Paula MacAskill - Your Love

Fort William based Paula is Scotland’s hardest working entertainer, working 7 nights a week in venues from the West coast to the Northeast, and whilst not 100% Country (she does some 60’s and Scottish music as well), she certainly appealls to the Country fan.
Very much in the Irish Country vein, Paula has recorded several albums on the Emerald Isle, but this time, she recorded the CD at Kirkhill Studios in Inverness, with musicians Kevin Jack, Ronnie Ross, Allan Thompson and Sara Ann Cuil.
The 14 tracks cover a variety of styles, from Country classics like Don Gibson’s “Oh Lonesome Me” , Buck Owens’ “I Dont Care”, and Tammy Wynette’s “Higher Ground” , to pop oldies like The Seekers, “I’ll Never Find Another You” and Sandie Shaw’s “Long,Long Love Love”. There’s modern Country ballads too, including a very good version of “If Tomorrow Never Comes” and “When You Say Nothing At All”. They all fit together into a style that is very much Paula MacAskill.
The Irish connection is maintained, with a couple of duets with Tom Lavery. The two vocals work well together, especially on the ballad “Love & Happiness”. “Nobody Loves You Like I Do” is quite catchy and radio friendly.
Paula also does an exceptionally good version of Isla Grant’s “A Dream Come Truea song that is so personal to Isla, yet has gone on to become one of her most covered numbers. Paula’s version is one of the best I’ve heard.
Also impressive is her interpretation of Abba’s “The Way Of Friends Do”. This song has been done so often, yet Paula makes it her own, with outstanding instrumentation and warmth in her vocal styling.
The two tracks which really stand out for me, are the title track “Your Love”, and “Standing Tall”, both
The thing I like about Paula is that she doesn’t try to sound like anyone else. That allows her personality to come across on record, as well as in her stage shows.
Not only is there a Cd, but a DVD as well, shot on location around Paula’s picturesque home area around Lochaber.
The CD at £10, and the DVD £12, inclusive of P&P, is available through http://www.paulamacaskill.co.uk/