Moving to Nashville to attend Belmont University, Sarah Harralson knew she wanted to chase a music career from a young age. With her bluegrass- playing grandfather impacting the artist through her youth, Harralson was consistently around the influence of music.
At age 10, Harralson had written her first song and soon after found an interest in piano and guitar. With time, the musician developed a personalized style of country music which has led her to an evolving success in Nashville.
With the Dixie Chicks and Jewel being present inspirations for her music, it cannot go unnoticed that Harralson reflects uncolored lyricalness and a similar confidence to these artists. When asked to describe her own style of music, she explained, “Mine is country but there is a lot of other genre influences in it. There is folk, soul, and even pop in my music. I would say my country isn’t the bubblegum, country-pop that you hear on the radio right now, it definitely has laid back folk in it as well.”
Her passion for the country music style has been one that has matured to be a source of comfort and renewal for the young artist. “Country music is something that has always meant so much to me because it has always been a platform where I can share my stories and my emotions that I usually can’t share through words. It has been a great gateway and platform for storytelling,” she said.
In order to shed her love of country music, Harralson has continued to volunteer for Musicians On Call since 2015. The organization allows artists to play at the bedside of patience in Hospitals in the local Nashville area. Harralson explained that she finds the experience extremely rewarding. “I volunteer for them because you get to play for patients at their bedsides who aren’t able to go out and hear live music and concerts. Some of them who are having a bad day or are not feeling good, you can go in and play a song for them and it will lighten them up. Maybe for that three and a half to four minutes they forget about their pain. I think music heals people and is great therapy,” Harralson said.
Volunteering for Musicians On Call has shaped her mission as she chases a career in country music as well. In the interview she explained that she wants to “write music for others” and to “have them feel something” through her music.
Although the artist is finding fame through her voice, Harralson dabbles in music production as well. Recently she produced an album called, “West of Me” with fellow musician, Christine Bauer. “I had produced music before but I had never released something as an artist that I produced. I knew that was a project I wanted to take on,” Harralson said. Within a short seven months, the catalog of songs was released.
Her newly released single, “Put a Rock on this Rolling Stone” was written with producer Johnny Garcia whom had the title in his phone the night the song was crafted. “(The title) really stuck out with me because I always viewed myself as a rolling stone and as a free spirit,” Harralson commented. The artist said she hopes other women and people can relate to these themes of independence and eccentricity in the tune.
As for the future, the artist claimed she is planning on releasing a new single in the next month or so. Stay tuned on the artist’s social media and check out her new single, “Put a Rock on this Rolling Stone” today.
