“I could tell I was living in a world / that wasn’t made for brown-skinned girls,” sings Raye Zaragoza at the start of “The It Girl,” the new song from the award-winning singer-songwriter. Against a ...

Raye Zaragoza knows what it’s like to be a part of a community that exists outside of the American mainstream. Her father is an indigenous individual, and her mother is of Japanese descent. Zaragoza ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We spoke to Raye Zaragoza about her music and its connections to the social issues important to her. RAYE ZARAGOZA: I just, I ...

While the last six years have provided much fuel for protest music, few have done it with as much clarity and musicality as Raye Zaragoza. Zaragoza, who is of Japanese, Mexican, and indigenous descent ...

Multicultural activist Raye Zaragoza’s single “The It Girl” reveals her struggles with love and acceptance as a multicultural brown woman. Produced by Tucker Martine (who has worked with First Aid Kit ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For Indigenous singer-songwriter Raye Zaragoza, who is of Akimel O’otham descent, standing up for women has become an anthem in ...

Raye Zaragoza can sing about the “American Dream” from a potent perspective. The singer-songwriter comes from mixed heritage, including the Native American O’odham tribe. She knows her way around a ...

Raye Zaragoza (pronounced ray zay-rah-GO-zah) is an award-winning singer-songwriter who carries an acoustic guitar and a message. Her quiet yet powerful song "In the River," written in response to the ...

“They say that folk music’s for the elite, the wise and the old with the college degree, a $40 ticket and a $15 drink,” sings Raye Zaragoza in the opening bars to her Harvest-channeling new single ...

It’s been 20 years since she picked up her first acoustic guitar, but folk singer Raye Zaragoza says she still fields the occasional quizzical look from strangers. “When I first started playing folk ...

RAYE ZARAGOZA: I just, I really would love if any of my songs could inspire other young women, especially women of color, to feel a little less ashamed. You know? That's exactly what I want to do.