Sara Bareilles

Eureka

Sara Beth Bareilles was born on December 7, 1979 in Eureka, California. She is a singer, songwriter, pianist and actress who has been active since 2002 and records for Epic Records. Her memoir, Sounds Like Me: My Life (So Far) in Song, appeared on October 6, 2015.

She wrote the score for the musical Waitress, and What's Inside: Songs from Waitress (November 6, 2015, Epic, 36:45) was produced by Neal Avron and Bareilles, with recording beginning in April 2015 at Electric Lady Studios in New York. It reached number 10 on the Billboard 200, 63 in Canada and 90 in Australia. AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine gave it four of five stars, calling the songs lively, clever, and bold, and the Boston Globe's Sarah Rodman called it a great pop album.