Sara Watkins

American fiddler and singer-songwriter Sara Ullrika Watkins. As the fiddler for Nickel Creek, the modern bluegrass band she founded with her brother Sean and mandolinist Chris Thile, Watkins made her stage debut in 1989. Watkins plays the guitar, ukulele, and drums in addition to singing and playing the fiddle. He also played percussion while touring with the Decemberists. She and... read full bio