Watkins Family Hour

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Watkins Family Hour
OriginLos Angeles, California
GenresBluegrass music, folk music
Years active2002 (2002)–present
LabelsFamily Hour Records
Associated actsNickel Creek
MembersSara Watkins, Sean Watkins, Benmont Tench, Greg Leisz, Sebastian Steinberg, Don Heffington

Watkins Family Hour is a bluegrass musical collaborative led by siblings Sara Watkins and Sean Watkins, who also form two-thirds of the Americana music group Nickel Creek. The group began in 2002 as a monthly, informal musical variety show with the Watkins siblings and their friends in the Los Angeles nightclub Largo.[1]

Their eponymous debut album, which consists entirely of covers,[2] was released on July 24, 2015, on Family Hour Records via Thirty Tigers,[3] and was produced by Sheldon Gomberg.[4] In addition to Sara and Sean Watkins, musicians who performed on this album include Fiona Apple, Lone Justice's Don Heffington, Benmont Tench, Greg Leisz, and Soul Coughing’s Sebastian Steinberg.[3] According to Metacritic, Watkins Family Hour received generally favorable reviews from critics; on the site, the album has a score of 76 out of 100, based on six reviews.[4]

Their second album, Brother Sister, was released on January 17, 2020.

References[]

  1. ^ Monger, Timothy. "Watkins Family Hour Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  2. ^ See, Elena (15 July 2015). "Review: Watkins Family Hour, 'Watkins Family Hour'". NPR. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Gleason, Holly (24 July 2015). "Watkins Family Hour: Watkins Family Hour Review". Paste Magazine. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "Watkins Family Hour". Metacritic. Retrieved 1 October 2016.


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