starlight - rachael yamagata

so, rachael yamagata has a new single out in advance of her upcoming album chesapeake. it's been three years since her last LP, and the time has served to lighten up her previously darker, more acoustic music.







in order to record chesapeake, rachael recruited a “dream team” of musicians, including drummer victor indrizzo (who's worked with sheryl crow), guitarists mike viola (from candy butchers), michael chaves (who's worked with john mayer), and kevin salem, (who's worked with both dump truck and the fabulous yo la tengo), cellist oli kraus (who's worked with sia and duffy) and upright bassist tom freund.



here's the lead single, starlight - which might come across initially as dark in both terms of tone and lyrics, eventually lightens up in the chorus as it breaks open.



i couldn't see a thing tonight

not one star

not one star shone for you



i add a little candlelight

to get through

oh, i couldn't see the moon tonight

not one wave

not one wave was out for you

no, i couldn't see the pale moonlight

not one part

not one wave was coming through

and i'm terrified to look outside

because i need you



(mp3) starlight by rachael yamagata



want to see rachael in concert? check her out at one of the following dates:



OCTOBER

24th Portland, ME Port City Music Hall

25th Burlington, VT Higher Ground Lodge

27th Ithaca, NY Deliah’s

28th Northampton, MA Iron Horse

30th Boston, MA Brighton Music Hall

31st Philadelphia, PA World Café Live



NOVEMBER

1st Washington, DC Birchmere

2nd Baltimore, MD Sound Stage

4th Brooklyn, NY Knitting Factory

5th Pittsburgh, PA Club Café

7th Detroit, MI St Andrews Hall

8th Chicago, IL Logan Square

10th Milwaukee, WI Turner Ballroom

11th Minneapolis, MN Fine Line

12th Davenport, IA Redstone Room

14th Kansas City, KS Record Bar

16th Denver, CO Larimer Lounge

18th Salt Lake City, UT State Room

20th Spokane, WA A Club

21st Vancouver, BC Media Club

22nd Seattle, WA Crocodile

23rd Portland, OR Doug Fir

25th San Francisco, CA Slim’s

26th Santa Barbara, CA Soho Restaurant & Music Club

28th San Diego, CA Casbah

29th Los Angeles, CA Troubadour

30th Tuscon, AZ Crescent Ballroom



DECEMBER

2nd Austin, TX Parish

3rd Houston, TX Fitzgerald’s Upstairs

4th Dallas, TX The Loft

5th Tulsa, OK Cain’s Ballroom – 2nd Stage

7th St. Louis, MO Blueberry Hill

8th Nashville, TN 12th and Porter

9th Birmingham, AL Work Play

10th Atlanta, GA Vinyl

12th Knoxville, TN Relix Theatre

13th Charlotte, NC Visulite Theatre

15th Chapel Hill, NC Local 506

16th Charlottesville, VA The Southern

17th Louisville, KY Headliners

18th Columbus, OH The Basement

20th Hoboken, NJ Maxwell’s

21st New York, NY City Winery

22nd New York, NY City Winery



chesapeake, the album starlight is off of, will be released via frankenfish records on october 11th..