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About Me

On Stage, Courtney Yasmineh brings the smoldering, wink-and-a-nod pop gems she’s written for her debut full-length album, Sufi Line, to life with a particular passion and fire. Her unique, heart-rending pipes instantly place her in a category all her own, yet her insistent, rebellious delivery mingled with a sharp musical sensibility and a knack for snapping off bait-and-hook couplets bring to mind a more seductive Drive-By Truckers, or perhaps a decidedly less folky Beth Orton.
Despite the classy front lobby, behind the velvet-curtained doors of Miss Yasmineh’s personal musical saloon lies a maze of unrequited desires, pain-wracked self-realization, and good old down n’ dirty love tales –- it’s been said before about more obvious releases, but this one really was made to play loud. Sufi Line is an album fans of soulful, from-the-heart pop/rock with a slightly twisted, self-deprecating grin will be delighted to discover.
PRAISE FOR THE TOUR "One of the Top 5 new local acts."
- J on Bream, Star Tribune Music Editor

" A throwback to the best 1990s' chick pop-rock, Yasmineh teases like The Divinyls and broods like Liz Phair. "
- Sara Henning, Duluth News Tribune Music Editor

"Promising newcomer Courtney Yasmineh... has a golden soul-rocker voice and a sound like Joan Osborne , and her songs such as Blindsided Again and Let the Boat Burn feature an edgy, you-took-my-joy grit that would make Lucinda Williams proud."
- Chris Riemenschneider, Minneapolis Music Critic

"Yasmineh's album Sufi L ine , which features Honeydogs keyboardist Jeff Victor, recalls the bluesy, soulful approach of Joan Osborne or Sam Phillips ."
- Christopher Bahn, The Onion AV Club BUY THE ALBUM

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Member Since: 9/26/2005
Band Website: COURTNEYYASMINEH.com
Band Members: Courtney Yasmineh - vocals, guitar
Rob Genadek - drums
John Lehmkuhl - bass
Will Charlton - guitar

Jeff Victor, Dirk Freymuth, Dean Magraw, Jon Herchert, JT Bates, Enrique Toussaint, Jim Anton
Influences: my big brother's first girlfriend who played the guitar and sang, Bob Dylan, Emmylou Harris, Jack White with Meg and with Loretta, Kanye West's first record, the Gin Blossoms, Lou Reed, Paul Simon, Pink, Joan Jett, the guys in my band
Sounds Like: Natalie Merchant, Liz Phair, Fiona Apple, Janis Joplin, Lucinda Williams, Cat Power, Joan Jett, Suzanne Vega, Edie Brickell
Record Label: Stupid Bitch Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

back on the road in the midwest

sitting in a coffee house next to Minnesota State U waiting to do a TV deal after doing a radio deal earlier this morning. Paris one week, Mankato the next. Not really that much culture shock if you...
Posted by Courtney Yasmineh on Thu, 02 Nov 2006 08:44:00 PST

good to be in my own bed

everybody's asking, and the short answer is, the french scene suits me fine...the fashion, the food, the refinement, the architecture, the outdoor cafes anytime all the time, the wine everywhere all t...
Posted by Courtney Yasmineh on Thu, 26 Oct 2006 05:53:00 PST

Paris

Paris has been blissful.  Can't wait to get back to mpls where the band has some rolicking good times in store.
Posted by Courtney Yasmineh on Sat, 21 Oct 2006 02:39:00 PST

do what we do best

played a show with the band Thursday night that reminded me why we do what we do...easy to lose sight of the music through a forest of gear and negotiations...but when we rock, we rock and that's all ...
Posted by Courtney Yasmineh on Mon, 18 Sep 2006 05:33:00 PST

new record

The new record is coming together...we started with twenty-five songs which is a huge accomplishment for me since in the past I started with like eight and wrote a couple more along the way...twenty-f...
Posted by Courtney Yasmineh on Wed, 13 Sep 2006 11:47:00 PST

latest tour news

we have played our asses off all summer on every sort of indoor and outdoor stage...in the early morning on the radio, in the afternoon at festivals, in the evening and late late at night in clubs a...
Posted by Courtney Yasmineh on Thu, 07 Sep 2006 12:52:00 PST

itunes songs

we've got all the latest tunes on itunes so tune in...sufi line is alive and well  cy...
Posted by Courtney Yasmineh on Thu, 07 Sep 2006 12:46:00 PST

touring and writing and having fun

the touring's really been great, thanks to all the fun people who've given us a warm welcome in their town...in the meantime I am feverishly working on new material for the next record...we'll start r...
Posted by Courtney Yasmineh on Thu, 07 Sep 2006 12:43:00 PST

six a.m. on the radio

drive to an even colder town and play on the radio...hope the guy asks me who my influences have been...hope the guy's nice...they're almost always nice and funny....everything's a little fucked at si...
Posted by Courtney Yasmineh on Wed, 22 Mar 2006 12:56:00 PST

on the road

thanks to all the new fans we're meeting as we start up our sufi line regional tour! driving around to other towns and talking to DJs at independent radio stations...they ask you what your influences ...
Posted by Courtney Yasmineh on Mon, 30 Jan 2006 05:32:00 PST