Paula Standing - The More I Give (2021)

This album is a heartfelt delivery of ten songs that share a musical history that would be the envy of many who call themselves singers. First let’s look at the voice: both, sweet and ethereal, laced with emotion. Songwriter: storyteller. Background: country, folk, touch of Celtic, family singalongs on the porch.

Paula worked closely with Rod McCormack, Lou Bradley and Gina Jeffreys (and a few of the students mentored by Gina) on this project and they can all be proud of the result. The first single Hiding Out In Tuscany, foreshadowed the album and promised plenty-and Paula has delivered.

Favourites include Call It Home, Heaven On Earth and Hiding Out In Tuscany, but this album should be listened to as a whole because there is a collectiveness that forces you to want to be there and take it all in, maybe on a porch under the stars.
Top marks to producer Rod McCormack, who, along with the musicians, provides the perfect touches to make this a unique experience.