Stone Arch Sessions: Sara Jean Kelley

Name: Stone Arch Sessions: Sara Jean Kelley
Start: 2025-06-24T19:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-06-24T21:00:00-05:00
Location: 1004 S Olde Oneida St, Appleton, WI, United States, Wisconsin 54915

Schedule

Tue Jun 24 2025 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

1004 S Olde Oneida St, Appleton, WI, United States, Wisconsin 54915 | Appleton, WI

Doors 5pm - Music 7pm - $10 Suggested Donation
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A river beneath a river with an edgy sense of humor, Sara Jean Kelley is an explorer, a rescuer, naturalist, and an active member of her creative community. Born and raised by the venerable bluegrass songwriter, Irene Kelley, Sara loves wild plants and animals and music and people and has the scars and stories to prove it. Sara’s songs are conceptual, yet relatable. Her voice is timeless, yet singularly her own. And her delivery can shift, like the weather, from dark and sultry, to light-as-a-feather.
A lover of wild things— plants, animals, people, and music— Nashville native Sara Jean Kelley crafts songs that combine upbeat, pop-inspired country hooks with thoughtful, often philosophical lyrical themes that explore our human connection to the natural world. Due to her dark sensibility and slightly melancholic sense of humor, Kelley’s particular brand of alternative country is multidimensional, with one foot firmly rooted in her Nashville Country/Americana background, another foot exploring the realms of alternative rock, rock and roll, pop, and even hip hop influences. Her voice, at times husky, dark and sultry, at times floating light-as-a-feather, has been compared to celebrated female country stars Brandi Carlisle, Patti Griffin, and Lucinda Williams. She’s opened for country music icons Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell, and her songwriting reveals a clear, intuitive understanding of what makes a song work.