Rachael Yamagata

Rachael Yamagata is a singer-songwriter. She plays piano and has a dark, smokey alto, garnering frequent comparisons to Fiona Apple. Her first album, Happenstance was released in 2004.

Rachael Yamagata is a singer-songwriter. She plays piano and has a dark, smokey alto, garnering frequent comparisons to Fiona Apple. Her first album, Happenstance was released in 2004.

A child of divorced parents, Yamagata divided her time between her Sansei Japanese American father in Washington, D.C. and her Italian/German mother in New York City. Yamagata attended Holton-Arms School for Girls in Potomac, MD. She maintains close relationships with both, including nostalgic pictures of them in the liner notes of Happenstance, as well as crediting both in interviews with the person she is today.