ARTS Pick: Sara Bareilles

Don’t ask her for a love song. Grammy-nominated piano pop superstar Sara Bareilles’ upbeat confessionals have sold out shows nationwide for over a decade. Born and raised in California, she now adds 2013’s The Blessed Unrest, recorded with an all-new backup band, to an edgy pop-rock repertoire brimming with jazz and soul influences.

Saturday, 7/12. $35-65, 7pm. nTelos Wireless Pavilion, 700 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 245-4920.

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