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Growing up in a household where Nat King Cole jostled for air space with La Traviata, Paula Franceschi learned to appreciate all kinds of music early in life. She played flute in her school band, sang harmonies in her church choir and started playing her brother's guitar at age 12. For the singer-songwriter, that's when it all really began. After playing in folk groups, rock bands, discos and clubs in New Jersey where she grew up, she was almost prepared when the Canadian singing duo, The McGarrigle Sisters, saw her perform as a member of the band, Wood River, in the early 70's and began to manage her. But Paula had her own ideas about the kind of music she wanted to play and how she wanted to play it and sadly, they parted ways. As she traveled from San Francisco to Boston to England, she continued performing until she moved to Los Angeles with her husband Carl and fell into a career in the movie business, creating trailers for the major Hollywood studios. It wasn't until many years later, when her sons were finally grown and she had garnered much success as a film executive, that she felt she was finally free to get back to what she was born to do. Still a rocker with stories to tell and the hope to Inchcast a spellInch with her songs, she learned ProTools and began honing the eclectic style that would ultimately comprise the songs on her first EP, Songs For Singles, produced by David Bergeaud. With clear elements of Hawaiian, Brazilian and Caribbean rhythms and hints of Roots Rock, Brill building Pop and even country, the album is a lyrical example of Franceschi's endless gift for musical variation. InchI was inspired most by John Lennon,Inch she explains, Inchbecause he wrote in whatever musical form suited the message, even if it wasn't cool at the moment.Inch She has the ability to tell a tale with emotion, rich characters and visual imagery. That, after all, wa
