ARTIST: Therina Bella
TITLE: Waiting for a Ghost
LABEL: Eyelash Wish Records
GENRE: Indie
BITRATE: 195kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 42m total
RELEASE DATE: 2006-00-00
RIP DATE: 2006-08-16
Track List
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1. Escape 4:35
2. Forever 4:59
3. 52904 4:26
4. Ghost 5:11
5. Deep Breath 3:37
6. Southern Comfort 3:15
7. Terrible Girl 4:04
8. Bones (Widow Song) 3:53
9. Waiting 4:30
10. Goodnight 3:32
Release Notes:
http://www.therinabella.com/
http://www.myspace.com/therinabella
Therina Bella believes in friendly ghosts and guardian angels. Every time the
young New Yorker is in a sticky situation, (like abrupt unemployment) she always
seems to come out of it virtually unscathed, (like a better job opportunity days
later.) She credits her good luck to divine intervention and old world
superstition. ôI happen to know someone with a lot of pull in the spirit world
these days.ö She says.
Therina Bella was born, Catherina-Ann Borges, a little over two decades ago to a
Portuguese American Carpenter and an Italian American Waitress. She was the
youngest among 3 much older siblings who had her listening to Led Zeppelin and
David Bowie before she could speak. Growing up she loved to sing and play the
piano. She wrote songs and poetry and at 16 took up guitar. In college she
studied classical voice and earned a B.F.A in Music from HarlemÆs City College.
. Her songs were featured on MTVÆs, ôThe Real Worldö and on XBOX video game
soundtracks. She fronted several bands and played solo-acoustic shows all over
NY.
Throughout her musical pursuits, her most supportive fan was by far her father.
ôHe drove me to every show, helped me carry equipment, cheered me on from the
crowd. He was an amazing dad. Not too many people are blessed with a father like
that.ö
Therina BellaÆs father died unexpectedly in May of 2004, just days before her
college graduation. She was devastated. ôWhen he died, in order to keep my
sanity, I went to work right away and tried not to think about it too much. My
coping mechanism was to work a mindless desk job and pretend nothing was wrong.
I stopped playing music because it reminded me of him. I stopped sleeping
because when I closed my eyes, my mind would race with thoughts about the night
he died.ö
It was during one of these early insomniac mornings, at 3:30am that she finally
dusted off her guitar and began to strum. A few hours later several songs that
were to become her latest effort, ôWaiting For A Ghostö, were composed. ôI
buried my grief deep inside me so I was able to put up a strong front around my
family and friends. When the songs began to unfold, that grief gathered strength
and had a voice I was forced to listen to.ö
"Waiting For A Ghost" will be released this summer on Eyelash Wish Records.