Kashena Sampson – Ghost Of Me

Kashena Sampson unveils a new single called “Ghost Of Me,” the title track to her forthcoming LP out on October 3.

“Ghost Of Me” is about feeling stagnant –  when you’re striving for a dream but you feel like you’re not getting any traction, while everyone around you seems to be thriving.

Of the song, she says: “Besides being a musician, I have also been a bartender at a music venue for the past 10 years to pay my bills. It’s a great job, but there are some nights that feel like my heart is breaking. Watching others live out the exact dream I’m still chasing, night after night. Having to put a smile on my face and serve industry people who’ve passed on me can be rough, and I can get real down on myself about it sometimes. ‘Ghost Of Me’ is about those moments. The times when I question my worth, and the internal struggle of not being where I would like to be in my music career. It’s about not giving up on my dreams even though at times it feels like it’s killing me.”

“Stuck in the same place, same routine,” she sings in “Ghost Of Me,” before a swell of gorgeous, nocturnal noise, full of swooning keyboards and atmospheric guitars, like a long-lost Roy Orbison classic reborn for a film noir soundtrack. This, however, is anything but the same routine. Kashena may have earned comparisons to Stevie Nicks with her previous two records, but here, she sounds like her own witchy woman. Like lead single “Rearview Mirror,”  “Ghost Of Me” is timed with the upcoming New Moon, a time for setting intentions.

Kashena grew up on the move, living abroad with her family before traveling the world by boat, a gig that found her paying her dues as a cruise ship singer as a young adult. That diverse upbringing is mirrored on Ghost Of Me, an album that spans genres, emotional depths, and astrological tides.

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