It was when shooting the music video for “Misfits & Losers” in New Orleans that Courtney Yasmineh received a warning immortalized in the opening minute of her most recent LP, High Priestess and the Renegade.
“Fortune teller down in New Orleans drew a Tower Card; you know what that means.
He said ‘Beware doll, you’re bound to fall,’ and ever since that day I’ve been falling.”
In this, the first of two long-form video interviews with Courtney Yasmineh to be released ahead of her early-evening “Songwriters’ Showcase” event with Hannah von der Hoff at Mortimer’s on Thursday, May 31st, Yasmineh reflects on her creative life since that moment. As well as three in-studio performances recorded, mixed and mastered at the Minnehaha Recording Company, this video interview features readings and reflections from Yasmineh’s recent novel “A Girl Called Sydney: The Coldest Place.”
You can catch Courtney Yasmineh and fellow songwriter Hannah von der Hoff at Mortimer’s Bar between 6 and 8 pm on the final day of this month, Thursday May 31st. Between now and then, Back to the City will release second long-form interview with Yasmineh, including an in-depth discussion of every song on her new LP, “High Priestess and the Renegade.”