Sara Bareilles has kept a fairly low profile as a performing and recording artist since prior to the pandemic, but the drought on those fronts will come to an end as she releases the album “Good Grief” on Aug. 28, to be followed by a tour of North American theaters in September and October.
“Good Grief” is Bareilles’ first studio album since 2019’s “Amidst the Chaos,” and it will have been that long since her last official road trip when she tours theaters like New York’s Radio City Music Hall and L.A.’s Kodak Theatre in the early fall.
The first single from the album, “Home,” is out now. “Home” was inspired by a conversation on Anderson Cooper’s podcast between her, Cooper and Stephen Colbert about grief and loss. “It feels like an invitation and a tone setter for the specificity and depth of this record,” she said. “It just feels really essential right now. In order for us as humans to really know and understand each other, we have to listen to each other’s stories.”
It’s a big week in Bareilles’ world apart from this announcement, as a documentary that was filmed about the making of the new album, “Sara Bareilles: Good Grief,” has its world premiere Thursday night at New York’s Beacon Theatre, followed by a performance by the singer. (Look to Variety for a forthcoming interview with Bareilles and director Josh Alexander about the film.)
