Album Notes

Paula Clarke sounds great on Before and Now (Scorcher ), a brand-new collection of tunes
Rooted in the classics. Covering" Baby Be True" from the Heptones, Marcia Griffith''s
"Peaceful Woman" and Carl Dawkins' " Baby I Love You" she shows another side-or two--
with the likes of "Survivor," " Do You Think I"m Sexy" and" When Will I See You Again,"
Jamaica originals like "My Man" and" Breaking Up" are given a soulful slant while
"Ain"t No Love" gets a reggae underpinning. Nice" house band" arrangements add a stately roots feel to" I May Never (See My Baby )" and scorch on the likes of" Fire"
(originally written, for those of you who keep track of such things, by Bruce Springsteen)
Best of Paula's sweet and relaxed vocal style reminds us what's so great about female
vocals in reggae as she glides effortlessly over the tracks in a manner that call to mind
Hortense Ellis, Doreen Schaeffer or Judy Mowatt. Niceness. Chuck Foster (KPFK Radio)