captured the lightning-in-a-bottle spirit of their beloved, long-running Los Angeles residency at Largo with their first Watkins Family Hour record. It had that spontaneous vibe of seeing one of those shows, full […]
The Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival has announced the list of participants for its two 2016 Superjam performances, as well as its theme for the Saturday night Superjam. Both announcements should give any roots-loving Bonnaroo goers reason to be giddy. […]
This week, I’m featuring Cayamo’s Journey through Song, a week-long floating music festival on the Norwegian Pearl. As you can read in the Southern Rambler’s articulate review of this year’s cruise, for many attendees, Cayamo is a musical family reunion — about 70 percent of […]
Watkins Family Hour performed on Cayamo 2016.
NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert features many of your favorite musicians performing at All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen’s desk in NPR’s Washington D.C. office. Since Boilen announced this week that he’s in search of a great unknown band to welcome to […]
That is one helluva picture. You might recall that it surfaced this past June after Neil Young demanded that Donald Trump stop using “Rockin’ in the Free World” at his campaign events. Utilizing his standard and preferred method of statesmanship, […]
Ever visited an art museum, say MoMA in New York, and as you are slowly making your way through the galleries, gazing at all those sumptuous paintings, letting them seep into your consciousness, you come to Van Gogh’s “Starry Night,” […]
Sara Watkins, Fiona Apple & Sean Watkins of Watkins Family Hour at the Mercy Lounge in Nashville, during AmericanaFest 2015.
