Bitesize - Sara Watkins on I'm With Her's Grammy Winning 'Wild and Clear and Blue'

My guest on this week's Bitesize episode is Sara Watkins, who joins me to talk about I'm With Her's Grammy winning album 'Wild and Clear and Blue'. It's an album I really love (and a conversation I loved too) and I wanted to put something out to celebrate not only the Grammy win, but also the Grammy they won for the opening track 'Ancient Light'. Sara talks about the process behind writing the record, which began to take shape shortly after the pandemic, why collaboration was so important and the central themes that emerged during the process. We also talk about community and connection in music and how the line between audience and stage is a little thinner in folk music than for some other formats. This comes from a longer conversation we had in 2025. You'll find the full interview with Sara here. Sara also mentions an interview I did with her bandmate Sarah Jarosz, about her album 'Blue Heron Suite' . For more info on I’m With Her, including upcoming tour dates and to buy I’m With Her vinyl, CDs and merch, visit imwithherband.com For regular updates follow Sara on Instagram and Facebook Support the show === Thanks to Bryan Sutton for his wonderful theme tune to Bluegrass Jam Along (and to Justin Moses for playing the fiddle!) Bluegrass Jam Along is proud to be sponsored by Collings Guitars and Mandolins and Token premium guitar picks - Sign up to get updates on new episodes - Free fiddle tune chord sheets - Here's a list of all the Bluegrass Jam Along interviews - Follow Bluegrass Jam Along for regular updates: Instagram Facebook - Review us on Apple Podcasts

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Bitesize - Sara Watkins on I'm With Her's Grammy Winning 'Wild and Clear and Blue' is an episode from Bluegrass Jam Along by Matt Hutchinson.

This episode is 21:54 long.

This episode was published on Feb 11, 2026.

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