The track, “Sidedish Friend,” is that tongue-in-cheek?
It is tongue-in-cheek. It’s fun. It’s definitely a situation that I think a lot of people have been in before. You can either see it as the main character as the one inviting someone to be [his or her] sidedish friend. I really meant it as having been invited and thinking, I don’t think that’s for me, but thanks for the invitation. It’s definitely got a lot of tongue-in-cheek in there.
You’re going on tour on your own for a couple weeks and then you’re hooking up with the Hotel Café tour at the end of October. How are your shows going to be different?
With the Hotel Café tour, we share a backing band. So I’d imagine we’d still have a couple full-on band members as well as the more intimate solo performances. The good thing about the Hotel Café tour is that you can kind of do either/or and it’s a short enough set where you can mix it up a little bit more. On the tour that I’m doing by myself, I’m bringing out a full band, which includes a cello player. And for the NY and L.A. shows, we’ll have a string quartet joining us.
Information regarding Rachael Yamagata’s tour dates and the October 7 release of Elephants…Teeth Sinking Into Heart is available at the artist’s official website.
Article comments
1 - Glen Boyd
Nicely done Donald. I'll have to check this out.
-Glen
2 - Jordan Richardson
Happenstance was a great album. Certainly looking forward to the next one.
Cool interview, Donald.