Pop music: Sara Bareilles at the Palladium

Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter and California native Sara Bareilles returns home to promote her sophomore album, “Kaleidoscope Heart.” Expect her signature piano-and-vocal pop songs and perhaps the new holiday single “Love Is Christmas.” Joshua Radin opens. Hollywood Palladium, 6215 W. Sunset Blvd., L.A. 7:30 p.m. Fri. $32. (323) 962-7600. livenation.com