Rachael Yamagata

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Rachael Yamagata (born September 23, 1977 in Arlington , Virginia ) is an American singer , songwriter and piano player.

biography

Life

Rachael Yamagata was born on September 23, 1977 in Arlington , Virginia with her twin brother Benjamin. Her parents Barbara and Ben divorced just two years after their birth . Her mother was born in China, is of Italian-German descent and is an artist and painter; her father is a third-generation Japanese-born American and a lawyer with a degree from Harvard . Her mother moved to New York and her father to Washington, DC after the divorce , so Yamagata kept commuting between her parents' homes. Yamagata graduated from Holton-Arms School for Girls in Bethesda , Maryland, and then attended elite Vassar College near New York and Northwestern Private University in Chicago .

music

Yamagata was the first time on stage for the Chicago-based funk band Bumpus, for which she later wrote and recorded the two albums Bumpus and Stereoscope . In 2001 she separated from both the band Bumpus and her boyfriend, who was also a member of the band. The musical direction Yamagata wanted to take no longer suited the style of Bumpus, so she decided to pursue a solo career. She had her first solo appearance in 2001 in the Viper Room in Los Angeles . She got her first recording contract with Arista Records in 2002, where she released an EP with five songs. Her debut album Happenstance , produced by John Alagia , was finally released in 2004. Several members of the band The Klezmatics took part in the song I Want You . Her songs have also been used in numerous television series, e.g. B. in OC, California , Nip / Tuck , Brothers & Sisters or Emergency Room , but also in movies like The Last Kiss , Elizabethtown , In My Sister's Shoes or One for 4 . Yamagata worked with Jason Mraz on his song Did You Get My Message? from the album Mr. AZ , which was released in 2005, and sang together with Rhett Miller the song Fireflies on his solo album The Believer . She was also involved in the songs Let It Ride , Cold Roses and Friends on the Ryan Adams album Cold Roses .

In 2015 the track "Saturday Morning" appeared on the compilation "IC Independent Celebration, Vol. 1" of the Hamburg label "Birdstone Records".

Discography

Studio album

  • Happenstance (June 8, 2004)
  • Elephants ... Teeth Sinking Into Heart (October 6, 2008)
  • Chesapeake (October 11, 2011)
  • Acoustic Happenstance (June 14, 2016)
  • Tightrope Walker (September 23, 2016)

EP

  • Rachael Yamagata EP (October 7, 2003)
  • Live at the Loft & More (January 26, 2005)
  • Loose Ends EP (May 22, 2008)
  • Heavyweight EP (November 20, 2012)

Singles

  • Worn me down
  • Letter Read
  • 1963
  • River
  • Aha!

Live / compilations

  • Live at the Loft (Promo EP) (2004)
  • Japan 2005 Tour Sampler
  • Live at the Bonnaroo Music Festival (2004)
  • Sony Connect Sets (2005)
  • KCRW Sessions: Rachael Yamagata (2005) exclusively on iTunes
  • Napster session: Rachael Yamagata (2005)
  • IC Independent Celebration, Vol. 1 (2015, Birdstone Records) (song: "Saturday Morning")

Web links

Commons : Rachael Yamagata  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rachael Yamagata: Confessions on Happenstance at TheUrbanWire.com ( Memento from October 14, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Rachael Yamagata - biography at laut.de
personal data
SURNAME Yamagata, Rachael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American singer, songwriter and piano player
DATE OF BIRTH 23rd September 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Arlington , Virginia