Rachael Yamagata

Singer songwriter Rachael Yamagata returns with music from Starlit Alchemy, her long awaited fifth studio album — a cinematic, soul searching journey through grief, resilience, and renewal. Known for her unmistakable voice and emotionally fearless writing, Yamagata leans into transformation on this record, written across years of personal upheaval and creative rebuilding in her Catskills home studio.
A fiercely independent artist since her early breakout with Happenstance, Yamagata has spent two decades forging a distinctive path with her raw, intimate performances and genre defying songwriting. Starlit Alchemy marks her most cohesive and intentional work yet — an album meant to be experienced as a full arc, one song flowing into the next, charting a map of becoming.