Maps of Music
Brave Enough: Live at the Variety Playhouse (2013)
Where the lyrics of Brave Enough: Live at the Variety Playhouse take you, and where it was really made.
Bareilles faced what she called a pretty large fear of performing alone on the Brave Enough tour, yet the Atlanta show recorded for this album ended up as one of her favorite experiences of her whole life.
View on the mapKey places
Atlanta, the night of the live recording (2013)
Recording site Variety Playhouse — The album was recorded at the Variety Playhouse in Atlanta on May 20, 2013, during one stop of the Brave Enough tour, with Bareilles performing solo. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: See the map for directions.
House of Blues Studios, a recording location (2013)
Recording site House of Blues Studios — The album's recording credits list House of Blues Studios as a place where the recording was made. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: See the map for directions.
Sunset Sound, a recording location (2013)
Recording site Sunset Sound — The album's recording credits list Sunset Sound in Los Angeles as a place where the recording was made. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: See the map for directions.
Album story
Overview
- Brave Enough: Live at the Variety Playhouse is the second official concert recording by singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles
- Released on CD and DVD
- Recorded live at the Variety Playhouse in Atlanta, Georgia, on May 20, 2013
- Released 18 October 2013
- Track listing of 13 songs
Background
- Recorded at one of the stops of Bareilles' Brave Enough tour
- On this tour Bareilles performed solo
- She faced what she described as a pretty large fear of performing this way
- She ended up feeling that the experience was one of her favorite experiences of her whole life
Recording
- Recording venue: Variety Playhouse, Atlanta
- Live recording engineer: Vincent Casamatta
- Mixed by John O'Mahony
- Mastered by Brad Blackwood at Euphonic Masters
- Credited personnel: Sara Bareilles on vocals, piano, guitar and harmonium
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com
Tracklist
| 1 | Love on the Rocks / Bennie & The Jets (live) | 5:54 |
| 2 | Uncharted (live) | 4:08 |
| 3 | Love Song (live) | 4:14 |
| 4 | (Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay (live) | 5:04 |
| 5 | Manhattan (live) | 4:48 |
| 6 | Let the Rain (live) | 3:47 |
| 7 | I Just Want You (live) | 4:14 |
| 8 | Come Round Soon (live) | 6:39 |
| 9 | Once Upon Another Time (live) | 6:22 |
| 10 | Brave (live) | 3:41 |
| 11 | King of Anything (live) | 4:54 |
| 12 | Gravity (live) | 4:29 |
| 13 | Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (live) | 5:14 |
Sources: musicbrainz.org
Artist
Early life
- Born December 7, 1979 in Eureka, California.
- Studied communication studies at UCLA and sang in the co-ed a cappella group Awaken a Cappella.
- Taught herself several instruments, including piano.
Career
- Self-published the debut album Careful Confessions in 2004, then signed with Epic Records in 2005.
- Breakthrough album Little Voice (2007); lead single "Love Song" peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100.
- Kaleidoscope Heart (2010) debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200; The Blessed Unrest (2013) earned a Grammy nomination for Album of the Year.
- Composed music and lyrics for the Broadway musical Waitress (2015), earning Tony and Grammy nominations.
- Known for television work, including Mary Magdalene in NBC's Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert (2018) and the lead role in Girls5eva.
- Won two Grammy Awards, and was nominated for several Primetime Emmy and Tony Awards.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Reception
At release
- Released 18 October 2013 on CD and DVD
- Second official concert recording from Sara Bareilles
- Captures a solo performance from the Brave Enough tour
- Recorded at the Variety Playhouse in Atlanta on 20 May 2013
- Thirteen tracks, opening with Love on the Rocks / Bennie and the Jets
- Track list includes Uncharted, Love Song, Manhattan, Let the Rain, Brave and Gravity
- Closes with Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
- Personnel credit lists Sara Bareilles alone on vocals, piano, guitar and harmonium
- Live recording engineered by Vincent Casamatta
- Mixed by John O'Mahony and mastered by Brad Blackwood at Euphonic Masters
Records
- "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" was sent to Hot/Modern/AC radio in the United States on December 2, 2013
- The radio push came about two months after the album's release
- The single was the only release from the album named in the source
- The album was issued in two formats, CD and DVD, both containing the Atlanta concert
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Trivia
- Bareilles performed solo on the Brave Enough tour, and she described the experience as facing a pretty large fear at first
- She later described the solo experience as one of her favorite experiences of her whole life
- The album's track list has 13 songs, with Goodbye Yellow Brick Road as the final track
- The single Goodbye Yellow Brick Road was sent to US radio about seven weeks after the album came out
- Credited live recording engineer was Vincent Casamatta
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
View on the map