An aries the Nature Isle,
Dominica,
Harella Salisha Georges is
the second child of Charlesworth
Ross Georges Sr. and Henrietta
Georges five children.
Harella and her family moved
the BVI in 1989 and has called
the beautiful island Tortola
home ever since.
Shortly after her transition to
the Virgin Islands (British),
and following in the footsteps
of her older sister, Harella
began singing at public venues
at age eight. She recalls her
most memorable first time
performance at the church her
family attended where she did a
rendition of Susan Best’s ‘No
time for second best’. “It was
the most exhilarating thing I
ever felt. From that day I knew
singing was what I wanted to
do.”
Harella's exposure to and
love for music was not limited
to one genre but ranged from
Gospel, to Reggae, Pop, Calypso
and Soca. This love drew her to
a mixture of vocal styles and
performing energies by artist
such as Celine Dion, Lucky Dube,
Whitney Houston, Michael Bolton
and Gloria Estefan to name a
few. The styles of these artist
helped shaped Harella’s unique
style as we know it today.
After leaving High School
Harella sought out different
outlets to perform or create her
own music. It was not until 2003
however, she was granted the
opportunity when one of the
Virgin Islands (British) best
calypso bands ‘Xtreme’ was in
search of a female vocalist.
Though not versed in the world
of calypso or soca at the time,
Harella willingly jumped at the
opportunity with much eagerness
to learn and deliver beyond
expectation.
And deliver beyond expectation
she did. Finally her musical
career took off and began to
climb to the top. She went from
local calypso performances to,
performing ‘wine on me’ with
Onyan of Antigua at a local
release party for VP Records.
She then shared the stage with
some of the most accomplished
female artists in the Soca
industry, such as Allison Hinds,
Denese Belfon, Destra Garcia,
Michelle Sylvester, Denise
Plummer, and Claudette Peters,
male artist include regional and
international acts such as Baby
Cham, Machel Montano, Mr. Vegas,
Shurwayne Winchester, Biggie
Irie, I-Wayne, Krosfyah, Da Band
and Jam Band, just to name a
few.
Realizing a need to continue the
legacy of Soca and Calypso
through the generations yet to
come,
Harella began the quest of
song writing. Her first song she
co-wrote with her then Band
Xtreme, “All About me” for their
2004 album Right in Time. The
band went on and together they
produced another successful hit
‘Wuk You’.
In 2005 “Lonely Am I” debuted
taking the Virgin Islands by
force as it received maximum
airplay at major radio stations.
It was now evident ‘Harella
is not a seasonal artist
(festival), as her songs were
now played throughout the year.
2006 she dropped ‘We Belong”, an
adaptation of Pat Benatar’s
original. If the message was not
clear before, this song with its
catchy hook “if you know how I
feel you should wuk on my bumpa”
firmly confirmed, this young
lady (Harella Georges) has
something remarkable to offer
the music industry.
Her biggest recognition to date
came in May of 2007 when she was
named DIVA for the British
Virgin Islands Music Festival
where she performed alongside
Denese Belfon, Destra Garcia and
Allison Hinds.
With her remarkable vocal range,
clarity, unique style and stage
appearance,
Harella is the artist to
monitor in 2008, as she enters
the industry like the eye of a
storm, still and peaceful, then
lethal when unexpected.
Her new release “Higher” has
being making waves on the radio.
Her follow up release “Give it
to me” also has many listening.
Stay tuned for much more to come
from
Harella. To get more of the
music you can go to
http://www.myspace.com/harella
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