Singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles will headline a holiday special for PBS, performing with a full orchestra and special guests like Rufus Wainwright, Emily King, and Renée Elise Goldsberry.
The vocalist is joined by a full orchestra at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., as she belts out her 2007 breakthrough hit — with an assist from a crowd sing-along. With Bareilles behind the piano, strings, woodwinds and brass give the sassy tune a lusher sound as the composer sings, “If you’re on your way/ I’m not gonna write you to stay/ If all you have is leavin’, I’ma need a better reason/ To write you a love song today.
” In 2008 — is just one of several Bareilles will perform on the Kennedy Center stage for the special, which premieres 8 p.m. ET Tuesday (Dec. 31) across PBS, PBS.org and the PBS app. As posted on Christmas Eve, the showcase will entail a night of music supported by the National Symphony Orchestra and special guests Rufus Wainwright, Emily King, David Ryan Harris, Ben Folds, Madison Cunningham and Renée Elise Goldsberry. Plus, the “King of Anything” musician will share stories — both comedic and emotional — about her life and career.“If I’m not being creative, and I’m not making music, I’m not in alignment with what I’m supposed to be here doing,” Bareilles says in the 30-second clip, which features snippets of the star performing her 2013 show-stopper “Brave.”— in which the singer stars alongside Goldsberry, Busy Philipps and Paula Pell — aired on Netflix.
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