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Sara Watkins' new album, Sun Midnight Sun, is due out next week, May 8. The album, which was produced by Blake Mills and features special guest appearances by Fiona Apple, Jackson Browne, Taylor Goldsmith (Dawes), Benmont Tench, and Sean Watkins, is streaming in full all this week as an NPR First Listen. "Sara Watkins paints on a canvas called roots music, only to delve into any number of adjacent genres," says NPR. "She's a subtle star, but a star nonetheless." Watkins, currently touring the US, will join Browne as his very special guest on his tour this summer.

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Sun Midnight Sun, the second solo album from singer/songwriter/fiddle player Sara Watkins, is due out next week, May 8. But you don't need to wait till then to hear it. The album, which was produced by Blake Mills and features special guest appearances by Fiona Apple, Jackson Browne, Taylor Goldsmith (Dawes), Benmont Tench, and Sean Watkins, is streaming in full all this week as an NPR First Listen. Sun Midnight Sun includes songs written by Watkins, several collaborations with Mills, songs by Dan Wilson and Willie Nelson, and a rendition of The Everly Brothers classic “You’re the One I Love,” a duet with Fiona Apple. The album is available to pre-order in the Nonesuch Store, along with include an exclusive 9x12" print signed by Watkins.

"Like her former Nickel Creek bandmate Chris Thile, Sara Watkins paints on a canvas called roots music, only to delve into any number of adjacent genres," says NPR's Stephen Thompson. "As accessible and comfortably sweet-voiced as Watkins' music is, she's smart enough to spike it with surprises."

And even with all the top-notch collaborations featured on Sun Midnight Sun, "the album embodies her own versatility more than anything," Thompson concludes. "She's a subtle star, but a star nonetheless."

Read more and listen to the album in its entirety now at npr.org.

Watkins, who earlier this month launched a US tour that includes headlining shows, a series of special tour dates with Dawes, and a number of summer festival sets, has now extended her tour through the summer as very special guest of one of her album contributors, Jackson Browne. Their tour begins July 14 at the Belk Theater in Charlotte, North Carolina, and runs through mid-August. Tour highlights include concerts at Ryman Auditorium in Nashville; Filene Center at Wolf Trap in Vienna, Virginia; the Beacon Theatre in New York City; and Cain Park in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. Jackson will be donating $1 from each ticket sold on his US acoustic tour to charity. Tickets go on sale this week. See below for all of the currently scheduled tour dates; for additional information, go to nonesuch.com/on-tour.

SARA WATKINS ON TOUR

May 2 Anthology San Diego, CA
May 3 Largo at the Coronet† Los Angeles, CA
May 27 Delfest Cumberland, MD
May 29 Kirk Avenue Music Hall Roanoke, VA
May 30 The Southern Cafe and Music Hall Charlottesville, VA
May 31 Strand-Capitol Performing Arts Center* York, PA
Jun 1 9:30 Club* Washington, DC
Jun 2 Appel Farm Arts & Music Festival Elmer, NJ
Jun 3 Mountain Jam Hunter, NY
Jun 5 Three Rivers Arts Festival Pittsburgh, PA
Jun 6 Taft Theatre* Cincinnati, OH
Jun 7 The Vogue* Indianapolis, IN
Jun 9 Smith's Olde Bar Atlanta, GA
Jun 10 The Melting Point* Athens, GA
Jun 11 Track 29* Chattanooga, TN
Jun 13 The Orange Peel* Asheville, NC
Jun 14 Cat's Cradle* Carrboro, NC
Jun 15 Friday Cheers* Richmond, VA
Jun 16 City Winery New York, NY
Jun 17 Clearwater Festival Croton-on-Hudson, NY
Jul 4 Spirit of the 4th Rancho Bernardo, CA
Jul 14 Belk Theater, Blumenthal PAC** Charlotte, NC
Jul 15 North Charleston PAC** North Charleston, SC
Jul 17 Peace Center** Greenville, SC
Jul 18 Ryman Auditorium** Nashville, TN
Jul 20 The Carpenter Center** Richmond, VA
Jul 22 Durham PAC** Durham, NC
Jul 23 Filene Center, Wolf Trap** Vienna, VA
Jul 25 Academy of Music** Philadelphia, PA
Jul 26 FloydFest Floyd, VA
Jul 29 Newport Folk Festival Newport, RI
Jul 30 Meadowbrook US Cellular Pavilion** Gilford, NH
Aug 1 Mountain Park** Holyoke, MA
Aug 3 Beacon Theatre** New York, NY
Aug 5 MAC Center, Monmouth University** West Long Branch, NJ
Aug 12 Whitney Hall, The Kentucky Center** Louisville, KY
Aug 14 Murat Theatre** Indianapolis, IN
Aug 15 Cain Park** Cleveland Heights, OH

