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Rachael Yamagata (born September 23 1977 in Arlington, Virginia) is an
American singer-songwriter. She plays piano and has a dark, raspy alto.
Early life A child of divorced parents, Yamagata divided her time growing
up between her Sansei Japanese American father, a Washington, D.C.-based
attorney and Harvard graduate; and her Italian-German mother, an
artist/painter in New York City. Yamagata graduated from the Holton-Arms
School for Girls in Bethesda, Maryland, and attended Northwestern and
Vassar.
Music career
Bumpus 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 a
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