Out Now: Country Recording Artist Sarah Harralson Turns Childhood Experiences Into Powerful Storytelling On New Self-Penned EP & Short Film, Just The Beginning

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OUT NOW: companion short film on YouTube [Watch here]

OUT NOW: “It Can’t Rain All The Time” music video [Watch here]

Upcoming live performances include Tennessee & California

PHOTOS: Nashville short film screening & EP release party at The Bowery Vault [View/Download]

“…a moving, soul-tinged track…”
– Nashville.com

“Sarah Harralson’s music is not manufactured—it’s lived.”
– Savoir Faire

“…a tender collision of Southern storytelling, cinematic nostalgia, and the radical act of turning pain into art.”
– Ozark Star

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (May 14, 2026) — Country recording artist and singer-songwriter Sarah Harralson will release her deeply personal new self-penned EP, Just The Beginning [stream/download], available on Friday, May 15 via Synapse Publishing & Entertainment. With writing credits on the entire EP, Harralson also co-wrote two of the tracks with Bill DiLuigi (Bonnie Tyler, Ashley Barron) and Georgia Miles. The project arrives alongside a companion short film premiering on YouTube [Watch here], offering an intimate look at precious childhood memories, family struggles, and life experiences that shaped both the artist and the music.

Rooted in honest storytelling and emotional vulnerability, Just The Beginning marks Harralson’s most personal release to date.

“This EP and short film is a collection of songs that I have written and co-written over the past few years about my childhood,” Harralson recalled. “It’s very personal as I sing about the divorce of my parents, the loss of my Mom, and not seeing or speaking to my father for ten years.”

Harralson celebrated the release of the EP in an intimate release party and short film screening on May 13 in Nashville at The Bowery Vault. The event was hosted by Nan Puetz, President of Women In Film & Television’s Nashville chapter.

Harralson co-produced the EP with acclaimed producer Dale Penner (Nickelback, Loverboy) at The Owl in Nashville. The project blends classic country influences with soulful Americana textures and features contributions from standout musicians including Cole Edmonson (Tigirlily Gold) on guitar, David Santos on bass, Bryn Scott-Grimes (Goldpine) on harmonica, Merna Lewis on fiddle, Paul Ray on piano, and Harralson’s husband, Andrew Kugler, on drums. Harralson also contributed acoustic guitar, organ, and harmony vocals throughout the record.

Early standout track “It Can’t Rain All The Time” earned praise from Nashville.com, which described the song as “…a moving, soul-tinged track…” Inspired by a memorable line from the cult-classic film The Crow, the song reflects on the loss of Harralson’s mother in 2024 and serves as one of the emotional centerpieces of the EP.

The companion short film and official music video for “It Can’t Rain All The Time” were produced and directed by Dante Nazzaro for Synapse Spotlight Productions, further bringing Harralson’s story to life through cinematic visuals and raw emotional honesty.

“You also see this in the short film when I go back to Birmingham and Knoxville, where I’m from,” she continued. “I hope people can relate to that. I titled it Just the Beginning, because even though this is a big part of my life, my childhood, it doesn’t necessarily define all of me. There’s so much more to come!” 

Just The Beginning Track Listing & Songwriters: 

1. “Born In Birmingham” (Sarah Harralson)
2. ”House Divided” (Sarah Harralson)
3. “One State Away” (Sarah Harralson)
4. “It Can’t Rain All The Time” (Sarah Harralson, Bill DiLuigi)
5. “No Hearts Got Harmed’” (Sarah Harralson, Bill DiLuigi, Georgia Miles)

Upcoming Shows:
MAY 20 – Suisun Valley Filling Station / Fairfield, Calif.
MAY 21 – Quilt & Co. / Napa, Calif.
JUN 04 – Boro Bourbon & Brews / Murfreesboro, Tenn.
AUG 04 – 19 Miles To Music Row / Franklin, Tenn.
**For Sarah’s most up-to-date show and tour schedule follow on BandsInTown or visit sarahharralson.com/shows 

About Sarah Harralson:
Twelve years into her Nashville music career, Knoxville native, Sarah Harralson, is making waves in the music industry. She released her debut country EP, Watered Down Whiskey, in 2018 with producer Scotty Schultz (Shooter Jennings). She has also worked with guitarist Johnny Garcia (Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood) under Busy at Play Publishing for her 2022 album, Whiskey History, and her album, Outside the Lines, was released in August 2023 with Sarah being a producer on many of the songs. “Blue Ribbon” is a song on this album that honors her mother’s fight against colon

cancer with proceeds going toward the Colorectal Cancer Alliance. She toured internationally in Eastern Europe in 2023 on behalf of The America for Bulgaria Foundation and was invited to be a member of the Recording Academy in 2021. 

Sarah is signed to a publishing and recording contract with ©®Synapse Publishing & Entertainment, LLC and is a part of the upcoming Women Behind the Lyrics documentary. Her latest single, “House Divided” reflects on the separation of her parents and the push and pull between two football teams and parents growing up. Her upcoming autobiographical EP, Just the Beginning, is set to release this May with a corresponding short film. Sarah also volunteers with Musicians On Call to bring music to patients’ bedsides. She is a big believer that music heals, and through being a volunteer with this organization since 2015, she has found her mission as an artist performing for over 19,000 hospital patients, earning her the Michael Solomon Golden Ukelele Award in 2024. She is the podcast host of Takin’ a Walk Nashville, which has reached #2 on the Apple Music podcast chart.

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Publicity Photos:

[(L-R) Dante Nazzaro, Sarah Harralson, Nan Puetz | Photo: JWA Media | Download JPG]

[Photo: Jordan Roepke | Download JPG]

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