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Balancing Act (2010) now available!

MUSIC AND LYRICS


 
Out of My Hands (2012)
Hadley Music Group
CD Release: 2012

Tracks:
1) Better Than Me
2) Cynics Hate Hollywood
3) Out of My Hands
4) The World Below
5) Fisherman's Wife
6) Gypsy
7) One Soul Desire
8) Winter Season
9) One Second Flat
10) Long Night
11) Tiny Little Things
 

"With her newest CD, Out Of My Hands, Natasha Borzilova solidifies her place among the brightest and most talented singer/songwriters of her generation. The eleven songs that comprise this work explore relationships and life stories in a deeply personal yet peaceful perspective and it comes off exceedingly well. Natasha has always had one of the finest voices and musically fresh approaches of anyone in this genre. Out of My Hands shows that she is as capable as anyone of crafting lyrics to match her other exceptional talents. This CD is certain to become a classic."

 -Craig Huegel/Host, The Monday Morning Show, WMNF, Tampa, FL
Balancing Act (2010)
Hadley Music Group
CD Release: September 21, 2010

Tracks:
1) Ghost
2) Anything At All
3) Water and Wood
4) Balancing Act
5) Fine Print
6) Zip It
7) Want You To Stay
8) Paper Wings
9) End of September
10) Power's In Her Hands
11) Rechka
 

"Balancing Act" is composed of ten beautiful songs written by Natasha Borzilova and a traditional Russian folk atmosphere featuring an intriguing mix of acoustic country and reminiscences on which the fresh and beautiful voice of the protagonist is the icing on the cake. "Water and Wood", "End Of September" (duet with Billy Montana), "Ghost", the crystalline "Want You To Stay", the relaxed "Paper Wings" and the aforementioned traditional "Rechka" are the most interesting moments of an album that will be a nice surprise for those who love the great female voices."

 
- Remo Ricaldone, PlanetCountry
Cheap Escape (2008)
Hadley Music Group
CD Release: April 21, 2008

Tracks:
1) I'm Angry
2) Cheap Escape
3) Don't Stop
4) October Blue
5) Last Touch
6) How Do You Do That
7) Real Fight
8) Dear Diary
9) Matches
10) Fatal One Day
11) Something I Never Knew About Love

 

"Sometimes a voice is so striking, emotional, and timeless that it doesn't matter what language the singer is singing to appreciate it. This was the case when I first heard Natasha singing a folk song in her native Russian. When combined with meaningful, introspective, and intimately personal lyrics like those on 'Cheap Escape' the result is music with undeniable depth and substance. One can only hope there is more where this came from."
 
- Luke Wooten /Grammy award winning engineer and Associate producer of Dierks Bentley, Bering Strait, Josh Gracin, and TheLost Trailers,  Producer of The SteelDrivers

"Natasha Borzilova, an easy summer breeze on the verge of whippin' into an afternoon thunder storm in the stroke of a pen. I see her that way and smile because this is a woman who knows exactly what she wants in her music and will not let go of a song until it fits her like a tailored jacket. Her writing style is so fresh and at the same time as seasoned as an ancient poet. I find that when I write with her I am learning to let go of the "safe way of saying things" and embracing her uncanny good sense of telling a tale as only she can. I am a fortunate co-writer who so appreciates what Natasha brings to the table. Her melodies and command of the guitar inspire me every time. I am loving that her first solo CD is finally here. This very talented singer, guitarist and songwriter needs to be heard. She has so much to say and floating in the midst of her most beautiful guitar work you will hear her loud and clear!"
  -
Donna Ulisse/recording artist and co-writer of “Cheap Escape”

 

Bering Strait: Pages (2005)
Universal South Records
CD Release: June 28, 2005

Tracks:
1) Safe In My Lover's Arms
2) Oy, Moroz, Moroz
3) From Ankara to Izmir
4) Long Time Comin'
5) Just Imagine
6) Pages
7) You Make Lovin' Fun
8) Cruel Man
9) What's For Dinner
10) Choose Your Partner
11) It Hurts Just A Little

 

"'While many new acts eminating out of Music Row struggle to concoct a 'story' that will help sell their music, Bering Strait comes complete with a story so compelling it's already inspired 'The Ballad of Bering Strait,' an acclaimed documentary film. When their self-titled 2003 debut album picked up a Grammy nomination for Best Country Instrumental Performance, the press and the public begain to talk less about their funny accents and hard-to-pronounce names and more about what mattered - the extraordinary music of this Russian-born, bluegrass-bred band. With sublime country-soul harmonies, relentless rhythms and flaming dobro licks, PAGES, Bering Strait's sophomore release fulfills the adventurous musical promise of their amazing story." - Press Release

 

The Ballad of Bering Strait (2003)
Koch Lorber Films
DVD Release: May 20, 2003

Feature Listing:
1) Feature Film
2) "Bearing Straight" Music Video
3) Theatrical Trailers
4) Extended Scenes
5) Exclusive Live Concert Footage


 
"'The Ballad of Bering Strait' is a cinema-verite film following seven Russian teenagers who have come to America to become country music stars. Principle photography began in July 1999 when the band, Bering Strait, entered the United States and began recording their first album in Nashville. The film documents the band responding to the twists and turns of the recording industry, rehearsing for their tour, preparing for their debut concert at the Grand Ole Opry, charting the course for their career with their managers, and living every-day life on the farm where they reside in rural Tennessee. The crew traveled with the band to their homes in Obninsk, Russia and to their music conservatories in Moscow, documenting how these two girls and five boys became so adept at playing American country music. The film culminates with the band's arrival on the U.S. stage at Wolf Trap National Park. "The Ballad of Bering Strait" is a two and a half year epic that follows Bering Strait's amazing cultural fusion-coming of age journey in America." - Emerging Pictures
 

 
Bering Strait: Bering Strait (2003)
Universal South Records
CD Release Date: January 14, 2003

Track Listing:

1) What Is It About You
2) Tell Me Tonight
3) I Could Be Persuaded
4) When Going Home
5) I'm Not Missing You
6) I Could Use A Hero
7) Trouble With Love, The
8) Jagged Edge Of A Broken Heart
9) Only This Love
10) Bearing Straight
11) Porushka-Paranya
12) Like A Child - (live)

 

"The name chosen for this country music sextet of Russian ex-pats, taken from the submerged land bridge between Russia and Alaska, is rife with symbolism, as they've chosen to pursue a musical path that's led them from a classical music conservatory right into the heart of Nashville, Tennessee. Most of the band's self-titled debut is contemporary, radio-friendly fare. Lead singer Natasha Borzilova belies nary a hint of a Russian accent and instead falls somewhere between sounding like Pam Tillis and Faith Hill on ballads like "I Could Be Persuaded" and "I'm Not Missing You" as well as more up-tempo numbers like "When Going Home" and "Tell Me Tonight." Hints of the band's other talents can be heard on the live, mid-tempo "Like a Child" and "Bearing Straight," the Bela Fleck-flavored instrumental that nabbed these Obninsk natives a Grammy nomination. Bering Strait's cultural exchange works to the point where their inclusion of the Russian-sung country song "Porushka-Paranya" flows as effortlessly as anything by the Dixie Chicks or any other Nashville act." - Half.com