Best of all Sara Barellis sings a cappella. The American pianist and singer gained international fame in 2007. The song "Love Song" brought success to the top position on the Billboard Pop 100 chart. Her book, Sounds Like Me: My Life (So Far) in Song, became a bestseller. For music and poetry for the musical Waitress, Bareilles was nominated for the 2016 Tony Award.
Sarah Beth Barellis is one of the 100 Greatest Singers in America. Her work is characterized as amazingly lyrical and kind. A self-taught without special education literally flew onto the stage. She also has amazing vocal skills, her voice ranges from soulful sweet and gentle to powerful. The skill has helped the singer earn comparisons to Norah Jones and Fiona Apple.
The beginning of the road to success
The biography of the future star began in 1979. The child was born in Eureka on December 7 in the family of a funeral director and an appraisal insurer. Sarah has a half-sister and two relatives.
The girl willingly played in school theatrical performances, sang in the choir. Graduate in 1998 became a student at the University of California. She studied communication theory. During her studies, the girl sang in the student group "Awaken a Cappella".
Sarah participated in the annual UCLA Spring Sing competition. The student twice became its winner. Barellis learned to play the piano on her own. Since 2002, the girl has performed in nightclubs and bars in Los Angeles. The live compilation "The First One" was recorded in 2003. In January 2004 her CD "Careful Confessions" was released. At the same time, Sarah played in the indie short film Girl Play.
Confession
The vocalist recorded her first song in 2003. The single interested Epic Records. The singer was offered to include the material in her debut album "Little Voice". It was released in 2007. "Love Song" quickly became a hit. The listeners liked both the soulfulness of the performance and the openness with the vitality of the lyrics. The album entered the top 10, and the vocalist was nominated for a Grammy and Song of the Year.
Such a quick success, according to the star, slightly discouraged her. After two years of touring and after the release of her live album Between the Lines: Sara Bareilles Live at the Fillmore, Sarah in 2010 presented the single King of Anything, which was nominated for Best Female Vocal.
Critics noted the complexity of the arrangements for the voice, the drama of the pitch-raising attitudes. In 2011, Barellis was invited to the jury for the third season of Sing-Off.
New perspectives
The star appeared in a new role in the spring of 2016. She composed the music and lyrics for the musical "The Waitress". Based on the 2007 film of the same name, the production won Sarah the Tony Award for Best Original Performance.
In 2015, the celebrity presented the companion compilation What's Inside: Songs From Waitress.
In the role of Mary Magdalene, viewers saw the vocalist in the rock opera "Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert" in 2018.
The artist's personal life is also developing well. In 2017, the actor Joe Tippett became her chosen one. The young people met while working on the Broadway musical The Waitress.
In 2019, the artist took part in the Jay Abrams musical series "The Voice" named after her first album.
