Sara Bareilles visits BAM to talk up new book with Ben Folds
Brooklyn BookBeat: Collection of Essays ‘Sounds Like Me’ Reveals Stories Behind Hit Songs
Sara Bareilles, the Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter, has recently turned to a different medium to share her voice. The New York City-based musician, perhaps best known for her 2007 breakthrough hit “Love Song,” visited the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) on Tuesday to speak about her new collection of essays, “Sounds Like Me: My Life (So Far) in Song” (Simon & Schuster).
Interviewed by her close friend Ben Folds — a multi-platinum-selling singer/songwriter himself — Bareilles spoke candidly to more than 2,000 fans, whose cheers and laughter filled the Howard Gilman Opera House throughout the evening. The event, part of BAM’s and Greenlight Bookstore’s Unbound literary series, also included a performance before the enthusiastic audience.