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Rachael Yamagata: Elephants…Teeth Sinking Into Heart

By Evan Sawdey

Propulsive singer-songwriter emerges from four years of label wrangling with a two-disc set that separates her personality between balladeer and rocker, with all of her compelling dynamics lost in the chasm between both sides. [17 October 2008]

Rachael Yamagata: Happenstance

By Katie Zerwas

Rachael Yamagata: Rachael Yamagata EP

By Marc Hogan