Rating: 72.00
This is my second album by Rachael Yamagata's and her third studio release. (She recorded this album utilizing the fan-funded music platform PleadgeMusic - another interesting side story you can read about at http://www.pledgemusic.com/site/about.)Rachael Yamagata lists Carole King and Roberta Flack amongst her influences, and that comes through loud a clear on Chesapeake. I also hear influences from Sheryl Crow, Nora Jones and others. Lot's of great piano and a hip stand-up base on Stick Around.
A couple of my favorites are the Elton John-esque Piano Ballad Full On and the very cool Starlight. (Click the song titles to hear full length recordings on youtube.com.)
Raised in New York City and Washington DC by divorced parents, she went to college, in the mid ‘90s, at Northwestern and Vassar where she majored in French and Italian Theatre, respectively. She returned to Northwestern for her Junior year where she joined a local band. They recorded three albums over 6 years and in 2001 Yamagata decided it was time to go out on her own and released her first solo album in 2004.
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