Sara Jelley is a powerhouse vocalist living on Maui and writing and making new original sublime singer-songwriter music. Sara most famously portrayed Mary Poppins at MauiOnStage in 2016, and has graced the stage at ZepMaui as well as the Hawaii Songwriting Festival. “Stay Right Here”, Sara Jelley’s 3rd single from the debut acoustic album, “Holes” was released on all streaming platforms on December 11, 2020. It is the first single from her debut original full-length album of the same name.
Stream “Stay Right Here” the single by clicking here.
“Stay Right Here” is an acoustic cinematic ballad with a string arrangement performed and composed by the immensely talented Michelle Packman (Hans Zimmer, IMAX, Eminem, Camila Cabello). The song was written as a letter to Sara’s mother who passed away when Sara was just 11 years old. Lyrics such as “I will Stay Right Here, ‘cause it’s the best place I’ve found so far” express a feeling of loss and loneliness, mixed with a hopefulness for a different kind of happiness in the future.
Sara Jelley's debut original full-length album ‘Holes’ was recorded with David Stoller Whitney at The Root Cellar Studio in Kula, Maui. The album and this single were released December 11, 2020. Listeners have said about Sara’ style: “Echoes of Joni Mitchell” and “Exquisite vocal phrasing”. Sara's voice is emotive, powerful and soulful, and invokes a sense of respite and deep connection with unique skillful fingerpicked guitar and intensely flowing full string section accompaniment.
Sara Jelley: From Musical Theater Leading Lady to Singer-Songwriter with her Debut Original Single “Holes”
Sara Jelley’s debut single “Holes” will be released on all streaming platforms on Thursday, October 29. It is the first single from her debut original full-length album of the same name. Stream “Holes” the single by clicking here. “Holes” is an alternative folk melancholic acoustic ballad with a trombone arrangement, by Maui’s own Henry Arroyo, melted in.