Photos: Rachael Yamagata - Seattle, Wash.

Photos: Rachael Yamagata - Seattle, Wash.

Soulful singer-songwriter Rachael Yamagata has been touring this fall in support of her most recent release Chesapeake. Her third studio album, Chesapeake was produced by John Algia (Dave Matthews Band, Liz Phair) and features the intimate lyrics and heartfelt delivery for which she’s become known. Paste photographer Kirk Stauffer captured a few photos from Yamagata’s sold-out show in Seattle, Wash. at Tractor Tavern. Check out the photographs in the gallery below....  read more

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Rachael Yamagata: Unfettered Energy

Rachael Yamagata: Unfettered Energy

On the Chesapeake Bay, in the town of Easton, Md. (population: 15,000), Rachael Yamagata has been brainstorming her next move as a musician.  read more

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Album Stream: Rachael Yamagata - Chesapeake

Album Stream: Rachael Yamagata - <i>Chesapeake</i>

The way Rachael Yamagata’s latest album, Chesapeake, was recorded sounds pretty ideal.   read more

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50 Musicians And Their Childhood Dream Jobs

50 Musicians And Their Childhood Dream Jobs

Lots of children want to be rock stars when they're young. But for those who do actually end up becoming musicians, it wasn't always the first profession that they had in mind for themselves.  read more

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Catching Up With... Rachael Yamagata

Catching Up With... Rachael Yamagata

From the outside, it might seem like Rachael Yamagata has developed a split personality since the release of her debut record. The smoky-voiced, raven-haired singer/songwriter's much-delayed sophomore release, Elephants...Teeth Sinking Into Heart, is a 14 track...  read more

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Rachael Yamagata's favorite spots for dating, breaking up and navigating other matters of the heart in Chicago

Rachael Yamagata's favorite spots for dating, breaking up and navigating other matters of the heart in Chicago

It seems apropos that, on the way to meet Rachael Yamagata, I saw a man run through oncoming traffic to help an old woman in danger of getting hit while crossing the street. That type of singular, romantic gesture is the kind of moment captured in vivid relief in Yamagata's music, which aptly traverses the minutiae of modern love, from first blush to the messy complications, and many points between. Her style appears in fine form on Rachael Yamagata (A Record in 2 Parts): Elephants and Teeth Sinking Into Heart, released today. ...  read more

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Hotel Café tour heading out across the United States

Hotel Café tour heading out across the United States

Priscilla Ahn had a dream that one day her group of gal pals, The United Songstresses of Hotel Café, would rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “Girls need attention, and boys need us. So let’s make everybody glad.” (That's a verse from the Meiko anthem, “Reasons to Love You," for those of you keeping score at home.)...  read more

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Rachael Yamagata to release two-part album in October

Rachael Yamagata to release two-part album in October

October 7 will see the release of Rachael Yamagata's new album, a two-parter adroitly called Rachael Yamagata: A Record In Two Parts...Elephants and Teeth Sinking Into Heart. ...  read more

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Rachael Yamagata: Rachel Yamagata - Happenstance

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If ever a recording’s title belied its contents, Rachael Yamagata’s Happenstance would be it. Through 14 exquisitely crafted, meticulously plotted pop gems...  read more

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4 To Watch For: Rachael Yamagata

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Huddled in the darkest corner of San Francisco’s Café Du Nord, sultry songstress Rachael Yamagata shivers as patron after patron shambles in, gradually filling up every inch of sold-out floorspace...  read more

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