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Author: Raya Yarbrough

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Raya Yarbrough is an award-winning singer, songwriter, composer, recording artist, and writer born in Los Angeles. She has been recognized for her narrative lyric style, drawing on the tradition of jazz vocalese, honest storytelling, and free verse poetry. While she’s best known for her vocal work on the hit series Outlander and Battlestar Galactica, she has been captivating audiences with her original music for years.
  • Where She Wants to Be

    Where She Wants to Be

    “Watching her for technique, my hip sockets suffered vicariously. Despite the relentless, repetitive movement, her core – I mean the core of her disposition – was solid. Under the turquoise eyeliner and above the bounce of her chest, she possessed an immovable, laser-locked sense of calm.”