Courtney Yasmineh has recorded and performed with fine musicians Dean Magraw, Dirk Freymouth, Bill Mike, Jim Anton (Johnny Lang), Charley Drayton(B52's, Don Henley, Fiona Apple), Rob Genadek(Peter Himmelman, John Gorka, Keri Noble), Enrique Toussaint(SACBE international jazz), Jeff Victor(Honeydogs), JT Bates, Noah Levy, James Buckley, Matt Novachis, Jon Herchert, Joshua Stookey, John Lemkuhl, Will Charleton
THIS SUMMER COURTNEY WILL BE OUT AND ABOUT WITH A NEW TRIO: COURTNEY ON ELECTRIC AND ACOUSTIC GUITARS AND VOCALS, ROB GENADEK ON DRUMS AND SAMPLES FROM THE NEW RECORD, AND JOHN LEHMKUHL WITH HIS ARSENAL OF ELECTRIC GUITARs AND EXTREME COLLECTION OF EFFECTS. (The new live show is energetic and rockin'. Courtney comes off as somewhere between joan jett and lucinda williams, with a chrissy hind and the pretenders middleground.)
Influences
Courtney Yasmineh's songwriting has been influenced by the work of Bob Dylan, Cat Stevens, early Elton John, John Lennon, Stevie Nicks, Paul Simon's Graceland record, Peter Gabriel's solo work, Suzanne Vega, Joan Jett, Nancy Griffith, The Gin Blossoms, The Wallflowers, Bright Eyes, one song from Folk Implosion, Kanye West's first record and his new fourth record, Emmylou Harris and Daniel Lanois on Wrecking Ball, Billy Jo Armstrong's writing on the American Idiot record, the Dixie Chicks last record, Tegan and Sara, the Clash, Annie Lennox, Amy Winehouse, Cheryl Crow, Lucinda Williams, track 2 of the Fleet Foxes record...........and the literary works of Charles Dickens, Theodore Dreiser, Willa Cather, Thomas Moore, Marcel Proust and Emile Zola, John Steinbeck, George Eliot........the list is ever expanding
Sounds Like
feist meets cat power meets fiona apple meets tom waits and leonard cohen at bob dylan's house
In the summer of 2009 Courtney will release a brand new collection of her most innovative and yet accessible material to date. Working with long time collaborator, the nationally acclaimed producer Rob Genadek, Courtney has fleshed out her unique musical vision on these tracks.
Stupid Bitch Records is an independent label, under which Courtney has put out all of her recordings since 2002. All Stupid Bitch Records recordings are available on cdbaby and itunes. The Lucinda Williams, Bob Dylan inspired acoustic ep EARLY DAYS includes Courtney's classic ode to an idol "Married to Bob" and the smoldering "Heart of a Man". SUFI LINE, Courtney's full length release from 2005 is a Daniel Lanois, Emmylou Harris styled collection of gritty ballads of love and redemption with hard-driving blues rock overtones.
Courtney's recordings have been played on local, regional, and national radio. "Sodapop Girl" from the SUFI LINE record was included on Lufthansa Airlines in flight playlist summer of '08. Courtney's recordings have also had radio play in the Netherlands, Germany, and Scandinavia.
sorry it's taking me a bit to reply, I'm trying to track down my dad for the past few days to see if saturday, october 6th works for him... how does that sound for you?
This is it! THE show of the year. we are celebrating the release of our new cd "ANNO MMIX" with a FREE show. we have gathered our closest friends in CWN ANNWN, URN and RISINGFALL to celebrate with us.
PLUS - we will be selling metal vinyl, videos, dvd's and cd's from the ROOT OF ALL EVIL empire! so even if you don't like the bands, come to shop!
this will be the last show til the winter so DON'T MISS IT! It's FREE for fup sake!
Just a friendly reminder that Private Press releases from Doug Knight and Disguise the Sky are available at Amazon and itunes....if you haven't already, gallop over to those sites and purchase em!
You have surely heard about the tragic death of a brave young woman who was murdered in Iran just for peacefully protesting with her father on the streets of Teheran.
that sounds good. I don't think I'll do any recording, but I'd love to see the studio and do a show! We'll have to do it in early august though, because after the 20th I'm doin some total road trippin'. But one of the first two weekends of august will work
I listened to both Nina's and your new cds. I liked both of them, not surprisingly. I must tell you though, "Hurt a Girl" is INCREDIBLE! you should put that on your page soon! Maybe release it as a single? it rocks! Courtney, it's one of if not THEE best songs you've ever written in my opinion.
Hope to see you soon, and say hello to Jenny Dalton for me please : )
I'm really getting into the new CD. I may be reviewing it ahead of my anticipated review release? Thanks for the great music! Sincerely, Quentin "Q5" Quirk (MUEN Magazine)
C~ Hi missed you this week. My producer Chad thinks your amazing, he took the demo you gave me, hahhaaa so I may need another one. Im coming to see you at the Vast show on May 18th at Station 4. Hope your night went well and I will see you soon! hugs, jammy
Definitely :} Appreciate the kind words - We love your recordings, they're very well done and you have an outstanding voice. Let us know of upcoming shows we'd love to come see you again if we can.
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