Rachael Yamagata

Rachael Yamagata introduces new music on the road

LiveDaily - Found Aug. 11, 2008
Singer/songwriter Rachael Yamagata [ tickets ] will preview songs from her sophomore album during a US outing this fall.

Posted on August 11, 2008, 6:25 am

Rachael Yamagata to Release New Album

Filter - Found Jul. 14, 2008
Folk-rock darling Rachael Yamagata is set to release her follow up to 2005's Happenstance with A Record In Two Parts...Elephants and Teeth Sinking

Posted on July 14, 2008, 6:23 am

Michaelson heads Hotel Cafe tour

AZCentral.com - Found 21 hours ago
The stint kicks off Oct. 9, with a lineup boasting Ingrid Michaelson, and acts like Rachael Yamagata, Meiko, Priscilla Ahn and Kate Havnevik.

Posted on August 19, 2008, 6:08 am

Michaelson Anchors All-Girl Hotel Cafe Tour

Billboard - Found Aug. 18, 2008
The stint kicks off Oct. 9, with a lineup boasting Ingrid Michaelson, plus acts like Rachael Yamagata, Meiko, Priscilla Ahn and Kate Havnevik...

Posted on August 18, 2008, 8:03 am

LiveDaily Weekend Podcast, August 15: BB King, The Cheetah Girls, ...

LiveDaily - Found Aug. 17, 2008
... tickets ], Jason Aldean [ tickets ], Death Cab for Cutie [ tickets ], Joan Osborne [ tickets ], Rachael Yamagata [ tickets ], Gym Class...

Posted on August 17, 2008, 1:24 pm

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin: Dog Ears Music: Volume Thirty-Three

Huffington Post - Found Aug. 15, 2008
Comess's collaborations include Chris Whitley, Marc Cohen, Rachael Yamagata, and Natasha Bedingfield.

Posted on August 15, 2008, 6:14 am

Fun with LISTS:Best songs with year titles

QuickDFW.com - Found Aug. 13, 2008
Today's random rankings: in chronological order 1. '1963' by Rachael Yamagata 2. 'Summer of '69' by Bryan Adams 3. '1977' by the Clash 4. '1979' by

Posted on August 13, 2008, 8:04 am

Yamagata Readying 'A Record In Two Parts'

Billboard - Found Jul. 24, 2008
Rachael Yamagata says her ambitious sophomore album, 'A Record in Two Parts ...

Posted on July 24, 2008, 2:10 am

Yamagata readies split-personality album

Kuwait Times - Found Jul. 27, 2008
Singer-songwriter Rachael Yamagata says her ambitious sophomore album, 'A Record in Two Parts ...

Posted on July 27, 2008, 11:42 am

Yamagata readies split-personality album (Reuters)

Yahoo! News Australia - Found Jul. 25, 2008
DETROIT (Billboard) - Singer-songwriter Rachael Yamagata says her ambitious sophomore album, 'A Record in Two Parts ...

Posted on July 25, 2008, 9:10 am

Rachael Yamagata Biography

Rachael Yamagata
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Rachael Yamagata

Background information
Born September 23, 1977 (1977-09-23) (age 30)
Genre(s) Adult alternative
Pop rock
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter
Instrument(s) Piano
Guitar
Vocals
Label(s) RCA Victor
Associated acts Bumpus, Chantal Kreviazuk
Website rachaelyamagata.com

Rachael Yamagata (born September 23, 1977 in Arlington, Virginia) is an American singer-songwriter. She plays piano and has a dark, raspy alto. She is a Yonsei or fourth-generation Japanese American on her father's side and of Italian and German ancestry on her mother's side.

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Early life

A child of divorced parents, Yamagata divided her time growing up between her Sansei Japanese American father, a Washington, D.C.-based attorney and Harvard graduate; and her Italian-German mother, who was born in China, an artist/painter in New York City. Yamagata graduated from the Holton-Arms School for Girls in Bethesda, Maryland, and attended Northwestern and Vassar.

Music career

Bumpus

Yamagata became the vocalist for the Chicago funk-fusion band Bumpus, spending six years writing and recording three albums with the band and touring the country. In 2001, after having written a number of songs that didn't fit with the funk style of the band, Yamagata decided to take the songs and launch a solo career. In September 2002, she landed a two-record deal with Arista's Private Music and her self-titled EP produced by Malcolm Burn, Rachael Yamagata Ep was released in October.

Solo career

Her first full-length album, Happenstance, followed in June 2004. It was produced by John Alagia (Dave Matthews, John Mayer, Ben Folds Five). "I Want You" features several members of prominent American Klezmer group The Klezmatics. Videos were made for the first and second singles "Worn Me Down" and "1963".

Her songs have featured on several TV shows, including How I Met Your Mother, ER , Nip/Tuck, Men in Trees, Alias, One Tree Hill, Brothers & Sisters and The O.C., to which she made a guest performance in season 2. Yamagata also contributed a song to Mandy Moore's 2007 album, Wild Hope.[1] She also toured with Moore, opening many of her shows around the country.

Yamagata's second studio album is called Elephants / Teeth Sinking Into Heart.[2] It was originally slated for release in the late-summer of 2007.[3][4] In early 2008, her site featured a "teaser video" for the new album. The album has a release date of October 7, 2008.[2]

On May 22, 2008, a new banner was added to her site indicating the digital release of a new EP, Loose Ends, with three new songs, serving as a preview for the now delayed release of her second full-length album.

Yamagata's songs have appeared in a number of films and television shows. These include:

Year TV series/Film Song Notes
2004 One Tree Hill "Be Be Your Love" Episode:"The Trick Is to Keep Breathing"
2005 Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants "Be Be Your Love"
2005 Prime "I Wish You Love"
2005 In Her Shoes "Collide"
2005 Elizabethtown "Jesus Was A Cross Maker" Judee Sill cover song
2006 The Last Kiss "Reason Why
2006 bella "Meet Me By the Water"
2007 The L Word "Be Be Your Love" Fifth season preview
2007 Holiday in Handcuffs "I Want You"
2007 Definitely, Maybe "Meet Me By the Water"
2008 The L Word "The Other Side" Episode:"Lifecycle"


She also made an appearance in Jason Mraz's second album, singing a song with him called "Did You Get My Message?". She also sings on "Fireflies" and "The Believer" on Rhett Miller's solo CD, "Barfly" on Ray Lamontagne's Till the Sun Turns Black and "Let it Ride", "Cold Roses", and "Friends", on Ryan Adams' Cold Roses. She sings backup on six tracks on the Bright Eyes' album Cassadaga.

Discography

Studio albums

EPs

Singles

  • "Worn Me Down"
  • "Letter Read"
  • "1963"
  • "River"

Live/Compilations

Bumpus

  • Bumpus (1999)
  • Steroscope (2001)

Other contributions

References

External links

Rachael Yamagata Videos and Clips

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sunday afternoon

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