ニッケル・クリークの紅一点ヴォーカリスト&フィドラーだったサラ・ワトキンスのソロ・デビュー・アルバム。プロデュースを手掛けるのは、レッド・ツェッペリンのジョン・ポール・ジョーンズ!アルバム収録14曲中8曲が自作もしくは共作の楽曲で、その他はトム・ウェイツ「Pony」といったカヴァー曲も収録。
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Mojo (Publisher) (p.100) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t's undoubtedly Watkins' record as she delivers instrumentals in approved Appalachian mode and sings in a manner that harks back over the years, often indulging in warm, close-knit harmonies learned from bluegrass masters." |
Rovi
SARA WATKINS is the debut solo album by the fiddler and singer from the bluegrass group Nickel Creek. Produced by Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones and featuring guest appearances by Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' Benmont Tench, Elvis Costello and the Attractions' Pete Thomas, and several of her Nickel Creek bandmates, SARA WATKINS is a modern-day southern California country-rock album. Songs by Jimmie Rodgers, John Hartford, Norman Blake, Tom Waits, and Jon Brion sit alongside Watkins originals, all of them given arrangements that draw from vintage country, singer-songwriter pop, and alternative rock influences. Highlights include "Long Hot Summer Days" and "All This Time".|
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