Music review: Sara Bareilles – ‘The Blessed Unrest’
This CD cover image released by Epic Records shows "The Blessed Unrest," by Sara Bareilles.
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Bareilles will make a local appearance Aug. 23 in Morgantown at the West Virginia University Creative Arts Center.