This week we’re looking back at Sara Bareilles’ huge outdoor concert in Eureka, as well as the artist’s other gifts to her hometown, including a music space and books for the Humboldt Literacy Project. We’ve also got a review of a local Beckett-inspired play and musical highlights for the week from our Setlist columnist Collin […]
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Opening Acts for the Sara Bareilles Concert Announced
With the countdown on to Grammy award winner Sara Bareilles’ hometown concert in Halvorsen Park on Oct. 16, the city of Eureka announced today that she has selected two opening acts with local ties for the free show. Sharing the stage will be Mario Matteoli — a singer, songwriter and music producer who also grew […]
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NCJ Preview: Burgers, Bareilles, Building Barriers and Bongio
NCJ Burger Week is upon us and we’re scanning the menu to see what’s flipping around the county. We’ll get into the free concert Humboldt native Sara Bareilles is playing in Eureka and how her roots have influenced her life and career. Down in Fortuna and Rio Dell, plans for new housing and other construction […]
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Sara Bareilles Returning to Eureka for Free Concert
UPDATE: Tickets for Sara Bareilles’ free concert in Eureka were snatched up this morning within three hours of becoming available, but Mayor Susan Seaman urged those who missed out initially to add their names to the waiting list on the ticket site. “We’re releasing some more tickets,” she said, adding that they would go to […]
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Sara Bareilles and Guy Fieri are Taking COVID-19 Seriously and So Should You
Yesterday People reported that Eureka’s singer-songwriter and person who’s made me cry with songs about pie Sara Bareilles announced on an Instagram story that she contracted but fully recovered from COVID-19. “I had it, just so you know. I’m fully recovered, just so you know,” she says in the video as she takes what appears […]
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Eureka High Gifted Strings and Things from Sara Bareilles
The music department at Eureka High School has a little more string in its step after a gift from a famous alum yesterday. Music, Broadway, TV and soon-to-be Apple TV star Sara Bareilles teamed up with Yamaha Entertainment Group and Eastman Strings to send her fellow Loggers some string instruments and audio equipment. Bareilles posted […]
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SpongeBob and Sara Bareilles at the Tonys
Is it us or is this year’s Tony Awards lineup more Humboldt than anticipated? For one thing, locally grown songstress/composer/Broadway star Sara Bareilles is slated to co-host Broadway’s biggest night on June 10 with Josh Groban (a man with a beard who is evidently also musically inclined but not from here so let’s stay focused). […]
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Watch Sara Bareilles’ Oscar Performance
There were some moving speeches and emotional twists at the Academy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 26, including Sara Bareilles‘ moving rendition of Joni Mitchell’s “Both Sides Now,” performed during the In Memoriam montage of stars and industry greats who passed away in 2016. In case you missed it while microwaving more popcorn or hobnobbing at the Eureka […]
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Humboldt Style: Oscar Night
Not everybody got everything right at the Academy Awards on Sunday night, between the envelope mix-ups, eye-rolling name fumbles and a couple of awards that were both questionable and did not win us the office Oscar pool. But we did get to see Sara Bareilles perform, so we’re calling it a win. And over at […]
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Cry it Out with Sara Bareilles at the Oscars
Weird instinct of how to get cozy with him, but #Oscar didn't seem to mind. 😛me and my right hand man, @SmithTrey heading to work… pic.twitter.com/QnNz8CNHIT — Sara Bareilles (@SaraBareilles) February 26, 2017 Still hurting from all the stars we lost in 2016? Humboldt County lady Sara Bareilles is here to soothe your pain. Well, […]
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2nd UPDATE: Clinton Celebrates, Eureka Style, While Sanders Holds Strong in Humboldt
Whether you’re feeling the Bern, heading for the Hill or dying to see Trump make Humboldt great again, we realize there’s a lot of interest in the outcome of this presidential primary. And, we figure, you want to see how your neighbors feel about the whole thing. With that in mind, we’ll update this post […]
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The Day the Music Died
At home, or in your car, radio’s free. You may have to sit through some insufferable ads between songs, or you may feel compelled to donate to your local public station, but once you’ve bought the box, you can hear all the songs you want from the airwaves. But turn on a radio for customers […]