2004-05-20
Vocalist and pianist Rachael Yamagata spent her childhood splitting time between the New York City home of her Italian/German mother and the Washington, D.C. home of her third generation Japanese father, finding music to be a constant in an otherwise turbulent time.She majored in theatre at Northwestern and found herself on the Chicago club circuit eventually hooking up with the band Bumpus (aka Natty Bumpus and the Booty Whompers) with whom she performed and toured for six years.
Shortly after splitting with the band her solo work gained the attention of Private Music who will release her debut album Happenstance on June 8th.
SUBDUDES
Street Symphony
EL SPORTIVO AND THE BLOOZ
Nights and Weekends
Destroyer
Trouble In Dreams
JONATHAN COULTON
Artificial Heart
Carrie Rodriguez
Seven Angles On A Bicycle
JANIS MARTIN
THE BLANCO SESSIONS
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