Sara Watkins of Watkins Family Hour at the Mercy Lounge in Nashville, during AmericanaFest 2015.
Sara Watkins of Watkins Family Hour at the Mercy Lounge in Nashville, during AmericanaFest 2015.
There was a point during last night’s Watkins Family Hour performance here in Asheville, NC, at the storied Grey Eagle, three verses into “Steal Your Heart Away,” when Sara Watkins threw her arm up and it was like that thing […]
The last time I went to an art museum by myself was probably never. I can recall middle school field trips, romantic dates on Sunday afternoons, and slouching through exhibitions in pack formation with my kids who were neither bored […]
Musicians, like the instruments they play, just get better with age. A certain seasoning and depth of resonance only comes from years of performance and practice. So the Watkins Family Hour, comprised of a who’s-who of Los Angeles musician’s musicians — led […]
This past Sunday, I took the train and then a subway to the Upper West Side, walked up and down Broadway picking at piles of books sold by street vendors for a mere dollar or two, and found shade in […]
Folk music, in all of its forms, is about family – the universal family of artists and audience. It’s a worldwide family of restless human souls who find melodic expressions of love and redemption calling them toward their best selves. […]
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