Laura Rabell is no stranger to taking risks: she and her husband left bank jobs in Charlotte, NC to pursue her dream of becoming a full-time songwriter in Nashville. On the day Rabell finished mixing her debut album, Immortal, she received her breast cancer diagnosis. Rabell spoke with More Than a Cowgirl about her romance with country music, her fascination with what she calls femme noir, and the production of her music video “The Mirror,” a song originally about building self-esteem that has come to be a chapter in Rabell’s cancer treatment. The video, as we discuss below, documents many of the wigs and outfits Rabell performed in while she was receiving chemotherapy.