Photo by Laura Crosta Just kiss me, we’ll be okay. Perhaps the mark of a great songwriter is his or her ability to make you feel at opposite ends of the emotional spectrum. So when Rachael Yamagata is able to completely torture me on the same damn album, well, that’s when I take notice. Rachael, … Read more
Peter Wolf Crier | Image courtesy of Jagjaguwar The Radio Cure provides you a smattering of great tracks (all at once!) to cure you of your radio blues. Burn ’em on a mix CD, and there you have it. Peter Wolf Crier – Settling It Off A down tempo footstomper (is that an oxymoron?), “Settling … Read more
The Hotel Cafe in Los Angeles has produced numerous singer-songwriters: Joshua Radin, Cary Brothers, Rachael Yamagata — the lists goes on and on. If you’ve got something to say — if you can write a song — you will find your way, it seems. Just ask the latest Hotel Cafe sensation, the Dutch-born Laura Jansen. … Read more
On Wednesday evening in Saint Louis, Rachael Yamagata will be bringing her new songs to Blueberry Hill (purchase tickets here), including the stellar “Even If I Don’t,” a tune you need to hear right now. Seriously, right now (the video is cool, too). The last time the singer-songwriter was in town, she thrilled us with … Read more
Check out songs 100-76 and 75-51. Keep up with our ever growing list on Spotify! 50 The Black Keys – Lonely Boy [buy the album] [more Black Keys on Speakers] 49 Steve Earle – Waitin’ on the Sky [buy the album] [more Earle on Speakers] 48 Frightened Rabbit – Fuck This Place [buy the album] … Read more
Remember when Rachael Yamagata opened for The Swell Season at The Pageant in December of 2009 and blew your minds to little fragments, like those pieces of confetti that are still falling from The Pageant’s ceiling thanks to The Flaming Lips? Well, Ms. Yamagata is coming back, this time to Blueberry Hill on Wednesday, December … Read more