Hey y'all,

Been a great month for me. It started with a review on
indie-music.com. The review is available on my website.

***I was featured today in the weekend section of the Chapel Hill News.

This is my gig list for the month:
7/1--- Border's in Chapel Hill from 8_10pm
7/3--- Unitarian Church 9am and 11am
7/4--- Festival for the Eno 5:15pm River stage
7/9--- Francesca's in Durham 8-10pm
7/10---Borders in Raleigh 3:00pm
7/31---Bluebird Cafe in Nashville

THere are a few more that are unconfirmed ...keep an eye on my
website:www.yasmusic.com

Next month I'll be travelling to Georgia, South Carolina and up north
to Virginia and possibly DC. I'll keep ya posted.

Hope to see you soon,
stay cool,
Yasmine

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CHAPEL HILL NEWS
June 28, 2005

Letting the music happen
Local songwriter hits her creative stride with new CD and busy performing schedule.

Chapel Hill's Yasmine White has earned international recognition for her songwriting, with a new CD that features tracks influenced by a range of music from folk to electronic.


By DAVE HART, STAFF WRITER


CHAPEL HILL — One day two years ago, Yasmine White’s husband Jim approached her with a sheet of paper in his hand.
“He said, ‘Sign this,’ ” Yasmine said. “So I signed it. I didn’t even look at it. That could be unwise in some situations, I know, but I trust him.”

She scrawled her signature on the sheet. After that she gave the exchange not another thought. Then one day some months later, the phone rang.

“I answered, and the person said, ‘Congratulations, you’re a finalist in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest,’ ” she said. “I didn’t know what that was. I said, ‘OK, I guess that’s good.’ ”

She didn’t realize at the moment how good. The Lennon contest is an annual international songwriting competition begun by Yoko Ono in 1997 and judged by the likes of James Brown, Elton John, Judy Collins, Carlos Santana, Bjork and other heavy hitters.

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INDIE-MUSIC.COM - Derek Blackmon

June 4,2005

On her second full-length release, Chapel Hill’s Yasmine White continues to prove that talent only takes time to be fully recognized. Somebody’s paying attention though. With a CV that already includes second place in the Folk category of the John Lennon Song Writing Contest and an honorable mention in Billboard’s World Song Contest, it’s a wonder that no one else is lucky enough to have discovered the area’s latest wunderkind.

At first glance, Chapel Hill seems like a very unlikely place to spawn such an eclectic sound, but this town is no stranger to talent, having bred the likes of Mojo Nixon, Chris Stamey and Archers of Loaf.

The opening track on this eponymous release, “In My Mind” has a lovely Carly Simon feel that really grabs you. It’s smooth, easy listening that invites you in and makes you feel comfortable. “I Almost Trusted You” has a heartbreaking effect that would make most guys come to their senses when they realize that we can, in fact, be jerks when it comes to love:

Thick as hope, quick as a rope
I tied around my neck thinking
I could save you
Thick as life, quick as a knife
Go ahead and cut my heart out

“Love” is a slow jazz ballad painting that feeling of longing in all its glory, and with lyrics like “Some say that love is a poison, a delicious, tempting dish,” how can you argue? When you have it, love is the greatest feeling in the world, and when it’s gone, it can break down even the strongest of men.

“Starve Me” is the track that really hits you in the solar plexus. Vocally, this song sounds like Sarah McLaughlin filtered through Hejira-era Joni Mitchell. At times, this will make you feel like you are soaring through clouds with the simplest chorus repeating “Oh - Save me.” Great lyrics are best when they are sparse and don’t require a lot.

“See Her Whirl” is the standout track here, featuring Caitlyn Cary (Tres Chicas, Whiskeytown) on violin and harmony vocals. Cary kicks a breath of fresh air into an already easy flowing breeze. This little ditty, pondering lost love in the golden years, will have you shadow dancing in the halls, hoping that you feel this well when senility takes control.

Immediately it is striking how well Yasmine White is able to consistently touch that innate yearning for love that we all share. It speaks in so many different ways, but yet at the same time it manages to speak to us all.


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