Contains sixteen songs by bluegrass vocalist Alison Krauss, featuring previously recorded collaborations, soundtrack appearances, and other recordings made without her band, Union Station, as well as five new cuts.

With the nostalgic and gentle new album Under the pepper tree, Sara Watkins offers a comforting record for those moments as daily rhythms fade into nightly rituals, and when a child's imagination comes to life. "Alluring, even soothing -- a record that could calm the nerves of frazzled parents as they put their child to sleep at the end of a long day"--AllMusic review.