Rachael Yamagata live in concert.
ON TOUR

Rachael Yamagata

23
critic concert reviews
folk

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

72
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Based on 
23
critic concert
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Last 12 Months Rating  
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Critic Consensus

Based on 23 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Rachael Yamagata is rated as a watchable live performer, with shows that lack distinction. Rachael Yamagata concert reviews describe live shows and performances as engaging, emotional, emotive, inventive, and intense.

ON TOUR

Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis, United States (October 19); Moroccan Lounge, Los Angeles, United States (October 24)

FESTIVALS IN 2024

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Latest Release

Heartache Moon (2022)

Artist Info

Genre
folk
Origin
Arlington County, United States (9/23/1977)
Bio
Rachael Yamagata (born on September 23, 1977 in Arlington, Virginia) is a singer-songwriter. She plays piano and acoustic guitar, and her dark, smokey alto garners frequent comparisons to Fiona Apple.
Has Performed With

Critic Concert Reviews

Music In Minnesota (USA)

February 9, 2018
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Rachael Yamagata's ‘Tragically Beautiful' Performance at the Icehouse

Americana (UK)

November 21, 2017
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“Oh, you need to get up here” says Rachael Yamagata. The young man in middle of the sixth row needs no more encouragement as he skips out of his seat nimbly and bounds up on to the high stage to join her on Let Me Be Your Girl, arguably her most commercial and instantly catchy song to date.

RockShot Magazine (UK)

November 23, 2016
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Playing a mixture of old and new songs, ranging from soft sway-along ballads to ultra raspy rock tunes, Yamagata was supported by promising new acts, Tragicomedies and The Gildings.

Seattle Music News (USA)

October 20, 2016
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Rachael Yamagata Walks A Gut Wrenching Live Line

The Orange County Register (USA)

June 27, 2013
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But that wasn’t the case Wednesday night when her appropriately titled Dealbreaker Heart Tour descended upon an intimately rustic Constellation Room in Santa Ana.

The Guardian (UK)

February 25, 2009
80
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If this half-Japanese songwriter from New York is known for one thing it's emotional frankness: she is one of those people who when asked how they are will tell you.

Glide Magazine (USA)

December 19, 2008
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I just have to tell you, I love you all sexually, said Yamagata to the equally charged crowd at her sold out Bowery Ballroom show.

Past critic reviews published in

Scenestr (Australia), The Music (Australia), Scenestr (Australia), The Music (Australia), Scenestr (Australia) and more

Image Credit

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