Rachael Yamagata is in concert in Broad Ripple tomorrow night at the Vogue. She is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. Born in Arlington, Virginia, she is a Yonsei or fourth-generationJapanese American on her father’s side and of Italian and German ancestry on her mother’s side. 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 EPproduced by Malcolm Burn, Rachael Yamagata EP was released in October.
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 AmericanKlezmer 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 Charmed, How I Met Your Mother, ER , Nip/Tuck, Men in Trees, Alias, One Tree Hill, Brothers & Sisters, Grey’s Anatomy 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.She also toured with Moore, opening many of her shows around the country.
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.
In early 2008, her site featured a “teaser video” for the new album. The album was finally released on October 7, 2008. Yamagata’s second studio album is called Elephants…Teeth Sinking Into Heart. It was originally slated for release in the late-summer of 2007.
On October 9, 2008, a two-song live acoustic video performance premiered on LiveDaily Sessions, featuring the songs “Faster” and “Sunday Afternoon”
I think a lot of you will definitely enjoy what she has to offer, her concert starts at 7:15pm and tickets are $15 today and $17 tomorrow (day of). click below
