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Watkins Family Hour
Origin Los Angeles , California
Genres Bluegrass music , folk music
Years active 2002  ( 2002 ) ?present
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Website watkinsfamilyhour .com

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, by Family Hour Records and Thirty Tigers, [5] and their third album Vol. II was released August 19, 2022, by Family Hour. [6] [7]

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  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. ^ a b Gleason, Holly (24 July 2015). "Watkins Family Hour: Watkins Family Hour Review" . Paste Magazine . Retrieved 1 October 2016 .
  4. ^ a b "Watkins Family Hour" . Metacritic . Retrieved 1 October 2016 .
  5. ^ Tucker, Kelly (March 6, 2020). "Watkins Family Hour Announces New Album Brother Sister for April 2020 Release" . Mxdwn.com . Retrieved August 21, 2022 .
  6. ^ Todd, Nate (June 15, 2022). "Watkins Family Hour Confirms New Album Vol. II & Shares Single" . JamBase . Retrieved August 21, 2022 .
  7. ^ Spencer, Neil (August 20, 2022). "Watkins Family Hour: Vol II review ? a great night out with ringside seats" . The Guardian . Retrieved August 21, 2022 .

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