Lauren Watkins

Lauren Watkins grew up in Nashville and works in a traditional country idiom, writing and co-writing songs built around clear narratives, drinking and heartbreak among the recurring subjects. Signed to Big Loud, she released her early material through a series of EPs and singles, with "Camel Blues" among the songs that brought her wider notice.

Her arrangements lean on steel guitar and fiddle rather than the pop-facing production common elsewhere in contemporary Nashville, and her singing carries an unpolished edge that suits the material.