† w/ Watkins Family Hour for L.A. Bluegrass Situation
* opening for Dawes
** very special guest of Jackson Browne

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  • Monday, April 30, 2012
    Sara Watkins' "Sun Midnight Sun" Streaming in Full As NPR First Listen; Watkins to Join Jackson Browne on Summer Tour

    Sun Midnight Sun, the second solo album from singer/songwriter/fiddle player Sara Watkins, is due out next week, May 8. But you don't need to wait till then to hear it. The album, which was produced by Blake Mills and features special guest appearances by Fiona Apple, Jackson Browne, Taylor Goldsmith (Dawes), Benmont Tench, and Sean Watkins, is streaming in full all this week as an NPR First Listen. Sun Midnight Sun includes songs written by Watkins, several collaborations with Mills, songs by Dan Wilson and Willie Nelson, and a rendition of The Everly Brothers classic “You’re the One I Love,” a duet with Fiona Apple. The album is available to pre-order in the Nonesuch Store, along with include an exclusive 9x12" print signed by Watkins.

    "Like her former Nickel Creek bandmate Chris Thile, Sara Watkins paints on a canvas called roots music, only to delve into any number of adjacent genres," says NPR's Stephen Thompson. "As accessible and comfortably sweet-voiced as Watkins' music is, she's smart enough to spike it with surprises."

    And even with all the top-notch collaborations featured on Sun Midnight Sun, "the album embodies her own versatility more than anything," Thompson concludes. "She's a subtle star, but a star nonetheless."

    Read more and listen to the album in its entirety now at npr.org.

    Watkins, who earlier this month launched a US tour that includes headlining shows, a series of special tour dates with Dawes, and a number of summer festival sets, has now extended her tour through the summer as very special guest of one of her album contributors, Jackson Browne. Their tour begins July 14 at the Belk Theater in Charlotte, North Carolina, and runs through mid-August. Tour highlights include concerts at Ryman Auditorium in Nashville; Filene Center at Wolf Trap in Vienna, Virginia; the Beacon Theatre in New York City; and Cain Park in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. Jackson will be donating $1 from each ticket sold on his US acoustic tour to charity. Tickets go on sale this week. See below for all of the currently scheduled tour dates; for additional information, go to nonesuch.com/on-tour.

    SARA WATKINS ON TOUR

    May 2 Anthology San Diego, CA
    May 3 Largo at the Coronet† Los Angeles, CA
    May 27 Delfest Cumberland, MD
    May 29 Kirk Avenue Music Hall Roanoke, VA
    May 30 The Southern Cafe and Music Hall Charlottesville, VA
    May 31 Strand-Capitol Performing Arts Center* York, PA
    Jun 1 9:30 Club* Washington, DC
    Jun 2 Appel Farm Arts & Music Festival Elmer, NJ
    Jun 3 Mountain Jam Hunter, NY
    Jun 5 Three Rivers Arts Festival Pittsburgh, PA
    Jun 6 Taft Theatre* Cincinnati, OH
    Jun 7 The Vogue* Indianapolis, IN
    Jun 9 Smith's Olde Bar Atlanta, GA
    Jun 10 The Melting Point* Athens, GA
    Jun 11 Track 29* Chattanooga, TN
    Jun 13 The Orange Peel* Asheville, NC
    Jun 14 Cat's Cradle* Carrboro, NC
    Jun 15 Friday Cheers* Richmond, VA
    Jun 16 City Winery New York, NY
    Jun 17 Clearwater Festival Croton-on-Hudson, NY
    Jul 4 Spirit of the 4th Rancho Bernardo, CA
    Jul 14 Belk Theater, Blumenthal PAC** Charlotte, NC
    Jul 15 North Charleston PAC** North Charleston, SC
    Jul 17 Peace Center** Greenville, SC
    Jul 18 Ryman Auditorium** Nashville, TN
    Jul 20 The Carpenter Center** Richmond, VA
    Jul 22 Durham PAC** Durham, NC
    Jul 23 Filene Center, Wolf Trap** Vienna, VA
    Jul 25 Academy of Music** Philadelphia, PA
    Jul 26 FloydFest Floyd, VA
    Jul 29 Newport Folk Festival Newport, RI
    Jul 30 Meadowbrook US Cellular Pavilion** Gilford, NH
    Aug 1 Mountain Park** Holyoke, MA
    Aug 3 Beacon Theatre** New York, NY
    Aug 5 MAC Center, Monmouth University** West Long Branch, NJ
    Aug 12 Whitney Hall, The Kentucky Center** Louisville, KY
    Aug 14 Murat Theatre** Indianapolis, IN
    Aug 15 Cain Park** Cleveland Heights, OH

    † w/ Watkins Family Hour for L.A. Bluegrass Situation
    * opening for Dawes
    ** very special guest of Jackson Browne

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